A friend and I (age 6 or 7) once debated the subject of "virginity". Having a younger mom (she's only 20 years older than I am), I knew that losing your virginity meant that you had "done it". My friend, however, insisted that it was when someone else saw you naked. I used to get so worried that I wasn't a virgin because my mom saw me in my panties everyday to help me get dressed for school!

The "Naked" Truth

When I first heard the word virgin, when I was around 11 I was around a lot of people who were older and that liked to talk dirty all the time, and someone asked "Are you a virgin?", in a serious way and I thought he was asking are you from Virginia, and I was born in New York and moved to New Jersey when I was little, so I had no idea why they would think that, so I responded "Um... No... why would you even think that?", acting like I was all smart and they were dumb. Image an 11 year old saying that. How embarassing. That was so long ago... but I still can remember it, it's one of those memories that you can always think about and laugh.

Mamorufan54 (Mamochan)

I heard the word Virgin from my mom she told me it was a girl who had never slept with a boy, my cousin was a boy and we slept in the same bed all the time so I thought I wasn't a Virgin any more. when we where on the way home from church I told my GRand pa that I wasn't a virgin any more he freaked out and asked me what a virgin was I and I told him that me and my cousin had been sleeping in the same bed and he gave me this long speech explaining what it really ment to be a virgin.

Sugar foots

I used to think a virgin was a monster that would come up from under your bed and look like a nice person (angelic) but then eat you if you didn't say your prayers

Alexa

For the longest time, I thought "being a virgin" had to do with being the Virgin Mary, which sounded way too girly for a kid like me. So when I was asked if I was a virgin, I proudly said that I wasn't. When I was then asked who I had lost my virginity to, I thought long and hard about the manliest thing to say. "My dad" was what I came up with.

Matt Maiorano

When I was around seven years old, I asked my mom what a virgin was. She explained to me very quickly that a virgin was someone who had never been in love before. I loved my parents, so I would proudly walk around telling people that I wasn't a virgin. It wasn't until I was ten that I actually found out what a virgin was, and I was quite mortified.

Anon

When I was in 1st grade I heard about virginity. Unlike other people, my mom was VERY open about sex and stuff, I learned about it early. It never freaked me out.

Then when I was at school the next day we were talking about zodiacs. Some girl raised her hand and said "I'M A VIRGO!!" I laughed and said, "You mean VIRGIN!" My teacher was shocked and pulled me aside at recess to tell me the differerence. My mom won't leave me alone about it.

NOYB

The only "virgin" I ever knew was the one from the Christmas carol Silent Night. I drew a picture for my mother around Christmas one year of a large round Swedish man with a feather in his hat and lederhosen. I wrote "Yon" on the top and gave it to my mom expecting her to immediately identify the Christmas overtones. I could she was confused so I said, "His name is Yon, he's a round virgin." She was even more confused until I said, "You know, from Silent Night?" Then she laughed and laughed.

Why I thought Silent Night was about a fat Swedish man name Yon, I really don't know.

Splint Chesthair

i used to think that if you were a virgin that ment you were a lezbo (i dont know how i made that assumption) i was in 4th grade at p.e one day and this girl looked at me and was like "are you a virgin?" me thinkin that meant gay i quickly answered no, she looked at me with huge eyes and yelled "did it get stuck" till this day i still laugh at that

cmg

When I was a kid I used to believe that the "cherry" was an actual one and to pop it meant someone else popped and literal cherry.
One day I had a bowl full and my brother stole one and ate it. I cried and ran and told my mom he had popped my cherry. She freaked until she found out it was a food cherry.

Mocosa

I used to think you could sell your virginity.(I overheard my older sister talking about prostitutes doing that) So one day when I was about 6 I wanted to buy Ice cream and my mom didn't give me any money. So I went up to my neighbors doorsteps trying to "sell my virginity." Good thing I didn't live in a bad neighborhood. :)

Bijan

Once when I was watching TV I heard the word "virgin."
So I asked my mom what it meant. She paused and then replied ...

" a very smart girl."

I believed her until i was 12.

Taryn

I used to think virginity was a religion.

Anon

When I was younger my friends had all told me that when you lose your virginity you bleed and the blood burns the guys penis. So I was terrified of losing my virginity in fear of burning off a guys penis...

Anon

I used to think that you were a virgin if you had never spilt any food on your trousers

So when I split ketchup on myself at christmas I said "Oh damn I 'm not a virgin any more"

My grandparents were there
I was told what it really was later that day

Daniel

Before I understood sex, I thought the word `Virgin` was a holy title like `Saint` or `Pope` because of the virgin mary.

PT

Rewind twenty-odd years to a little boy learning about astrological signs. Cancer, the crab -- check. Leo, the lion -- check. Virgo, the... what? Virgin? What the heck is that? Well, the picture in the book is of a young and attractive young lady, so that's what a virgin must be.

Some months/years later, the word "virgin" came up in a conversation with my sister (a year older than I.) She accused me of not even knowing what the word meant. I indignantly said, "Yes I do, it's a pretty woman!" I was very embarrassed when she corrected me.

Red

As a child I thought virginity was a religion.

Susan

I used to believe that 'virgo'which is my starsign, and 'virgin'was the same thing. That's why I declared to everyone in my Grans kitchen one day when I was 6: "I'm a virgin!"

Vic

When i was about 9 or 10 some one asked me if i was a virgin and i said no i'm a scorpio...

Muppet