Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gatech.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!gatech!dana From: dana@gatech.UUCP (Dana Eckart) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Kate Hepburn on sex life of today's college students Message-ID: <10470@gatech.UUCP> Date: Thu, 18-Oct-84 12:04:31 EDT Article-I.D.: gatech.10470 Posted: Thu Oct 18 12:04:31 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 19-Oct-84 02:04:19 EDT References: <164@hocsf.UUCP> Organization: School of ICS, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Lines: 34 > Related to this, when is someone emotionally and mentally > mature enough to have sex? Have some of you out there ever wished > you had waited a little longer? Started a little earlier?(Don't > all raise your hands at once! :-)) > > Sharon Badian [If this doesn't turn out quite right please overlook it as this is my first posting ever.] Throughout High School I never dated much, in fact the few dates I had were when the woman asked me. When I first came to college I went out on a few dates (where I was the initiator), and I started dating one woman exclusively towards the end of my first year. We then broke up for a summer and when we started seeing each other again she seemed interested in having sex (e.g. she asked me to spend the night) but at the time I wasn't really ready (READ terrified, afraid, scared, etc.) so I politely told her no (I know, I must have been crazy :-)), but some months later after we had dated some more we did have sex (about 1 year after we had first met). It was the start of a terrific relationship in which we ended up getting engaged about 18 months later (although this didn't work out, but that's another story). I am very glad that I waited until I felt more sure of myself and that it was something that I wanted to do. It was a wonderful expierence and one I shall always remember fondly. The things which seemed to really make a difference were our trust in and love for one another. For myself, I knew what I was and wasn't ready for and things seemed to have worked out fine. Peer pressure was not a concern, and rightly so! Dana Eckart ps. For my first posting, I hope I didn't botch it too bad!?