Good point. I understand the desire to wait if someone wants to be in love the first time he or she has sex. Even if this is true, I don't feel that someone should necessarily harbor regrets if she had safe and consensual sex with someone she wasn't in love with.

I understand that some people might have personal and/or religious reasons to wait for "meaningful" sex.

Still, I have had friends who felt upset about not waiting for love to have sex, because they felt that future sexual experiences would be devalued. I don't think that's true. Sex can be meaningful, mundane, fun, etc. regardless. And if you find someone you love later on, that sex will be meaningful, unique and special regardless of whether you've had sexual experiences before (and of whatever kind).

In short, I think we should all be kind to ourselves about our sexual desires (and just kind to ourselves in general. ).

Good luck, everyone.