I am a pretty religious person....im for God one hundred percent of the way....and at first i was all for the wait until marriage and then i met the man of my dreams....i was 17 (your saying 17? yea right...too young) but he was...and still is....and i sat down with myself ....and i talked to myself and to him about this very same subject. I realized he was the one....and he wasnt pressuring me....or even asking me....i gave him that gift because of my love for him....and i dont regret one minute of it....and i moved across the country with him...im now 19 and we will be married....eventually...and i can say i trusted myself ...and my soul to give my most precious gift to someone very special.....and i think if you can say that...i dont think it matters as long as you dont treat your virginity as nothing other than special.