Emerson Phillips
An anonymous Reddit user known only as u/songrounding shared his story of taking the virginity of his terminally ill friend after she said she wanted to have sex before she died.
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He posted the story one year to the day after she died in Reddit’s popular r/TrueOffMyChest subreddit. It received nearly 23,000 upvotes and 800 comments.
The post was titled “I (31M) took my terminally ill friend’s virginity before she passed.” The man said the two of them were friends for six years.
He explained that when her cancer came back, she told everyone she did not want to go through chemotherapy again, and that she wanted to enjoy the time she had left.
“Today is her one year anniversary since she passed and I can’t stop thinking about her,” the post read.
The man recalled one night when all the friends were drinking, and she admitted that she was a virgin. And she added that she wanted to lose it to somebody she trusts before she dies.
“That person was me,” he revealed in the post. “She didn’t force me to do anything I didn’t want to, she asked but was willing to drop it and pretend it never happened if I decided no.”
He told that he wanted to make it “extra special” by getting a hotel room. And he wanted to make it more “romantic.” so he filled the room it with fake candles. He said the experience was “intense” and there were “lots of emotions.”
“Even though she seemed so happy she got to lose her virginity to someone she trusts part of me wonders if I did take advantage,” the post read. “If I was wrong for saying yes. It’s just hard because I miss her so much. But I’m still glad at least I got to give her something before she left.”
Nearly 800 Reddit users commented on the post, many offering support to the man for being a caring friend.
“This is a beautiful beautiful story man,” one user commented. “You did so right by her. I’m sorry for your loss, she seemed like an amazing woman.”
“Most people look back on their ‘firsts’ in hindsight and think ‘what a jerk,'” another user commented. “At least she got to do it with a real friend!”
“I don’t think you took advantage of her, people have sex with other people that they’re not in love with all the time, it’s the fact that you did love her that made it something meaningful,” another wrote.
“She will live until you pass away… that is the gift that you gave her, her memory will not fade,” another user commented.
