Anna Faris may play a promiscuous young woman in her upcoming film What's Your Number? and have a Playboy bunny character in her past, but back when she was a teenager her roles weren't so sexy. Anna told David Letterman last night that as a chubby teen she was cast in a frozen yogurt commercial, and it was just one of the ways her parents insured she didn't lose her virginity until she was older. Find out how you, too, can keep your children from having sex now!
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I have lied to every single one of my friends who has ever asked me about being a virgin. I always say that I am not a virgin, because the people that I interact with on a daily basis talk trash/make fun of virgins (I'm on a sports team). I know that this is something someone should not be ashamed of, but I'm 21 and can't handle listening to all of their sex stories knowing that they think I understand what they are talking about and can contribute to the conversation. I've had boyfriends, but we never got to the level of sex. Now my dilemma is that I'm almost out of college and can't bear the fact that I could finish college and enter the real dating world as a virgin. My constant internal debate is deciding whether I should wait for a great guy (who I won't find in college, all the guys here are pricks), or just give it up to the next one that asks to take me home after a late night at the bars.
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I'm not rushing to have sex or anything, but I keep getting backlash from my peers about my virginity . . . like they keep making fun of me because they've all had sex. I want to know how do I deal with these issues and make them understand I'm saving myself until marriage!
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I grew up in a very conservative environment. The first time I left my home town was 2 years ago. I believe in sex after marriage but now kinda being more open about it. However every time I meet a guy and we start talking about getting intimate I make sure that I tell him that I'm a virgin and ready for sex but somehow this piece of news is kind of a turn off to them. They eventually lose interest and never go on to have sex with me. I think it means to them that I am "stupid." Even when I went to 2 doctors for issues in my breast they were kind of a bit sarcastic about my virginity and said things like "what are you waiting for" with a smirk or "you don't want to die a virgin" and a laugh. I am feeling offended and I feel like I missed out on life. What I believed was right for a long time somehow the world is telling that it was silly. I don't know how to cope with this and I'm very embarrassed to tell anyone anymore.
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I'm 17 and looking to get birth control. According to my doctor, I need to get a pap smear/vaginal exam before I can get a prescription. Now, I'm kind of inclined to worry, and I hate doctor appointments to begin with, so I would be worried about a pap smear anyway. Except there's one thing that really worries me: I'm still a virgin. (In fact, the bc is to regulate my period. I have no intention of becoming sexually active for awhile.) Apparently when they do pap smears they check your uterus — I have a feeling that the whole breaking my hymen with a metal speculum is going to hurt. (Just a feeling, of course . . . ) Does anyone have any advice/wisdom/warnings to calm my nerves before the dreaded exam?
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Today is TrèsSugar's two-year anniversary! We've come a long way since our launch on April 15, 2009, and it's thanks to you — our devoted, smart, and sexy readers! Thank you for your support and for always keepin' it real, we appreciate the love and the honesty. To celebrate two years of Très, we rounded up the best of the best stories, on everything from losing your v-card to hot soccer players to answering that age-old question: when is it OK to be naked? Take a look back with us, and let us know in the comments what Très stories have meant the most to you over the past two years.
I asked what your biggest prom regrets are here and on Facebook, and I saw some recurring themes in your responses. Most of you either regretted going or not going, fashion faux pas, and lame dates. So for future generations of prom-goers, I'd say go with a guy friend or group of friends, wear something timeless not trendy, and bring a pair of flats in your purse for dancing! Here is a sampling of the things you'd do differently if were you able to go back to your good ol' high school days:
Read the rest below.
From extravagant proposals to $1,400 dresses, are proms the new weddings? Reading the New York Post piece on pricey proms, I'm baffled that girls are not just getting $1,000-plus prom dresses, they are buying wedding-esque white, celebrity-inspired dresses and renting $9,000-a-night double-decker Hummers. I remember prom being important and fun, but "splurging" on a dress back then was closer to $300, and I'm glad I held on to my savings for college instead of wasting it on one high school night. My prom night was a blast and super tame (no crazy lost virginity stories), ending with a group of us staying up all night before going to my best friend's date's swim meet at the crack of dawn.
Whether you got a little too crazy or not crazy enough, your date was a disaster, or you spent your college fund on a hideous dress, what is your biggest prom regret? Or do you not regret anything?
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I am 22 and have been dating my boyfriend for the past five years. We are completely in love, and I'd have to say we have a pretty healthy relationship. The only thing is that in these past five years, my boyfriend and I haven't had intercourse. We fool around so I can't say that I am the perfect definition of virginity, but my fear of an unplanned pregnancy has kept us from going the whole mile.
I watched an episode of Oprah a few years ago where a sex therapist recommended two forms of protection to a young couple who were not really sure if they were ready to be intimate. That episode stuck in my mind. It made sense to me to have two forms of protection: a condom and something else to be extra safe. The only problem is that I am under my parents' health insurance, and I didn't want to risk having them find out about my plans. I love my parents but they are really old fashioned and a spontaneous visit to the gynecologist would have resulted in a really unhappy start to my search for birth control.
Just the other day I noticed that TrèsSugar had an article about nonhormonal birth control. After reading through all the options I was excited to discover that the Today Sponge was over the counter and effective. After reading the article, I talked it over with my boyfriend and told him that I had found the perfect birth control for my/our situation.
Everything has fallen into place for me to finally lose my virginity in peace, the only problem is that after five years I am still totally freaked out about losing the big "V." I talked to my boyfriend about it, and he said he understood and that he was a little scared too even though he lost his virginity years before we ever met. He said being my first was a lot of pressure for him as well, and he just doesn't want me to regret it. So now my boyfriend and I have decided to take a trip out of the city after the semester is over and have sex for the first time in a hotel somewhere in as romantic a setting as possible. I'm thinking candles (cheesy, I know).
Hearing that I wasn't the only one a little scared really helped me feel better, but all of this has led me to my question: Can you ever be ready to lose your virginity? Is it ever not scary?
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