ABSTINENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER

What are some reasons for being abstinent? (Taken from SexYOUality at Scarleteen.com)

• Because you absolutely cannot get pregnant right now, or do not want to. No form -- not one -- of birth control is 100% effective. Unless you have solutions in place and are ready to handle an accidental pregnancy, celibacy may be the best choice for you.
• Because it protects you from most sexually transmitted disease (some diseases can be caught from normal, daily body contact).
• Because you are not able, due to your age, financial status, or other factor, to practice birth control or safer sex responsibly or wholly, or because other aspects of sex put your health, well-being, or that of your family or partner, at risk.
• Because your religion or belief system does not encourage or permit either premarital sex, or sex for any purpose other than procreation. If having a sexual partner will make you feel guilty, or that you are defying your religion or family, it may be best to abstain from it, simply because sex that makes you feel bad about yourself just isn't worth having.
• Because you aren't ready for a sexual partner right now. Perhaps you were raped, sexually traumatized, or your last sexual experience left you feeling bad or confused. Perhaps you just don't want to deal with all of the hassles of sex with a partner. Perhaps you feel you should wait until you're with a person you have known and trusted a very long time.
• Because you suspect you or your partner may have a sexually transmitted disease or infection, or you know you do. If you think or know one of you may be sick, waiting until you have test results and answers to your concerns is a very sound thing to do, even if you usually use condoms.
• Because you just don't want any sexual activity right now, have other priorities, are evaluating your relationship, or are feeling "sick of sex." At various times in our lives, we all will go through these stages at least once or twice, and in order to work through them, may need to separate ourselves to see thing the most clearly.

Source: Scarleteen.com

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