That Was Awkward...But a Relief

My bf (almost 4 weeks now!) and I talked about sex. Before, there had been little jokes and stuff but honestly he's better than most guys, my brother included. He makes jokes, but they're usually just about as innocent as sex jokes can be (that sounds kinda wierd, but it can happen). He also flirts with guys (jokingly) and talks about "having sex" with them, but it's all joking around and these other guys don't mind joking around about it either.
Well, today in our texts we were joking about all the other people "in" our relationship and talked about all of us having sex together, but we both knew we were joking.
Anyway, we got to more serious talking in our texts. He asked me what my views are and I told him that I'm waiting till marraige but I don't judge people who don't. I asked about him. He said he's not really sure, but that he came close once several years ago (that made me really uncomfortable but I'm glad he told me). Then he said he thinks when it happens, it happens, and he doesn't think you should really stop it. But he seems to respect my views, so I'm glad we got it out in the open.