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It only took eight dates before I fell in love with him. And ten dates for me to lose my virginity.

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The media is, to put it quite simply, obsessed with the fact that Underwood is an attractive, 26-year-old virgin. But why?

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As a 20-something virgin, many of my peers who are still virgins would never want to air something like this out there for everyone to know.

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I didn’t have anything to lose.

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“Imagine someone shoving a curved can of Monster energy drink into a small knife wound. That would’ve felt nicer.”

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I am a virgin because I want God to tell me who is worthy of having my body. 

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“I laughed him out of my vagina.”

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“Awful, quick, and embarrassing. She was sweet, though, but she’s never getting back those three seconds of her life.”

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I didn’t lose my virginity until I was 28 years old. Sex in which I am voluntarily vulnerable, naked, exposed and intermingled with another being is electrifying. I didn’t think I was capable of feeling such power until I started having sex. I discovered a very important character trait about myself via sexual activity.

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There is no such thing as ‘The One.’ No matter how special they might seem, no matter how much I put them on a pedestal, sooner or later I’m going to learn the truth that they’re just another human. I recommend not getting married, which is, by definition, a life-long commitment, until you’ve done a lot of inner work.