V For Virgin.

@ dr. faustus
I had a few on my outer legs that eventually went away, but if you're just getting them, I'll recommend cocoa butter to you. It's great.

I'm not super religious or anything, but I have decided to wait to have sex (not until marriage) but until I meet the right person and completely and uncontrollably fall in love with them!

There's nothing to be ashamed of in choosing to hold on to your virginity. Deciding whether or not you want to give someone that piece of you that nobody else can have, and that you can never get back is an extremely big decision. Risks involved are tremendous as well. No matter what protection you use, there's still a slight risk of getting an STI/STD or pregnant. I stayed a virgin all through-out high school, and only recently chose to make that big commitment.

i have a bad past with being sexually assaulted, so I'm not into that whole we've been dating for 3 months now lets have sex like have the guys in my school, and i feel like I'm a nobody because of that

sounding.the.sirens:

This will sound cliched, but if the people making you feel like a nobody are friends or partners, they are pathetic and not worth your time. Which doesn't help anyone get through high school, but - it gets better.

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Dr. Death Defying:

Deciding whether or not you want to give someone that piece of you that nobody else can have, and that you can never get back

I don't think 'virginity' itself is particularly special. But I think losing your virginity is a formative experience that can colour how you view sex and intimacy, which is where I see the benefit in having a healthy attitude and a good time; rather than 'getting it over with', or, at the other extreme, assigning it some illusory value that may just hurt you more when/if things don't work out.

@ pravda.
hopefully it does get better and soon

My friends tell me I'm stupid and that I'm "degrading" myself because I don't really want to save myself for someone "special." It's my body, so it should be my choice. And in the past two years, my virginity has become less and less special, and the idea of giving it up to someone who I might not be in a relationship with doesn't seem that bad anymore. I'm eighteen. If I know what I'm doing and I'm safe, I should be able to lose my virginity outside of a relationship.

@ sounding.the.sirens
My boyfriend was a 19 year old virgin when we met, so don't worry. There are guys out there who are waiting too, they just don't want to admit it in the high school world of sex.

@ ZackyEffingVengeance
More power to you. I think it would be a lot more degrading for you to give into them about your own body.

@for dru's sins.
I agree. I just wish they'd see that's it's my choice and quit telling me my choices are stupid.

I'm a virgin. I'm a virgin and proud of it. I'm one of the only 16 year olds I know that is. Nearly everybody who doesn't really know me, thinks I'm a slut. I'm the oldest of all my friends in my grade and all I've ever done is pecked a boy on the lips. My friends are always telling me that I need to make out with people. The funny thing about that is, I don't put out and I've had more boyfriends than a lot of my friends. And I date guys for months and months too. Along with that, I've never had my heart broken because a boy's slept with me and then tossed me to the side once he's got what he's wanted.
My close friend was proud of being a virgin until she was 15. I realize age has really nothing to do with it. You should be in love. If you're not in love it's not the right time. I'm waiting until somebody truly special walks into my life and when they do, we'll see if I finally kiss a boy for more than 2 seconds.

I'm 19, almost 20, going to be a Junior in college, and still a virgin. Though there isn't any right now TO lose my virginity to, I'm still going to wait until it's the "right time". I'm not saying I'll wait until marriage, or whatever, but I'm just going to wait for the right person and time.

River Song:

You should be in love. If you're not in love it's not the right time. I'm waiting until somebody truly special walks into my life and when they do, we'll see if I finally kiss a boy for more than 2 seconds.

I think that you don't have the right to try to convince other people what to do with their body. If you don't like it when someone does it to you, why would you try to do it to someone else? If an individual is ready, mature, and understand the repercussions/precautions then if they want to lose it to someone they aren't in love with, who are you to tell them that's 'wrong'?

I think you have every right to make that decision for yourself, but when it comes to someone else's body and sex life, you shouldn't try to control their decisions.

Technically, I lost my virginity when I was 7 because well, I'm sure you guys can put the pieces together.

Nevertheless, the first time I had sex that was my choice was when I was 14, he was a virgin. And we stayed together for 2 years after that, and we just broke up recently. I don't regret it at all. My body, my choice.

I'm a virgin and I'm 16. Half of my friends, well...nearly all of myfriends except for maybe like 2 to 3 people aren't. They sort of made me the innocent one in the group because I've never had sex or a boyfriend which to me isn't such a big deal. I'm a wait till marriage type of girl and I see nothing wrong, dumb, unbearable or horrifying about that.
I feel like I can't connect with any of the guys in my school like that which is why Im choosing to wait till i'm out of high school to start dating and yes i'm a hopeless romantic but I'm not stupid which is what most guys think when they see me. I mean COME ON, my friends tell me I LOOK like a virgin and how the heck do you look like a virgin. They said something about the way I walk and dress which is stupid. Just because I like to dress comfortably doesn't mean anything or the fact that i'm awkward and just now FINALLY starting to feel and be more of a woman, doesn't scream out virgin.
Just because I'm completely clueless about sex doesn't mean i'm a complete loser, innocent, vulnerable, goody tissues. Im just not ready, I want to wait until marriage and I just don't want that now in my young life. Hell, there's more important things out there besides who's dating who, like world hunger haha.

I love the amount of people that lie about their age on here.
Not that I didn't do it when I was 13, but it honestly is amusing.
I'm 16, I'm a virgin, and I have guys trying to convince me to have sex, like because they say it's okay, I'll believe them. People have told me I'm stupid before because I told them I wanted to wait for some I cared for. Like, legitimately laughed in my face. Gotta love kids these days.

I'm a virgin at 16, and I would say about half of my friends are as well. The other half do make fun of me for it sometimes, which bothers me. I don't see what's wrong with being a virgin at my age. I believe in waiting for the right person, not so much because I want to make it special and stuff - I'm not that gushy- I just want to not regret who I lose my virginity to.

I also hate the idea that people are made fun of for not making out with lots of people, or for only having got so far with a boy/ girl. But hey, that's society.

@ beedle the bard
Good for you. I don't think high school students should have sex at all, though I don't really "care" when they do persay. High school isn't exactly the time to be spreading your legs; it's the time to be spreading your wings. You'll have plenty of time to have sex later, if you want to.

@ for dru's sins.
Thanks :) I agree, I guess it's mainly peer pressure and the idea of wanting to conform to whatever everyone else is doing. Then again, a couple of my friends lost their virginity to someone they were really in love with, so I have nothing against that. If it's the right time, it's the right time, age doesn't always have to come into it.

@ beedle the bard
I personally waited until I was out of high school. It was a conscious decision I made because I'm a teen pregnancy baby. I actually didn't have sex until I was 20 because I wanted to wait until I was with someone I trust. I have never regretted my decision.

@ for dru's sins.
That's understandable, and I respect you for that. I'm not exactly going to wait for a certain age, just that it's with someone I trust and that I'm ready. I don't want to regret it.