Were you sexually active? I was and I regret it. Seeing my younger sister be active just freaks me out though. She's even younger than I used to be. The times have changed!
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When you were a teen
I was and I regret some of it. The earliest parts (17) I do because I have realized I didn't love that person. My girlfriend later on, when I was 18 and 19, I do not regret doing it because I did love her and to this day still do and we are best friends so I was perfectly happy sharing that part of me with her.
04/17/2012
I wasn't and I'm happy with that. When I was younger, it was a much more closed environment and there really wasn't anyone I even *wanted* to have sex with, so "omg he/she is so cute" crushes or anything.
If I had, I would probably regret it, but not for the usual reasons. I was really unhappy and would have regretted anything done at that time.
I don't think it's necessarily wrong, but I've seen more "bad choices" than good ones. That defined by emotional regret or getting pregnant when you weren't ready or getting an STD. Then again, kids at my school definitely did not make the smartest choices and passed around crazy sex myths and stuff (and so did the school health class), so I don't know how average a sample pool that is.
If I had, I would probably regret it, but not for the usual reasons. I was really unhappy and would have regretted anything done at that time.
I don't think it's necessarily wrong, but I've seen more "bad choices" than good ones. That defined by emotional regret or getting pregnant when you weren't ready or getting an STD. Then again, kids at my school definitely did not make the smartest choices and passed around crazy sex myths and stuff (and so did the school health class), so I don't know how average a sample pool that is.
04/17/2012
I was 17 when I became active. I do not regret it, it was a guy that I was in a serious relationship with for quite awhile. I was not very active until after my hysterectomy since sex caused some serious pain for me afterwards and during. Once it did not hurt, I ran with it but only with the husband I had at the time and then with my current husband now. Not much variety, okay with that, but definitely a lot of quantity, especially the last 12 years.
04/18/2012
A few months before my 18th birthday, with my best guy friend. I wanted to. Never regretted it.
I wanted to be active a hell of a lot earlier, but I couldn't find anyone who wanted me. Screaming ball of hormones and being a willing teenage girl ... and the legal-age guys were too gentlemanly to take advantage, and teenage boys were too shallow to take advantage (they considered me too fat and ugly).
When my best guy friend and I got together, I made him walk funny for three days afterwards ... the others truly missed out.
I wanted to be active a hell of a lot earlier, but I couldn't find anyone who wanted me. Screaming ball of hormones and being a willing teenage girl ... and the legal-age guys were too gentlemanly to take advantage, and teenage boys were too shallow to take advantage (they considered me too fat and ugly).
When my best guy friend and I got together, I made him walk funny for three days afterwards ... the others truly missed out.
04/18/2012
i was very young when i first became sexually active probably too young i was 14. i hit puberty at a really young age though...i mean really young i had the whole nine yard by 5th grade if you know what i mean i was a latch key kid by the time i was in 4th grade so there wasn't really anything i couldn't do if i didn't want too i don't necessarily regret it but i would change some things if i could of coarse
04/18/2012
Every person matures at a different rate. I was sexually active at 16. I don't regret it. I was ready for it and I learned a lot. I made sure I was with the right man the first time I had sex (and with any other man I had sex with) and have never regretted a sexual encounter.
I don't think it's any different "now" than it was years ago. Teens have been having sex since the beginning of time. My mother and father had many friends who got pregnant in the late 50s and early 60s, when they were teens. We are pretty sure my grandmother was an unwed teen mom in the 1920s! (My dad's older sister, by more than a dozen years.) In fact, the teen pregnancy rate has dropped recently.
I do think some people feel pressured to have sex early. A few teens may have a hard time saying no to a prospective boyfriend or girlfriend. That is nothing new.
But, many of us are happy with our youthful decisions and glad we did what we did when we did them.
I don't think it's any different "now" than it was years ago. Teens have been having sex since the beginning of time. My mother and father had many friends who got pregnant in the late 50s and early 60s, when they were teens. We are pretty sure my grandmother was an unwed teen mom in the 1920s! (My dad's older sister, by more than a dozen years.) In fact, the teen pregnancy rate has dropped recently.
I do think some people feel pressured to have sex early. A few teens may have a hard time saying no to a prospective boyfriend or girlfriend. That is nothing new.
But, many of us are happy with our youthful decisions and glad we did what we did when we did them.
04/18/2012
Your only options are "I regret it," "I would change it if I could go back," and "It's in the past, I don't care anymore"?
Why would you assume everyone feels either negative or neutral about their teen sexual experiences?
I for one feel great about my choices. I was well aware that sex didn't equate with love, and enjoyed exploring it with my partners.
Why would you assume everyone feels either negative or neutral about their teen sexual experiences?
I for one feel great about my choices. I was well aware that sex didn't equate with love, and enjoyed exploring it with my partners.
04/18/2012
I don't understand not including options like " I don't regret it.", " It is what it is.", "I would never change my experiences.", and so on. There are some of us that fit in those categories.
I don't regret anything because they were experiences I would never change them. They are what they are and they don't matter now, but they mattered at the time. I enjoyed my experiences. I would never change anything about them. Doing so could have changed who I am and I love who I am. I was young too. I was 15.
I don't regret anything because they were experiences I would never change them. They are what they are and they don't matter now, but they mattered at the time. I enjoyed my experiences. I would never change anything about them. Doing so could have changed who I am and I love who I am. I was young too. I was 15.
04/18/2012
