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Current Issues: October |
| Story 6 | |
| Nikki Hart, 16, goes to a private school in North London |  |
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I haven't had a boyfriend - and that really doesn't bother me. When the time is right, no doubt I'll meet someone, but i enjoy myself, going out to clubs, to the cinema or shopping. I don't think it's necessary to wait until you're married to have sex , but you have to feel comfortable with the person. I don't know how long I'd wait in a relationship to have sex, but it would have to be long enough for me to see my boyfriend as someone I could trust. I wouldn't want to be a middle aged virgin, and I'm sure I'll be with someone by the time I'm in my early 20s. If you make the decision to have sex, you have to be mature enough to make decisions about contraception. If you don't then you have to deal with the consequences. Many of my classmates are on the Pill or use condoms. My parents have always considered it very important that I'm well informed about my body and the consequences of sex, as well as the act itself. And now my friends and I get a lot of information from teenage magazines. Of course every teenage girl wants to know what it's like to have sex, but that doesn't make me want to rush into it. We all discuss sex at school. We all know about orgasms, and understand that sex is about pleasure as well as making babies. I may be a virgin, but I'm not hung up about sex. It will happen when the time is right and the person is right - it's not necessarily an age thing for me. When I decide to have sex, I will make sure I don't take any risks, and I will certainly use condoms. I'm not sure about the Pill. One of my girlfriends took it and felt ill when we went on holiday, She had a piercing ache in her leg and thought she had a blood clot. It'd not worth the worry. |
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