If you know someone you're confident is clean, then I'd say go for it. If you're not remarkably interested though, I see it as an unnecessary risk, when you could find someone to have sex with easily enough.
Skazilla, you are 24, and you sound like you've already given up on life practically. I'm a LOT older than you are, still a virgin, temporarily stuck in a bit of a rot, and STILL remain full of hope that I will someday meet that special someone. It's really not about sex. I'd come to that realization when I was 20, actually. Before that, I went through this phase of desperately trying to lose my virginity. Didn't work, though...and frankly, I'm glad it didn't, and that it was just a phase. It's about making the decision you won't regret years down the road. Sex with a prostitute will not give you the same kind of emotional fulfillment the first time lovemaking with someone special will. It's about love. It's about developing, and nurturing the emotional bond between your partner and yourself through the intimate acts of sex. When you think about it that way, you see sex as such a beautiful thing. And if you die a virgin, so what? At least you die knowing you never gave up on love. You die knowing you never stopped believing in love. Don't you think that's better than paying money to get rid of your V-card to someone who doesn't really care about you? You have all the time in the world. I'd spend your money on something more productive, if I were you. All the best!
he clearly stated that he's a 24 year old virgin who can't find someone to have sex with. unless of course he dies a virgin because he gave up on love.