After a short break, I'm returning to my weekly Waiting for it Wednesday feature. Today's interview comes from Bob, a 37-year-old married male that does not have a blog. Here is what he had to say.
DFP: Tell us about your first sexual experience.
Bob: My first sexual contact that resulted in an orgasm (for me) was with a girl in college. We were making out and one thing led to another and the next thing I know my pants were unzipped and she was giving me a handjob. It resulted in me shooting my load all over the place. It was a negative experience for me because I believed in waiting for marriage for sex and because I was only dating this girl because I knew she liked me, not because I really wanted to go out with her. The first time I had intercourse was lost in the shuffle a bit because my wife and I started out with a lot of sex, handjobs, oral sex etc. for two years or so before we were married. We had been friends for a couple of years and we had been slowly moving towards a relationship and one night while we were lying in her bed rubbing around on each other, I stopped her hand on my penis. She gasped and shortly after had him free of my pants. She told me how good I felt and in the heat of the moment I asked her if she would give me a blowjob, which she agreed to. She swallowed the first time, even though I came quicker than I thought and caught both of us off guard. For the next two years, I think I received a blowjob a day. Shortly after that first night, we had intercourse. I say lost in the shuffle because we were having some sort of sex every day for about two years. While this felt like a positive experience at the time, it has turned out to be a negative one. First, because I went against my beliefs and had sex before marriage. In my case, having sex made me feel obligated to this woman which might have clouded my judgement when I decided to marry her. Second, after we got married, we never have approached the same level of sexual activity. She will not give me oral sex any more (even though I give her oral sex way more now than before we were married) and while we've had sex more lately, she even said not too long ago that it wouldn't bother her if we never had sex. She has a good time when we do, but she's not terribly interested in getting there.
DFP: Is there anything you regret about it?
Bob: I don't regret, because I'm not a believer in regret. You learn from it and move on. Nobody (certainly not me) is perfect and we all screw up.
DFP: Looking back, do you feel you were ready to have sex at that time?
Bob: I wanted to have sex at the time, but I would have been better off waiting, I believe.
DFP: Is there anything you wish you had known before you had sex?
Bob: I can't think of anything I wish I had known at the time...
DFP: Do you have any religious or cultural background that had any impact on when you first had sex or your thoughts about sex?
Bob: I am a christian, and I do believe that sex is meant for a man and a woman in the bonds of marriage. However, I feel that a lot of religious people view sex as something dirty. That's not the way it should be, which is what intrigues me the most about this blog. This is how a couple's sex life should be.
DFP: Do you have children? What do you think children should learn about sex and at what age?
Bob: I do have children and I think they should hear about sex from their parents. They're going to hear about it anyway, and the playground stories from other kids their age should be tempered by a mature view at the very least. I don't think sex should ever be labeled as dirty, or something to be hidden. However, as a christian, I do believe that sex should (ideally) be between one man and one woman in the bonds of marriage. As you can see from my above answers, I do not claim perfection, nor have I always lived up to my own ideals. As far as their age, I would think somewhere around 10. Possibly adjusted depending on the child and the circumstances. That is a best guess at this point since I do not have any children close to that age.
Here is the schedule for the upcoming Waiting for it Wednesdays:
Sept. 19 Teacher in heels
*Rather than being judgmental, this is a safe place for both virgins and non-virgins to discuss when they plan or hope to lose their virginity or when they did lose their virginity.
While I happened to wait until I was 27-years old and have only had sex with one man, my now husband, I don't necessarily believe that every person has to follow in my footsteps. Everyone has to make this decision for him or herself. However, I do advocate careful decision making and believe it is best to first have sex when in a loving relationship with someone you trust.
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