Bella wrote:If sex was just for procreation, it would not feel so good, IMO.
I think it's rather the opposite...! If sex was for procreation, it would feel really, really good so it would be more likely to happen and result in babies (whether the procreators consciously wanted babies or not). :-D
photoman wrote:The other issue is compatibility. Everyone cries about sexual incompatibility if they can't "test drive" their potential mate. Well, if the playing field is level (neither partner having had previous sexual experience), then BOTH are able to discover each other in the most wonderful way. They can learn together and I think that frustration levels would be diminished. My wife and I were both virgins when we got married. Now, some of you know my current circumstances and how frustrated I am in my marriage AND it even relates to sex, but not for compatibility issues. Anyway, moving right along....
The problem here is the "what if" factor. I've read so many stories here, and heard so many in real life, of the people who got married as virgins, and were compatible or incompatible, but either way down the line thought, "Is this all there is? Are other people having sex that is much, much more fabulous than this? Are other [men/women] more [spontaneous/ careful/ loving/
great]?"
I have seen a LOT of these marriages break up just because one partner just had to know what he/ she was missing.
I learned with my first boyfriend and it only upped the frustration level. It was difficult at the beginning and for a while, and cast a pall over our entire relationship. By the time that relationship was over, I knew enough about sex and was comfortable enough with it that I went right into the next relationship as a sexy, confident bombshell -- which is what I wanted to be. Part of what didn't work about the first is that I didn't feel sexy because I knew he knew I'd had a difficult, un-sexy time of it for a while.