My First Time

My First Time: Female, 14, Florida
My First Time

My First Time: Female, 14, Florida

"Florida kids don't have the luxury of basements, so I lost it in a public park..." You   |   09.13.2011   |   Comments (38)
My First Time: Female, 19, England
My First Time

My First Time: Female, 19, England

"The New Year's Eve after I turned nineteen, I fell off a bar stool and David picked me up..." You   |   08.30.2011   |   Comments (27)
My First Time: Female, 15, Kansas
My First Time

My First Time: Female, 15, Kansas

"I planned for this party for weeks, knowing it would be my only shot..." You   |   08.16.2011   |   Comments (15)
My First Time: Female, 18, Basement
My First Time

My First Time: Female, 18, Basement

"The train left at ten p.m. and wouldn't get in until three..." You   |   08.2.2011   |   Comments (36)
My First Time: Female, 17, U.K.
My First Time

My First Time: Female, 17, U.K.

"He was the guitarist; I was the bassist..." You   |   07.19.2011   |   Comments (13)
My First Time: Male, 14, Massachusetts
My First Time

My First Time: Male, 14, Massachusetts

"My hands were trembling and my face was burning with embarrassment..." You   |   07.5.2011   |   Comments (28)
My First Time: Female, 18, Thailand
My First Time

My First Time: Female, 18, Thailand

"We met in an expat bar in Bangkok..." You   |   06.21.2011   |   Comments (26)
My First Time: Female, 15, Ireland
My First Time

My First Time: Female, 15, Ireland

"I used to hang around in a dirty alley before school began, to smoke as much as possible..." You   |   06.7.2011   |   Comments (29)
My First Time: Male, 21, Jerusalem
My First Time

My First Time: Male, 21, Jerusalem

"I was a combat soldier on my way back to base from a twenty-four-hour leave..." You   |   05.24.2011   |   Comments (16)
My First Time: Female, 14, U.K.
My First Time

My First Time: Female, 14, U.K.

"We went to a nearby meadow, which was dotted with bracken and field flowers..." You   |   05.10.2011   |   Comments (38)
My First Time: Male, 18, Pennsylvania
My First Time

My First Time: Male, 18, Pennsylvania

"It was 1966. I was eighteen, and I was feeling like a complete failure..." You   |   04.26.2011   |   Comments (20)
My First Time: Female, 18, Colorado
My First Time

My First Time: Female, 18, Colorado

"For years I pretended that I hadn't lost my virginity to a Republican who I met on LiveJournal..." You   |   04.12.2011   |   Comments (38)
My First Time: Female, 17, New York
My First Time

My First Time: Female, 17, New York

"He was allowed to sleep over, as long as he stayed in the basement..." You   |   03.29.2011   |   Comments (39)
My First Time
My First Time

My First Time

"We met one night at a car wash — which, in the D.R., is really a car wash by day and an open-air dancehall by night..." You   |   03.22.2011   |   Comments (100)
My First Time: Female, 17, Florida
My First Time

My First Time: Female, 17, Florida

"How was it that before, I'd been so ready, but now, with buckets of preparation, I was terrified?" You   |   03.15.2011   |   Comments (24)
My First Time: Female, 16, England
My First Time

My First Time: Female, 16, England

"That night he told me I was better than her and pulled me back into bed with him..." You   |   03.9.2011   |   Comments (16)
Ten Illustrated Stories About First-Time Sex
My First Time

Ten Illustrated Stories About First-Time Sex

Funny, sad, and nostalgic tales submitted by Nerve readers. You   |   03.5.2011   |   Comments (41)
My First Time: Male, 18, Columbus, OH
My First Time

My First Time: Male, 18, Columbus, OH

"I was responding to as many Craigslist ads as possible, and one day, I got a response. From a girl. With pictures..." You   |   03.1.2011   |   Comments (20)
My First Time: Female, 18, Singapore
My First Time

My First Time: Female, 18, Singapore

"'You have weird, fairy-tale ideas about sex,' he said..." You   |   02.22.2011   |   Comments (67)
My First Time: Male, 19, Miami, FL
My First Time

My First Time: Male, 19, Miami, FL

"She probably thought of me as a boyfriend, but I'd just bring her along as an alternative to hanging out with my buddies..." You   |   02.15.2011   |   Comments (40)