Did you regret it?

I'm 23 and still a virgin. Throughout the years i could have lost my virginity, but I was ALWAYS afraid of getting pregnant or an STD. Now i figure since I've waited this long, I want to be with the the right guy or married. Sex is sex and it's totally OK to wait until your ready both physically and emotionally.

well If i could have waited i would, i got pregnat 2 years later had 2 kids by 21,and now I'm 29 they come quick,I was 17 when i had sex for the first time, nothing good about the first time second or third time, it was something i becan doing out of fun, i wish i'd waited because the man i had sex with yes i married him by 22 but thing was its over now I made alot of dumb mistakes, but id go to school, and get married first if i had it my way, but sex yes would have had to wait.....

I regret it...I lost my virginity at 19 to someone who manipulated me to basically do whatever he wanted and did some very cruel things, because he was the first person to accept me for who I was at college. I feel like such a desperate tool now for believing that he loved me. :/

My response is probably totally different (maybe biased b/c I am only 25 and can very well remember what it felt like to be 17. But I would say, if you've thought it through carefully with all the pros/cons, your reasons and your expectations, and possible outcomes and still want to, then go for it. Condoms (used properly) are an absolute must, and I'd recommend getting evaluated for contraceptives as well. Also, I'd recommend having talk with this guy beforehand about protection, STDs, past partners, etc...if you can't talk to him, you probably don't wanna sleep with him. Even if he isn't your forever person, as long as you know that and are OK with it, that's fine.

I don't regret my first at all. (It wasn't very good or long-lasting, and I definitely didn't have an orgasm, so be prepared for that). I regret having been with him so long in the first place (b/c he was a jerk/loser) but not losing my virginity to him. We had been together since I was 15, and I was almost 17 when it happened. We talked about it for a few months and I got on the pill a month beforehand. We stayed together for 2 years after that. I am glad he's not my forever person and that my "first" was a true love but not the man I'll spend the rest of my life with...I would hate to have had sex with only one person in my life. It was a good learning and growing experience for me. I realize though, that many people feel very differently than I...

Good luck in whatever you decide to do!

Lol...And that's a bad thing? Sounds to me like you are fortunate enough to have learned some very valuable lessons while still at a young age....AND are wise (and compassionate) enough to share what you have learned.
The combinations of your wisdom gained and your present youth can be of great value to other's your age...Case in point, your reply to Sphinx.

Perhaps, sounding like an adult is far better than acting too much like one at this point in time?...lol.
Enjoy your youth while you can...It passes so quickly....

Shangrala

I was 14 when I lost mine. I remember it so vividly to this day..(some 36 years later...lol).

I'm not sure if I regret the actual act of the sexual experience itself, but moreso, the act of carelessness on my part...wasn't on the pill, which my very first encounter ended up in pregnancy.
What I do harbor mostly from it was the fact that my mother refused me to keep the pregnancy, (a direct contradiction to her Cathoic behavior for self).
She scared the hell out of me by telling me that if I were to follow through with having the baby, that I'd be kicked out and left alone to raise. That she "paid her dues by already raising 10 of her own and wasnt about to raise another". At 14 that alone was enough to influence me into having an abortion, (a procedure that had soon afterward been banned and illegal), and something which will forever remain embedded into memory.

Regret isn't exactly something I carry for any given situation I've encountered. I try to seek out the required lessons and learn from them.

Although, I do encourage for anyone to always evaluate your reasons for the choices you are considering, as the consequences of your actions are something you must contend with.
Good choices = favorable consequences.

Shangrala