For many people, it does not turn out exactly as planned. If your first time was not how you imagined it or if you are nervous about it happening, we want to ensure you that you are not alone! Although having sex for the first time is a big milestone in your life, we want to urge you not to stress about it being perfect or feel pressured to do it. The purpose of this article is to give many different perspectives and stories about people having sex for the first time.

2. They were caught by a cop.
1. It took seven attempts and 16 hours.
Losing your virginity is a big deal. It's not uncommon to have all sorts of romantic and exciting fantasies of how your first time will play out. But for most people, the reality is that their first time having sex was less than perfect. It makes sense that with lack of experience, nerves, and some pretty skewed views of what sex actually looks like, that people's first times are usually not so great or not what they expected.
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But I swear that each and every word of this is true. When I was in high school I was awarded the opportunity to go on a foreign exchange to a lovely tropical paradise—ah, Brazil—for senior year. As high-school girls are prone to do, I met a guy, another exchange student.
We tend to measure masculinity in part through sexual experience. This attitude creates a lot of pressure for males, and can encourage them to think of women more as conquests than human beings. But despite the way men tend to prize the big event, having sex for the first time is a vulnerable experience.