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Do you regret who you lost your virginity to ?

105 replies

HilariousInHindsight · 08/07/2014 22:04

Was on the thread with the 5 questions about when virginity was lost , when moved out etc and it got me to thinking if you regret who you lost your virginity to or even not the person but the timing/place.

I was quite scared of my ex so I do regret losing my virginityto him at 17. Wish it was my current partner at 18.

For those who do regret it I hope you have found someone better and/or are happy with your life now.

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EhricLovesTheBhrothers · 08/07/2014 22:32

Fuck yes. It was horrible really, and tainted by his mental health issues which I later found out led him to believe I was conspiring against him and lying about being a Virgin. He wasn't gentle, I bled everywhere, he panicked, I ran away.

Bifauxnen · 08/07/2014 22:32

It was what it was, no point regretting it really.

passmethewineplease · 08/07/2014 22:33

Yes, a million times yes.

Pregnantberry · 08/07/2014 22:33

It's not a massive regret of mine, but slightly embarrassing because we were teenagers and he was a bit of a twat really.

exexpat · 08/07/2014 22:33

No. I was 17 and had only just met him, but he was a lovely bloke, and we went out for about 6 months afterwards. My mother still talks fondly of him nearly 30 years later (she might not feel the same way if she knew what we had got up to while I was 'staying with a friend').

HauntedNoddyCar · 08/07/2014 22:36

No. He was my first proper boyfriend and we were together for a couple of years. He loved me and I loved him. We grew apart but he was a really nice man.

PedantMarina · 08/07/2014 22:37

A leetle, but hey ho.

Jarvis Cocker just wasn't on my radar at the time

EBearhug · 08/07/2014 22:38

No. I was mildly pissed (as was he - we'd been in the pub). It was his birthday, and it was great fun. We went back to the pub later. It was a one-off (well, a two-off, but there was a couple of years between the two events), and he was quite a bit older. I haven't seen him for years, not least because he now lives on a different continent, but I still think of him fondly, including every year on his birthday.

I was wearing mint-green undies with a little sprigged pattern on them. Size 12. Dear god, I was size 12 once.

joanofarchitrave · 08/07/2014 22:39

Yes/No/yes/no. It was ridiculous; I'd decided to go out with him because he asked; he wasn't at all attractive to me but Jackie magazine said you should give boys you didn't find attractive a chance Confused. He said let's have sex. Somehow the conversation became about whether we would have sex without contraception, not about whether we would have sex. We used a condom. Once he could manage to sustain an erection, it was painful and then after a bit it was not painful. I felt nothing else. I met him once a few months later on the street. What, what, what was I thinking? I still have no idea.

LadyWithLapdog · 08/07/2014 22:39

No. He was the love of my life for a couple of years. I haven't seen or spoken to him in decades.

BeetlebumShesAGun · 08/07/2014 22:39

Sort of. I've told the story on here before. He was an arse at the time but I was totally obsessed with him and he dumped me quite literally straight afterwards by email. As in, went downstairs for a fag, sent the email, then came back upstairs and slept on the floor. I opened the email when I got home the next day and was devastated.

MrsCosmopilite · 08/07/2014 22:42

No, no regrets at all. It was very enjoyable.

plotmissinginaction · 08/07/2014 22:44

Pretty much every day. It was awful and had a really negative impact on the rest of my life.

gilbertysullivan · 08/07/2014 22:56

No.We were 18 and had been dating for 2 years.
Love of my life- didn't work out as we were too young at the time but no regrets at all.

Pangaea · 08/07/2014 22:58

No not at all. I was 15, and we had a lovely relationship for many years.

rosepetalsoup · 08/07/2014 23:02

Yes kind of - nice guy but it was super rubbish. Wish I'd gone for a rebel!

moggle · 08/07/2014 23:03

No, I was 15, he was 15, it was both our first time after going out for a year and a half. He was lovely :-) It didn't last much longer, 6 months I think, but we were friends for a long time afterwards. Not really in touch with him anymore but he pops up on my FB feed occasionally and I do find myself thinking, aw, wasn't he a nice guy.
There are others after him and before DH that I wish I hadn't slept with though...

BelleOfTheBorstal · 08/07/2014 23:06

Nope, I had a fantastic first time and would not change it for the world.
would do it all over again, if that were possible

Tinks42 · 08/07/2014 23:11

No. I was 16 and he was a lot older. I now know what he was but my actual initiation into the world of sex was wonderful.

GarlicJulyKit · 08/07/2014 23:16

Nowadays it would be called a date rape. Luckily for me, I didn't see my virginity as a 'thing'; it only means you haven't had full sex yet. I was very fucked off, rather bewildered, and felt it would have been better to sleep with one of my earlier boyfriends. I still didn't feel I'd had my first sexual experience, since the rape was obviously crap and I was pretty sure it wasn't supposed to be like that.

CiderwithBuda · 08/07/2014 23:24

No regrets. In love. Was 17. Stayed together on and off for years. He was far too nice for me!

Still in touch a bit on the dreaded Facebook. Have spoken to him a few times since getting in touch on Facebook.

Funnily enough I dream of him often.

blueshoes · 08/07/2014 23:27

No - he was my first boyfriend. We had petted heavily for a while already. It made sense.

TheWomanTheyCallJayne · 08/07/2014 23:27

Same as wiggleginger
He's now my husband

MrsDmitriTippensKrushnic · 08/07/2014 23:28

Not who I did it with (we're still together nearly 30 years on) or the whole evening (which was a ridiculous comedy of errors) but the act itself was a bit of a 'well was that it' moment. It did get better with practice though Grin

Thanks and a hug to those with less pleasant memories. I was lucky I think. Far too many of my friends had really fucking awful, bordering on rape first times Angry At the time it was just how things were but looking back now it most certainly should not have been. Anything other than wholehearted enthusiastic yes means no, and drunk = lack of consent have been completely drummed into my DS's heads.

Mintyy · 08/07/2014 23:35

Yes, but not in a major way. I do feel I wish I could have held on for a couple of months because then I would have lost it to someone who I actually liked and cared for.

But, at the same time, I always had the view of what's done is done, and I take responsibility for the choices I made.

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