Basics of Sex

I didn't answer, as for me this is not as simple as "important, not important,  undecided or i don't know" as i think Virginity and abstinence are very separate things.

Virginity was important to me in the sense that i didn't want to just have sex for the first time with anyone....I wanted it to be with someone i cared for and vice versa. But virginity, when in reference to abstinence to remain a virgin till marriage or for other moral or religious values isn't important to me as i think that sex is a catalyst to greater emotions in a union, not to mention that i think that testing sexual compatibility before marriage is vital.

Basics of Sex

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I agree with Passion, virginity and abstinence are two separate things and don't always go hand in hand.

Me being a virgin was not important.  I do not consider virginity a *gift* that you give a man as I've heard it described, I don't consider it as something special that you hold on to or something sacred, it's just a state the body is in before that person has sex. 

 That doesn't mean I hopped in the sack with every guy I dated, sex is important to me, sharing my body with someone is important to me and I would only have sex with someone when I felt it was right for me and with someone that I wanted to be intimate with.    

Abstinence until marriage, that was not for me and I knew waiting until marriage was not going to be the path I took.  IMO, sex is an important part of a relationship.  In a relationship, I want a whole relationship and to me if I'm not having sex with my partner then it's not a whole relationship.  If my relationship is not whole to begin with then there will be no marriage.