The truth is, I know now that I wasn’t ready to give myself so fully to someone… to anyone when I offered my virginity to him. I thought that I was. I thought that ridding myself of my virginity would somehow magically make me this brand-new person. Like a transformative moment that would let me shed the girl I used to be and become a better version of myself. Confident. Comfortable. Now, I know that’s not true. Now I know that taking things slowly and truly getting to know someone, learning who they are… it makes all the difference. I can’t imagine I’d be this comfortable with anyone else,
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