How to know when your ready

[Tigers]

To have sex? suggestions!

[LittleMiss]

I've posted this in other threads but:

"I break it down into these things:

When you're completely comfortable intellectually with your partner. As in, you can talk to them about anything; your body, their body, anything.

When you're comfortable emotionally with your partner. You go to them if you're feeling down and they help you, they make you feel 100% safe from anything, you care for each other and have trust and honesty in your relationship. These things take a lot of time though.

You have to be comfortable physically with each other. Imagine the things you would do together and think realistically how that would impact on you emotionally. (And not just how it would be if it was great, think of how it would be if it sucked too. You have to be okay with all options.)

You must make sure that your relationship is about love and trust, not lust.
Love can be confused with lust, that feeling you get with another person and how they're every so attractive and you just want to kiss them all the time, thrown them down on a bed and give it to them.
You need to feel a companionship with your significant other, you also need to be sure that they're not just hanging around for sex. That goes for you too. You need to be sure that you're both ready and your relationship will still be about life together, not sex.

You must have no guilt.
If you're young and are close to your parents think about this: if you had sex and would feel bad about hiding it from your parents, this can cause you to feel very guilty and can turn your notion of it into a bad thing. It can also put a strain on your relationship with your partner.
Also think about whether you would feel bad about it afterwards, not because anyone else may not approve, but whether you approve. Your virginity is a special thing and shouldn't be given lightly; you only have it once, when it's gone, it's gone.
Sex is a beautiful thing but if you would feel guilty about doing it, it can really spoil it. But you shouldn't feel guilty about it. If you don't feel guilty, then that's one huge obstacle gone out of your way.

Take it slow, you have your life ahead of you.
There's no shame in being a virgin when you're twenty, no shame in losing it when your thirteen as long as you know you made the right choice and look back on it and have no regrets.
Too often I meet girls (or boys) who wish they waited until they were older. People who went to parties and lost it in a haze of alcohol or drugs. People who were pressured into it or felt that they weren't ready. People who thought they were ready and realised they weren't.

Remember, sex is beautiful and wonderful. Don't let it be anything else."

[Pelios]

Bravo Christine, you nailed it.
Here is a good website with some questions you need to ask yourself.
Good Luck!
http://www.avert.org/ready-sex.htm

[Justin Bieber]

We've had a few of these threads already which can be found here and here. So for now, I'm going to close this. If these two threads do not supply ample responses, I'll for sure reopen this one (seeing as these two threads were some time ago).

Message me if you want this reopened (OP).
-Amy