I came in on this conversation waaaay too late.
I absolutely do not regret having sex with the others before Rusty. There were bad partners in there but there were also good ones who I think of fondly.
I did wait until I was with someone I loved before losing my virginity, and so did he. We were together for almost two years which, to a 17 year old, may as well be a lifetime.
Goth, if you want to wait, more power to ya. I've known many people who held their virginity in such high regard, right up until they lost it (before and after marraige). Once they did, they didn't think so highly of it anymore.
I never cherished virginity for virginity's sake but rather for my resolve to wait until I was in a love relationship that had a future. You really have no idea how enjoyable and wonderful it can be until you experience it. You talk about sex with such distaste, yet you have nothing to base it on.
I wouldn't want to defile my body through fornication.
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I believe that sex is sacred and holy and should be reserved for marriage. only.
Those are pretty strong words. I find it a little humorous that you're talking about the same thing in both statements and the only thing that seperates them is a piece of paper, an hour on an altar and a guy in a robe to talk for a while.
Does your future spouse-to-be have to be a virgin too? That's gonna be tough. It's hard enough to find someone who you want to spend the rest of your life with, much less someone who is saving themselves for marraige.
But it's possible. I thought I would never find the man of my dreams who also didn't want to have children, but I did. That's right, no kids. The Catholic church looks down upon us for it. We are sinners for not intending to procreate and we're living in sin too. We're not even getting married in a church, or by any religious type person. But I am wearing white.