YOU'RE NOT READY TO HAVE SEX IF....

 

*1.   You think sex equals love.
*2.   You feel pressured.
*3.   You're afraid to say no.
*4.   It's just easier to give in.
*5.   You think everyone else is doing it. (They're not!)
*6.   Your instincts tell you not to.
*7.   Your don't understand how birth control works.
*8.   You don't know the facts about pregnancy.
*9.   You don't think a woman can get pregnant the first time.
10.   It goes against your moral beliefs.
11.   It goes against your religious beliefs.
12.   You'll regret it in the morning.
13.   You'll feel ashamed or embarrassed.
14.   You're doing it to prove something.
15.   You can't support a child.
16.   You can't support yourself.
17.   Your idea of commitment is a 3 day video rental.
18.   You believe sex before marriage is wrong.
19.   You don't know how to protect yourself against HIV - the virus that causes AIDS.
20.   You don't know the signs and symptoms of sexually transmitted infections (STIs, also called STDs)
21.   You think it will make your partner love you.
22.   You think it will make you love your partner.
23.   You think it will keep you together.
24.   You hope it will change your life.
25.   You don't want it to change your life.
26.   You're not ready for the relationship to change.
27.   You're drunk.
28.   You wish you were drunk.
29.   Your partner is drunk.
30.   You expect it to be perfect.
31.   You'll just die if it's not perfect.
32.   You can't laugh together about awkward elbows and clumsy clothes.
33.   You're not ready to take off your clothes.
34.   You think HIV and AIDS only happen to other people.
35.   You can tell who has HIV by looking at them.
36.   You don't think teens get HIV. (they do)
37.   You don't know that abstinence is the only 100% protection against sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy.
38.   You haven't talked about tomorrow.
39.   You can't face the thought of tomorrow.
40.   You'd be horrified if your parents found out.
41.   You're doing it just so your parents will find out.
42.   You think you're too scared to think clearly.
43.   You think it will make you more popular.
44.   You think you "owe it" to your partner.
45.   You think it's not O.K. to be a virgin.
46.   You're only thinking about yourself.
47.   You not thinking about yourself.
48.   You can't wait to tell everyone about it.
49.   You hope no one will hear about it.
50.   You really wish the whole thing had never come up.

IT'S O.K. TO WAIT!

Excerpted from "You're not ready to have sex if...." copyright 1996 by Journeyworks

Taken from "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens" by Sean Covey