My girlfriend and I had been dating for months, and things were going well. But physically we were taking it very slowly. We had both had prior sexual partners, but she felt rushed in her last relationship and wanted to wait longer this time. I was patient. It wasn’t easy. As time went on, though, we fell very much in love, and eventually she was ready for us to sleep together.
We talked about how to start. We both wanted a connection in which nothing came between us, although neither of us had had sex without a condom before. She went on the pill, and we agreed to wait just a little longer. We picked a date to wait for: Our one year anniversary. We planned the night in detail. I asked if I could come inside her that first time, and she agreed I could.
The night before, I carefully shaved my balls in the shower. It was the first time I had touched my balls in over a week. They were fat and combustible. I did my best not to edge and turned the water to cool.