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bluejumprope listed some of her sexual milestones in this thread about virginity and I think milestones are a far more useful concept than virginity. What I want to know is what has felt like a milestone for you? What are the big moments thus far in your sexual history? I'm sure this will be different for everyone, so this should be an interesting thread.
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I'm glad Jill made a new thread out of this because I also thought that bluejumprope's concept of milestones was really interesting and cool. Here are some of mine:
-The first orgasm I gave myself -Picking out condoms with a partner -Putting my foot down and insisting that my partner and I go get tested for STI'S/HIV before any more sexual contact happened (after they had refused). -Scheduling my own appointments for pap smears and sticking to the yearly schedule. -Talking to my mom about a pregnancy scare. -Breaking up with a partner after realizing they didn't have respect for my sexual boundaries. -Budgeting my money so I could afford my birth control pills. -Saying "no" to a sexual encounter that would have mattered a lot more to the other person, and that I knew would hurt them emotionally. -Breaking up with another abusive partner. -Realizing that I'm gay. -Living with a partner. -Breaking up with a partner, but actually being really good friends afterwards and realizing that a friendship was a much better choice.
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-my first orgasm with someone else - I felt that as being extremely important, orgasm felt so vulnerable and like the realisation of sexual pleasure. I always am actually hiding that from people - to do it with someone was a physical letting-go of my emotional guardedness and self-protection. It also recognised how much i trusted them and felt accepted by them.
-kissing someone
-kissing a boy
-sharing a bed
-putting on a condom - that was on my own and felt very grown up.
-sexually pleasuring myself anally - this was a very scary and loaded thing in my mind, but afterwards I just felt happy and peaceful.
-becoming "ok" with the homosexual aspects of my sexuality and deciding against calling myself straight.
Interestingly in regards to the milestones being an alternative way of looking at things to "virginity" - the first time I engaged in penetrative sex was not in any way an emotional or definitive experience... it wasn't the most intimate part of the experience, it was actually uncomfortable but not really upsetting, it didn't really even register and I didn't really think about it until someone I told pointed out it's cultural weight.
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To me, the most powerful milestone in my relationship was when my fiance and I were sleeping over at a friends house and ended up curled up next to each other in separate sleeping bags. I had never even imagined sleeping next to a boy before! I had a really bad cold and couldn't stop snoring, but he still held me close all night and brought me tissues. Although this isn't traditionally thought of as a sexual moment, it was really intimate and it let me know that I could trust him and that he would always be there for me.
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Some of the big moments of my sexual history: - my first kiss with a girl - first time holding hands in public with a girl - sharing a bed with someone and waking up next to them - getting a prescription for bc, buying condoms for the first time - first orgasm from masturbation - first time hooking up with a stranger - first time being the 'giver' in oral sex (I'm a survivor, and male genitalia scares the bejeezus out of me, but thanks to my awesome partner, I'm beginning to mellow out)
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Taking charge of my sexual health and going to the OB-GYN for the first time
Deciding when I was ready for intercourse - I wasn't pressured by my boyfriend to have intercourse.
Buying condoms for our relationships
Crying after an amazing night - and seeing the concern in my boyfriend's face! He thought it was a bad thing! They were tears of joy! haha
Being on top and having control - turned out it isn't such a bad thing after all. ; )
But overall, the most important sexual milestone is when I decided that I was ready. I was fully satisfied, and still am.
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-first orgasm from masturbation -deciding when I was ready for sex—not that my boyfriend ever pressured me, but there were a couple of times that he asked if I’d want to have sex, and I was comfortable enough to say no. -shopping for condoms, lingerie, lube, etc. with my boyfriend and being comfortable enough with each other to do so -talking about a pregnancy scare (albeit an unfounded scare) with my boyfriend and struggling with all the emotions that came along with it. -the first time I shared a bed with a guy. -the first time my boyfriend and I woke up naked next to each other. -the first time we really experimented during sex (i.e. trying it in different parts of the house). -being comfortable talking openly about sex and sharing fantasies with another person.
Interesting how most of my milestones come from moments in my relationship with my boyfriend. He was also the first person I had sex with, which is probably why. But virginity was never that important of a concept to me...it was more about sharing intimate moments with my boyfriend, both of us deciding for ourselves when we were ready for sex and other things, and becoming more and more comfortable with sex and talking about sex as time went on.
Really awesome thread! It was fun to reflect on this stuff.
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Most of the stuff that's more important to me also has to do with my relationship with my boyfriend, but I'm going to try and put down my more sexual milestones.
-first time feeling really, really aroused (reading a terrible romance novel!)
-first time my boyfriend came in my presence -first time I touched a penis -first time I let my boyfriend see me completely naked -first G-spot orgasm -the one time my boyfriend cried after sex (it was beautiful! ) -first breast-stimulated orgasm -first time we had anal sex
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Whenever I start getting romantic with anyone, I'd say that the first time we let each other know we find each other attractive is a milestone of it's own. Even if I've done it with someone else.
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