I just realised that "like it's your first time" has a positive connotation I guess, but like... motherfucker? Do most people have non-awful first-time experiences of sex? Between garbage sex ed and cisheteronormativity I just can't imagine. I doubt it was even momentous for most people tbh? Idk.

  • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]
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    4 months ago

    First attempt was memorably bad, and indirectly led to the end of a 2-year relationship. You tend not to forget something like that, and in my case I sort of obsessively over-analyzed it for years after the fact, trying to figure out what I needed to do to prevent something similar from happening in future relationships.

    First real-actual time was with a different (and more experienced) partner who was just as pent-up as I was. Again, the circumstances surrounding it were weird enough that a lot of the details are lodged in my brain to this day, but overall, it was a positive experience in spite of the punctured waterbed, the rickety cot walking its way across the cold concrete floor of the basement, and my mother almost walking in on us when she came home while we were in the shower together. Honestly, though? It's still something I try not to think about, because all of that happened with someone who just ended up using and manipulating me later on.

    So to answer your question, I guess it's possible to have a positive and even momentous first time, but still associate it with a great deal of shame and emotional trauma. vivian-shrug

    • ashinadash [she/her]
      hexagon
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      4 months ago

      susie-heh This is the first one that sounds maybe worse than mine!!

      • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]
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        4 months ago

        Ehhh... For the first "attempt," I knew what I was doing, but I really should have spent some more time making sure she was relaxed than what I did. Access to lube would have been a huge help, too. Leaning in for a kiss while trying to push inside was a huge mistake and I almost got my tongue bitten off for my trouble. She may have joined the Evangelical version of a convent several years later.

        As I said, memorably bad.

        • ashinadash [she/her]
          hexagon
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          4 months ago

          Lmao that's a funny punchline, sorry it was bad though yea

          • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]
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            4 months ago

            I wish I were joking. She went from being an atheist/agnostic to becoming a freaking minister. The American midwest and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race, etc.