I remained a virgin until I was 18. At that time, I felt like everyone had done it but me and I just wanted to get it over with. I did. No point in making the first time special, it's awkward and often hurts, so just get it over and done with so you can actually start ENJOYING sex - at your own terms, in your own time.

A lot of people will probably disagree with me, but if you feel ready - and only IF you feel ready, never if you're pressured into it - get it over and done with. Drop all notions of a charming prince. Get drunk, fool around, do it. Takes the pressure off. I lost my virginity while drunk to a guy I had met a few days before. I have never regretted it, it was just what I needed, to just get it over with so it would stop bother me and to focus on other, more productive things. Don't listen to the women who tell you to save yourself to marriage or wait until the right guy comes along. Sex is an important and amazing part of life, don't take that away from yourself because society and religion has suppressed women's sexuality for millennias and made the concept of virginity something divine. Losing your virginity also makes masturbation more pleasureable as you can start using toys, etc.