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Okay guys here's a question

When you have sex with a virgin and she has an intact hymen, do you "feel" when the hymen "pops/tears/breaks/rips"?* Do you have to apply a lot more pressure to barrel past the barrier?

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That sounds slightly violent...

Reply 2

Original post by Anonymous
When you have sex with a virgin and she has an intact hymen, do you "feel" when the hymen "pops/tears/breaks/rips"?* Do you have to apply a lot more pressure to barrel past the barrier?

I don't think you will. You might feel slight resistance, but don't push past anything that's causing her too much of pain.
But she probably (definitely) will feel the breaking, and you better be paying attention coz it can really hurt, so go slow, hear her out, stop if and when she needs to, definitely use a safe lubrication to help with the whole thing
Check in on her the day after coz it sometimes still does hurt, she might even bleed a bit, don't dismiss the bleeding as normal if it becomes more than one or 2 days of fresh, red bleeding

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Original post by Anonymous
I don't think you will. You might feel slight resistance, but don't push past anything that's causing her too much of pain.
But she probably (definitely) will feel the breaking, and you better be paying attention coz it can really hurt, so go slow, hear her out, stop if and when she needs to, definitely use a safe lubrication to help with the whole thing
Check in on her the day after coz it sometimes still does hurt, she might even bleed a bit, don't dismiss the bleeding as normal if it becomes more than one or 2 days of fresh, red bleeding

Is this anonymous from a girl?

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Original post by Anonymous
Is this anonymous from a girl?

Yep
And one that lost her virginity around 2 months ago, so the experience is pretty fresh in my mind

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Original post by Anonymous
Yep
And one that lost her virginity around 2 months ago, so the experience is pretty fresh in my mind

Was yours done slowly or one thrust? How painful would you rate it? How long until you healed and vagina fully (hymen) recovered. I've heard some say it only hurts the initial first time then next time sex doesn't hurt and some say opposite.

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Original post by anonymous
when you have sex with a virgin and she has an intact hymen, do you "feel" when the hymen "pops/tears/breaks/rips"?* do you have to apply a lot more pressure to barrel past the barrier?

help im a virgin what breaks 😭

Reply 7

Original post by Anonymous
help im a virgin what breaks 😭

Your hymen

Reply 8

Original post by Anonymous
Was yours done slowly or one thrust? How painful would you rate it? How long until you healed and vagina fully (hymen) recovered. I've heard some say it only hurts the initial first time then next time sex doesn't hurt and some say opposite.

Not the person you quoted but also female, so will share my experiences. I will, however, preface with saying that I had a septate hymen so my experiences might be slightly different to average.

For me, it was one thrust and not super painful (maybe 7/10?) and the pain as relatively brief (like a few seconds at that intensity). If you use tampons, the pain feels similar to the feeling when the tampon is not in deep enough and is rubbing against your hymen (though this may be septate hymen thing so not sure if all women will know what I'm talking about...). The pain afterwards lasted around 3 days - just felt stingy, especially when peeing. Sex was not painful the next time for me.

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Original post by Anonymous
Not the person you quoted but also female, so will share my experiences. I will, however, preface with saying that I had a septate hymen so my experiences might be slightly different to average.
For me, it was one thrust and not super painful (maybe 7/10?) and the pain as relatively brief (like a few seconds at that intensity). If you use tampons, the pain feels similar to the feeling when the tampon is not in deep enough and is rubbing against your hymen (though this may be septate hymen thing so not sure if all women will know what I'm talking about...). The pain afterwards lasted around 3 days - just felt stingy, especially when peeing. Sex was not painful the next time for me.
? Except 7/10 is closer to 10. If child birth is 9/10 and being skinned alive or burned to death or dissolving away being eaten by acid is 10/10 and breaking a bone is 5ish? Doesn't make sense it got rated higher as a 7/10 then right after say "not super painful". Clarify?

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Original post by Anonymous
? Except 7/10 is closer to 10. If child birth is 9/10 and being skinned alive or burned to death or dissolving away being eaten by acid is 10/10 and breaking a bone is 5ish? Doesn't make sense it got rated higher as a 7/10 then right after say "not super painful". Clarify?

I have never broken a bone or had a child or burnt to death... To me, period pain is easily 8/10 and the pain from losing my virginity was less painful.

Reply 11

Original post by Anonymous
I have never broken a bone or had a child or burnt to death... To me, period pain is easily 8/10 and the pain from losing my virginity was less painful.

Did you go on birth control to help for cramps or have another underlying condition like endometriosis Pelvic Inflammatory?

Reply 12

Original post by Anonymous
Did you go on birth control to help for cramps or have another underlying condition like endometriosis Pelvic Inflammatory?

Not on birth control. No underlying conditions I'm aware of.

Reply 13

Original post by Anonymous
Was yours done slowly or one thrust? How painful would you rate it? How long until you healed and vagina fully (hymen) recovered. I've heard some say it only hurts the initial first time then next time sex doesn't hurt and some say opposite.

It was kinda slow, but it was more like a burning sensation than a breaking. I think my hymen had broken long before, coz it doesn't really require penetration to tear (just riding a bycycle can do it).
Somehow, after getting used the initial stretch, going faster felt less painful than going slowly. It definitely helped that he let me dictate how fast we went, how often we stopped, how deep, all that.
I bled really little, but it felt sore for maybe 2 days

The second time, the first few thrusts were really painful, and then it wasn't painful at all.

Honestly, the fear of the pain is more overwhelming than the actual pain of it. For some people, it really really hurts, but hearing about it scares all of us.
Really take care of her and hear her out throughout the whole thing, and the pain will be the last thing she remembers about the moment

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