Why does losing your virginity have to be a "long hard road"? It shouldn't be a road at all; it shouldn't be a goal. It should more be like taking a stop at McDonald's while you're on the road. Losing your virginity shouldn't be that big hoorah at the end. You had sex, and that is it. A huge majority of the time, the person you lost your virginity to isn't going to be the last person you have sex with. So, just miss the good times for a day, and then move on. It's nothing worth to cry over. There's better things to worry about, like finding a career and being independent--or simply, just being content with life.