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Okay…so how many of you watched TLC’s "The Virgin Diaries" last night?

Was anybody else as horrified and embarrassed as I was? As if I didn’t think TLC should be renamed the "Freaks and Social Rejects Channel" before…now I definitely do.

Being a virgin myself, I was more than a little curious to tune in — and I winced, shielded my eyes, quickly changed the channel a couple of times, and also screamed in horror as I watched newlyweds, Ryan and Shanna awkwardly maul each other when they kissed for the first time.

They looked like they were eating each other’s faces. And even before we got to the long-awaited kiss (because not only are they virgins, but also virgin kissers) you had a series of interviews with the couple where it became painfully obvious that, while Shanna was overeager to finally kiss her groom and do the deed, Ryan seemed less so.

It was made all the more awkward because Shanna seemed completely oblivious to this fact.

In an article in the Daily Mail, Ryan admits that it wasn’t as good as he was expecting, while Shanna said it was painful.

In the article, we have this:

Speaking candidly, Ryan says: ‘It was good, but not as good as I was expecting,’ adding naively: ‘It was not really like in the movies.’

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2070048/The-Virgin-Diaries-Shanna-Ryan-consummate-marriage–say-sex-like-movies.html#ixzz1ffV2LEYs

And I cringe all over again.

The one scene that I cringed over the most was this (as described in the Daily Mail):

‘And I’ll have a surprise waiting for you’ interjects Ryan with a smile.

Shanna ploughs on with her plans: ‘We’ll have our robes on, we’ll slowly take our robes off, then do foreplay, and then have sex.’

Ryan then explains that he has never kissed a girl on the lips. ‘We’ve joked about it before, "Oh I really want to kiss you right now"’ he says, leaning close to Shanna before abruptly pulling away. ‘Oh, nope,’ he laughs.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2070048/The-Virgin-Diaries-Shanna-Ryan-consummate-marriage–say-sex-like-movies.html#ixzz1ffVFl8Rd

Okay, I’m going to say it: I think they’re freaks.

Okay, maybe more Ryan and Shanna, and not the others, but hell, I have a huge problem with how they portrayed themselves as well…and yes, I hold them responsible for behaving like naive, desperate, needy and pathetic creatures.

So what if you’ve never had sex — whether by choice or not?

Why be ashamed of that status and "confess" it to people with the sort of embarrassment that someone with an STD should have when calling up their numerous partners to inform them that, hey, they may have passed it along to them?

I get that they were doing it for "good television" (and trust me, this was not good television), but I don’t see the sense in automatically bringing up your virgin status as soon as you meet someone.

Okay — I get that you don’t date around much, but come on now…where’s the common sense here? Every person you date isn’t automatically going to be "the one" you’re going to be with forever and ever.

When (yes, I’m being optimistic here) I meet someone I’m serious about, I sure as Hell will not be bringing that sort of shit up on the first date — maybe not even on the second or third dates. If we were back at his place and it was clear that things were going in that direction, then, yes, we should have the discussion then…or maybe when you’ve reached a place where you think, "Hey, maybe this could be something"…but definitely not during your first date.

I was embarrassed for all the participants on this show and I’m furious with TLC for lumping virgins in with all the other freaks they daily showcase on their channel.