Out of fear of knocking some random up and being stuck with a baby (like many of my friends had actually done) I waited, I met a great girl, we dated, we fell in love and when the time was right we had sex, over a decade later and we're married with two kids both planned and loved dearly.

Sex is important in a relationship, if you're not in one start with the relationship first and work towards sex, there isn't an imaginary gate that opens up on losing ones virginity, you will still be as likeable as you were before sleeping with a hooker, maybe a little more confident, but you could get that same confidence by not putting sex on a pedestal.