painful sex

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Hey girls, I'm new.
I lost my virginity last October to my boyfriend that I love. The first time hurt pretty bad, as I had anticipated, but I figured it would only get better. Wrong. It hurt every time from then on, sometimes worse than the first. This really discouraged my boyfriend because he hated hurting me and only wanted to have sex if it was enjoyable for both of us. After convincing him we had to keep trying, we've reached a point where it doesn't hurt so bad, but it definitely doesn't feel good either. It still generally hurts upon entry, but then it's just sort of there..
I tried to figure out what exactly was hurting, and the best I can say is the front? I know that's not very helpful, but the pain was too excruciating to pinpoint.
Any advice, wisdom, etc. would be great.
I hate missing out on such a wonderful thing..