Originally posted by Famine
I'd probably advise the opposite, especially in the case of "teen love" - that thing we all have when teenagers when we're "in love" with someone... For "girls", losing their virginity hurts (and I'm reliably informed that second and third time isn't so much fun either - and I should add that my informant had been banging away for 2 years before she met me). For "boys", it's more a case of awkwardness.
Think of it this way - losing your virginity is having sex. Making love is what you do with the person who's worth it.
Find someone, bang 'em, then look for someone worth making love to (and this applies also to any virgin ladies who may be frequenting a Gran Turismo-based forum site).
(and 17, meh, no, no - and her mother failed to entrap me, but succeeded in snaring the next poor bugger... Bunch of psychos)