{"id":831989,"date":"2026-05-01T18:05:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/?p=831989"},"modified":"2026-05-01T18:43:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:43:58","slug":"people-confess-what-they-wish-they-knew-about-sex-before-they-lost-virginity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/lifestyle\/people-confess-what-they-wish-they-knew-about-sex-before-they-lost-virginity","title":{"rendered":"People Confess What They Wish They Knew About Sex Before They Lost Their Virginity"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>It&rsquo;s safe to say that the state of <a href=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/lifestyle\/125146-switzerland_can_teach_america_a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sex education<\/a> is not great in the United States. From abstinence-only education to inaccessible contraception to anti-abortion misinformation, most young people don&rsquo;t get helpful, accurate information about sex. Because of the lack of education, a lot of people have intimate encounters without knowing what to expect &mdash; or worse, they base their expectations on movies and <a href=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/lifestyle\/214036-woman-cancels-wedding-fiance-watches-porn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pornography<\/a>.<\/p><p>Someone on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/18accuk\/whats_something_you_wish_you_knew_about_sex\/\">Reddit<\/a> wanted to address this issue directly, so the person asked, &ldquo;What&rsquo;s something you wish you knew about sex before you had sex?&rdquo; Commenters from all over were quick to offer their answers, and their responses range from good to bad to downright gross. Here&rsquo;s what people had to say.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Good:<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/single-mom-sex-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"single mom sex\" class=\"wp-image-763875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/single-mom-sex-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/single-mom-sex-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/single-mom-sex-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/single-mom-sex-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/single-mom-sex-660x371.jpg 660w, https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/single-mom-sex.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Delmaine Donson\/iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>&ldquo;Have fun and enjoy it. It might not be what you&rsquo;re expecting but don&rsquo;t take it too seriously regardless of how it goes. You get better the more you do it, and sometimes lightning strikes and it&rsquo;s mind blowing, sometimes it isn&rsquo;t. Wear protection, make sure everyone is consenting, and go for it.&rdquo; &ndash;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Klaus_B-Team\/\">Klaus_B-Team<\/a><\/p><p>&ldquo;That it can be so mind blowing that it consumes you. My hs bf and I waited like a year before having sex. We were each other&rsquo;s first for everything. I lived off campus and we didn&rsquo;t come up for air for days. And it was like that for a like an entire semester. I&rsquo;m surprised I wasn&rsquo;t fired from my job or failed all my classes. But it was close lol.&rdquo; &ndash;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Due-Topic7995\/\">Due-Topic7995<\/a><\/p><p>&ldquo;What an orgasm was. All the shaking was so embarrassing when I didn&rsquo;t know what was happening. Turns out the love of my life was d&mdash; good at what he did.&rdquo; &ndash;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Silver6Rules\/\">Silver6Rules<\/a><\/p><p>&ldquo;That doing it with someone you loved deeply is SO much better.&rdquo; &ndash;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/CharmingMechanic2473\/\">CharmingMechanic2473<\/a><\/p><p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a lot of giggling :)&rdquo; &ndash;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/yourstoner\/\">yourstoner<\/a><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Bad:<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rape-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Sex in her sleep spousal rape\" class=\"wp-image-718129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rape-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rape-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rape-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rape-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rape-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rape-660x371.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">LaylaBird\/iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>&ldquo;Afterward, you have to be careful disengaging to make sure the condom stays where it should.&rdquo; &ndash;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/killercurvesahead\/\">killercurvesahead<\/a><\/p><p>&ldquo;That people are not always honest about having tested negative for STD&rsquo;s and you should not take their word for it before you have sex.&rdquo; &ndash;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Scary-Yam7455\/\">Scary-Yam7455<\/a><\/p><p>&ldquo;Just because the sex is good doesn&rsquo;t mean they love or even care for you.&rdquo; &ndash;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Important_Bother_430\/\">Important_Bother_430<\/a><\/p><p>&ldquo;About the medical condition called vaginismus.&rdquo; &ndash;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Falana_dimkhana\/\">Falana_dimkhana<\/a><\/p><p>&ldquo;I wish I knew how few women orgasm from penetration alone&hellip;&rdquo; &ndash;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/DarkSkyDad\/\">DarkSkyDad<\/a><\/p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s really easy to make a baby. All it takes is once, and that one time can lead to the next 20 years being a financial mess due to paying for two households.&rdquo; &ndash;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/C4ptainchr0nic\/\">C4ptainchr0nic<\/a><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Gross:<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/iStock-1179340142-1-1024x620.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of male and female feet on a bed\" class=\"wp-image-702064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/iStock-1179340142-1-1024x620.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/iStock-1179340142-1-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/iStock-1179340142-1-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/iStock-1179340142-1.jpg 1360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alessandro Biascioli\/iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>&ldquo;Sex has an&hellip;aroma&hellip;that others can pick upon (including family members).&rdquo; &ndash;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/I_Am_The_Grapevine\/\">I_Am_The_Grapevine<\/a><\/p><p>&ldquo;moving, jiggling, and shaking around a lot really gets the bowels going. so make sure you have a shit (and a shower) before going to town.&rdquo; &ndash;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/MyStationIsAbandoned\/\">MyStationIsAbandoned<\/a><\/p><p>&ldquo;That vagina farts are hilarious, and they don&rsquo;t like when you laugh.&rdquo; &ndash;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/cm80292\/\">cm80292<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&rsquo;s safe to say that the state of sex education is not great in the United States. From abstinence-only education to inaccessible contraception to anti-abortion misinformation, most young people don&rsquo;t get helpful, accurate information about sex. Because of the lack of education, a lot of people have intimate encounters without knowing what to expect &mdash; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":832073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2026-05-01T22:07:18Z","apple_news_api_id":"91e5b85e-ce7d-444d-9754-9cbd9b551235","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2026-05-01T22:44:49Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AkeW4Xs59RE2XVJy9m1USNQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,79],"tags":[489,6759,20852,1648,1649,32443],"featured":[],"internal-tag":[],"series":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What People Say You Should Know About Sex if You&#039;re a Virgin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"People took to Reddit to answer the question &quot;What&#039;s something you wish you knew about sex before you had sex?&quot;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/lifestyle\/people-confess-what-they-wish-they-knew-about-sex-before-they-lost-virginity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"People Confess What They Wish They Knew About Sex Before They Lost Their Virginity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Because sex ed just doesn&#039;t cut it ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/lifestyle\/people-confess-what-they-wish-they-knew-about-sex-before-they-lost-virginity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CafeMom.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-01T22:05:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-01T22:43:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iStock-641717924.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2121\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1414\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/lifestyle\\\/people-confess-what-they-wish-they-knew-about-sex-before-they-lost-virginity#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/lifestyle\\\/people-confess-what-they-wish-they-knew-about-sex-before-they-lost-virginity\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ileana Paules-Bronet\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7d9cafb0e493ff6a8e0c8265a95aeb8\"},\"headline\":\"People Confess What They Wish They Knew About Sex Before They Lost Their Virginity\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-01T22:05:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-01T22:43:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/lifestyle\\\/people-confess-what-they-wish-they-knew-about-sex-before-they-lost-virginity\"},\"wordCount\":513,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/lifestyle\\\/people-confess-what-they-wish-they-knew-about-sex-before-they-lost-virginity#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cafemom.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/iStock-641717924.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Sex\",\"sex &amp; 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