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" 1. &amp;quot;What are you waiting for?&amp;quot; Everyone asks this because why would anyone wait to try the greatest thing ever, right? But I don&amp;#039;t ask you why you&amp;#039;re waiting to try yoga or to go to Beyonc\u00E9 concerts. Who decided sex is any more urgent than any other awesome activity? 2. &amp;quot;Your relationship isn&amp;#039;t serious if you haven&amp;#039;t had sex.&amp;quot; Just because you have sex doesn&amp;#039;t mean you&amp;#039;re seriously committed (One-night stands, amiright?). Just because you don&amp;#039;t, doesn&amp;#039;t mean you&amp;#039;re not. 3. &amp;quot;But you&amp;#039;re so pretty!&amp;quot; That&amp;#039;s very nice of you to say, but I&amp;#039;m not waiting for someone who will, god willing, find me hot enough to bone. I&amp;#039;m waiting for someone I love and trust. 4. &amp;quot;Haven&amp;#039;t had a lot of luck, huh?&amp;quot; No, I&amp;#039;m just not in a rush to lose my v-card \u2014 most virgins aren&amp;#039;t. And my being a virgin doesn&amp;#039;t mean I&amp;#039;ve failed at dating, either. It&amp;#039;s just not everyone&amp;#039;s mission in life to have sex. 5. &amp;quot;That won&amp;#039;t last long.&amp;quot; Nor will this conversation at this rate. Whether I lose it tomorrow or wait until I get married, it&amp;#039;s not your moment to bet on. 6. &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re such a prude!&amp;quot; You wouldn&amp;#039;t call someone a slut to their face, would you? So please don&amp;#039;t insultingly call out my level of sexual experience either. 7. &amp;quot;You must think I&amp;#039;m such a slut.&amp;quot; No, actually, I don&amp;#039;t think you&amp;#039;re a slut just because you&amp;#039;ve had more sex than me (so, even once). Judging anyone&amp;#039;s level of sexual experience is gross. 8. &amp;quot;Have you ever done anything?&amp;quot; Yes. I&amp;#039;m sure you know enough about foreplay to know there&amp;#039;s plenty of other fun stuff you can do sans penetration. Virgins actually aren&amp;#039;t mystical, untouched creatures. 9. &amp;quot;Do you ever get horny?&amp;quot; Yes, I&amp;#039;m human and have the same sexual urges as everyone else. And I&amp;#039;ve seen Magic Mike. 10. &amp;quot;Is it because you&amp;#039;re religious?&amp;quot; Whether it is or isn&amp;#039;t, I&amp;#039;m not sure why my virginity requires an explanation of all of my beliefs. All you need to know is that I&amp;#039;m not going to have sex with you or anyone else right this second. 11. &amp;quot;You should just do it. It&amp;#039;s not a big deal.&amp;quot; Maybe not to you, but it is to me. Also why are you acting like a stereotypical drug pusher from a D.A.R.E. sketch? 12. &amp;quot;Why? What&amp;#039;s wrong?&amp;quot; Nothing&amp;#039;s wrong. Why assume there&amp;#039;s some great, huge personal problem because I&amp;#039;m not having sex? Everything&amp;#039;s chill, dude. 13. &amp;quot;Does nobody meet your standard? Is anyone good enough for you?&amp;quot; Yes, there are people good enough for me. I just haven&amp;#039;t found them yet. And I&amp;#039;d rather not bang a rando because my v-card needs to go. 14. &amp;quot;Sex is great.&amp;quot; Duh, and I look forward to it. 15. &amp;quot;Live a little.&amp;quot; I don&amp;#039;t think sex is the only way you can live. There are other ways to broaden your horizons that don&amp;#039;t involve having a penis in you. 16. &amp;quot;So what do you do then when you&amp;#039;re hooking up?&amp;quot; The same thing you do when you&amp;#039;re not having intercourse. There are three other bases. 17. &amp;quot;Don&amp;#039;t you feel weird about it?&amp;quot; I didn&amp;#039;t until you asked me this. And now I just feel awkward because you seem to think I should. 18. &amp;quot;But orgasms are incredible! You&amp;#039;re missing out.&amp;quot; Men aren&amp;#039;t the only means to an orgasm (nor are they always the most effective, or so I&amp;#039;ve heard). 19. &amp;quot;Doesn&amp;#039;t your boyfriend get frustrated?&amp;quot; If sex was the only thing he wanted, he&amp;#039;d be with someone else. 20. &amp;quot;Are you even into guys?&amp;quot; Really?Yes.Sexual orientation has nothing to do with how much (or little) sex you have. Just because I&amp;#039;m not sleeping with guys doesn&amp;#039;t mean I&amp;#039;m not turned on by shirtless Ryan Gosling. 21. &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re a virgin. You wouldn&amp;#039;t get it.&amp;quot; Wouldn&amp;#039;t get what? Being a virgin doesn&amp;#039;t make life incomprehensible. 22. &amp;quot;You don&amp;#039;t act like a virgin.&amp;quot; I wasn&amp;#039;t aware virgins have a particular behavior. I flirt. I make out with guys. I basically do the same things you do minus actual p-in-v. 23. &amp;quot;Aw, you&amp;#039;re so cute/innocent/na\u00EFve.&amp;quot; Aw, that remark is so adorably condescending! Just because I haven&amp;#039;t done one thing doesn&amp;#039;t mean I know nothing. And there are some cute, innocent, na\u00EFve non-virgins out there, too. 24. &amp;quot;I can take care of that for you.&amp;quot; Oh wow, I thought no one would ever volunteer. Thank you! Follow Alyssa on Twitter. RELATED: Sex Talk Realness: Virginity 12 Things Guys Think About Losing Their Virginity Photo credit: Getty "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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