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slemslempike ([personal profile] slemslempike) wrote2004-10-31 05:41 pm
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Fall back

This time of year always makes make me think about the night I lost my virginity. Because it was the night the clocks went back. My parents were away (which is how I came to have sex) so no-one changed the time in my house, and I arrived at work an hour early, meaning I left bed an hour early, which annoyed me all day.

We broke the bed. Well, he did. In the morning he got up to get me breakfast (awww) and I took the opportunity to spread out and grab all the covers. So he came back and jumped on me, breaking the frame of the bed, rather killing the mood. I was blase about it, but he was convinced that my parents would return, think that the bed had been broken while he was deflowering me, and turn up on his doorstep with pitchforks. So he mended it with duct tape. I did point out that my parents would notice the addition of thick black tape to the wooden frame, but he insisted. Wasn't even broken during a fun part.

Not that it was a great deal of fun. It wasn't painful or anything, but the most telling moment is just after, when he said to me "you looked bored". I don't think I was bored exactly. A little underwhelmed, perhaps, and contemplative. "So, this is sex. Huh. What should I be doing? Am I moving enough? Too much?" and trying not to show my thoughts in my face apparently led to me looking bored. This is why I dislike the missionary position, I have more than enough to think about without worrying about the message my facial contortions convey. From behind, thank you, and then I can gurn away to my heart's content.

It was a strange relationship. We'd actually been talking about sex earlier that day, and he'd asked if I felt pressured. I said no, but I would rather wait a little. At the time I meant more than a few hours, but I was pretty happy that it turned out that way. I absolutely adored him, but I was very conscious that to let him know this would be counter-productive, so I tended not to tell him anything about how I felt. Clever, no? Anyway, the 'relationship' lasted about a week or so after the sex, and a month or so after that he stopped talking to me. Flat out ignored me if we ever bumped into each other. And I found out a while later that a few days after we slept together he told my best friend he was in love with her. Brilliant!

I remember that he gave great massages, and was very intense and pseudo-anarchist in the way that seventeen year olds are. He played guitar, and introduced me to Sonic Youth, L7 and Dinosaur Jr, for which I will be forever grateful. I occasionally wish that I would meet him again. He broke my heart completely, but I would like him to know that I got a bit better at sex.

[identity profile] yiskah.livejournal.com 2004-10-31 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
First times are so weird. I googled the guy to whom I lost my virginity the other day (I mean I googled him the other day, not that I had sex with him the other day) - he has a very distinctive name, and I found his website with pictures of his wedding and new baby on it. Bizarre! I kind of want to contact him, just to let him know that I finally realise just how lucky he got all those years ago, but I don't think that'd be wise...

[identity profile] slemslempike.livejournal.com 2004-10-31 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I've tried googling my first, but his name is not very unusual, and I can also imagine that he's not an internet person, peculiar as that seems to me. I've heard two things about him from people in secondary school - that he's a postman, and that he's a landscape gardener. Mind boggles.

[identity profile] debodacious.livejournal.com 2004-10-31 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
So what did your parents say about the bed?
My husband and I (she sa regally) managed to break our marital bed, which is cast iron, and he made me take it to the foundry to get it welded - v embarrassing. And it wasn't broken doing anyhting interesting either - just overloaded by children with nightmares etc.

[identity profile] slemslempike.livejournal.com 2004-10-31 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, since they knew that he was staying, but not that he was my boyfriend, I approached it by mentioning it first. Said he'd broken the bed, was really embarrassed and tired to fix it. They said okay, went and had a look, determined that for the frame to break "so easily" it must have been faulty in the first place and got the company to replace it. Hurrah!

I think it wouldn't be nearly as annoying if things got broken during great sex. At least the memories would keep you happy during the inconvenience.

Bed-breaker

[identity profile] agent-000.livejournal.com 2004-10-31 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the warning: I was thinking about doing it in my bunk bed. Disaster averted.
I hope when I lose my virginity--and I hope I do, sooner rather than later >:0--I don't give that cold shoulder you mentioned; sometimes I hear that it's instinctive, but my friends that have done it have all been in serious relationships, which have managed to last far past the inaugural screwing.
I could care less about whether I lose my virginity now, but DAMN, I'd like to have a girlfriend, and it's just not happening: I go to a school with a dearth of females, so the few in attendance have an inflated sense of their own "level"(remember hearing that word back in you teen years?), or are the type with awesome personalities but a fear of boys. The irony is that I went to this highschool because I thought I wouldn't fit in at any of the others.
AAAAAAAAAARGHTEENAGESEXUALFRUSTRATIONNNNNNGGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!

Re: Bed-breaker

[identity profile] slemslempike.livejournal.com 2004-10-31 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
While your bunk bed is probably sturdy enough to take all but the most strenuous activity, a friend of mine once fell out of a loft bed during an encounter and broke her wrist. Inconvenient and left her rather unwilling to continue. Be warned!

I'm pretty sure the cold shoulder was a him-thing rather than a sex-thing. He had previously done something similar to a friend of mine, so I should have been aware, but was blinded by lust. Most of my friends had very reasonable friendships with the guys they first slept with, even ifit was just a one-off.

Sympathies with the frustration. Can't say it gets any easier!

Re: Bed-breaker

[identity profile] sabethea.livejournal.com 2004-11-01 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
damn it all, i'm married to the guy i first had sex with. how scary is that?!?

[identity profile] biascut.livejournal.com 2004-10-31 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
The sister of the guy I lost my virginity to turned out to be the best friend of someone on my LJ friendslist, and she now has her own livejournal. I also still hear about him because he's living with one of my school friends ex-boyfriends, so we were talking about him last Sunday, in fact. I hate being reminded about him, but at the same time I'm insanely nosy about what my exes are doing, so it's probably about the right amount of distance, really!

[identity profile] slemslempike.livejournal.com 2004-10-31 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. I've just, um, done a little googling and found a picture of him performing with his band a few years ago. looking very scary with what appears to be ceremonical war paint on his chest. Hm.

[identity profile] br0k3nsoul.livejournal.com 2004-10-31 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I always find "first time" stories so fascinating, mainly because I'm the oldest virgin I know without some weird hangup or religious reasons. I blame the fact that I was home schooled and now am going to a college with an 80 percent straight female population and the guys are all gay. The love life of a bisexual co-ed has never been so sad.

[identity profile] slemslempike.livejournal.com 2004-10-31 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I knew several people in their early/mid twenties who were virgins just because they were. Like you said, no religious reasons or hang-ups, just not the right opportunity. Strangely (to me), I knew more men than women that this applied to.

The love life of a bisexual co-ed has never been so sad.

Aw! ;)

[identity profile] krazymazy.livejournal.com 2004-11-01 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
How old are you? Cause I, too, am a virgin and not religious and all that and I'm 23. So, you are not alone. =) Actually, there's a term for this and it's Involuntary Celibacy.

http://incelsite.com/

[identity profile] restingpedant.livejournal.com 2004-10-31 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Resonant final sentence, there. Every so often I think about early girlfriends and am almost overcome by the urge to track them down and clarify, even if I have to whisper it through their letterboxes: "I would just like you to know that I got a lot better at sex."

But, with few exceptions, they were pretty rubbish too. So perhaps we can all take it as read.

[identity profile] slemslempike.livejournal.com 2004-11-01 10:21 am (UTC)(link)
That's a very comforting thought, actually.

[identity profile] krazymazy.livejournal.com 2004-11-01 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. As mentioned in another comment. I am a virgin, but I do enjoy studying sexuality... so it's nice to hear your story.

[identity profile] slemslempike.livejournal.com 2004-11-01 10:22 am (UTC)(link)
I always like hearing about people's experiences. Not so much if it's completely "oh, it was so good", because it makes me feel inadequate!

[identity profile] sabethea.livejournal.com 2004-11-01 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
um... took us about 2 years to master it...

oh well. it's a good job i'm a quicker learner in other areas...

[identity profile] slemslempike.livejournal.com 2004-11-02 08:45 am (UTC)(link)
Heh. I've not had a relationship last a year yet, but I'd say it normally takes at least half that to get even the basic details going well!

[identity profile] krazymazy.livejournal.com 2004-11-06 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
Ahahaha... have you seen the bad_sex community?