Kendra~ You just cracked me up! I'm pretty sure most guys I meet to this day still can't handle me! Maybe that's the man I should be waiting for: The one who isn't completely taken aback by the absurd things that come out of my mouth on any given day!
Andrea~ I'm with you; there have definitely been a few since the first I wouldn't mind erasing. That said, even the worst of the bunch taught me something. No regrets here, but I have noticed that as I've gotten older I have gotten more and more picky with who I allow into my bed. The standards have definitely changed, and as a result I wouldn't be surprised if the next man I slept with actually wound up being the one.
MckMama! Yay for your insight! I think saving yourself until marriage is something to be proud of. It's just not really something I was ever really taught or exposed to, and even if I had been I can pretty honestly say that I'm not sure it would have made much of a difference. I have always been a pretty curious person, and I don't like feeling like other people know something I don't know! What is it they say about curiosity killing the cat? :) Seriously though, I know I am lucky in that most of my experiences have ended fairly well and I've grown from most of them. I don't regret my past at all, but I am impressed by yours (and all you ladies who waited!)
I'm just pretty sure that had I waited I probably would have married someone by now solely to see what it was all about! That's just my personality; I don't like feeling left in the dark, and with 27 fastly approaching and no man in my life, I can't imagine if I had never taken that plunge by now!
Lauren~ I love that story! My first time was very awkward too... I'm pretty sure it is supposed to be. At least you were with someone you loved and you were learning together!
I actually got a comment on my blog from a girl in Pakistan and she said that pre-marital sex is practically non-existent over there. It had me thinking how different life would be if that was the norm here. I honestly didn't know any virgins until a few years ago when a new (and now very close) friend of mine confessed she had never had sex. I was shocked! I was almost positive that everyone I knew had to be having sex by that point. It was a choice, and lifestyle, I literally couldn't even imagine.
There were A LOT of questions that followed!