Sometimes just knowing in you're heart is enough
Exactly.
Okay, i've slept with around 30 people. I was a virgin until I was 20, lost it to someone I was in love with, he cheated on me and I stopped seeing sex and love as so tightly associated after that I guess.
There are definitely sexual encounters I regret, but I don't think my number is an extreme amount as I spent the majority of my life single... and I am a hedonistic creature who likes to enjoy all the pleasurable things in life. It works out to about 4 people a year... it's hardly orgies on a weekly basis
I am now in a committed relationship and have been for almost a year. I believe 100% in being faithful and have never cheated. I am not a selfish person... in fact, by all accounts I am a very giving and loving person.
And as for the 'comparing partners' thing... I think that's revealing your own paranoia...
Do you worry that the more men she's had the less chance you have of impressing her? Do you think there is nothing you could do to please her sexually because she's had it all before?
I understand that's it's all your perspective and your opinion... but maybe try opening your mind up a bit.
You hold a respect for sex as an action of love, and I think that's great. But I also think trying to understand that there are other ways of thinking about sex that aren't necessarily negative would be a good thing.