choices

There are a few possibilities. • Maybe she is on the pill, but either doesn't know how to use it properly, or hasn't been using it properly, such as by missing pills, confusing active pills for placebos, or had an interaction with her pill and another medication, like an antibiotic. • Maybe you're...

What's a "boyfriend" or what's a "girlfriend?" It all depends on what you and yours decide it's going to mean and what works best for you.

The first thing I'd ask you is if you -- and your boyfriend -- feel too young to possibly be someone's parent. I ask that, because one huge risk with unprotected sex is pregnancy. Statistically, in less than one year, 80-90% of people (and remember, too, teens are often far more fertile than us...

You're considering a method or practice of pregnancy prevention, and want need to decide if you want to use a hormonal or nonhormonal method.

Our giant 25-page guide to birth control options provides in-depth info on contraceptive choices to help you find your BC BFF.

It is okay to have a desire to explore sex with the same gender; it is okay to have a desire to explore sex with people of a different gender. We also don't need to view any of that exploration as an "experiment," nor is same-gender sex somehow more of an experiment than mixed-gender sex is. I mean...

(Eoin's questions continued...) 1) Abstinence-until-marriage is not superior (this will also come up later with respect to "the parents" and other concerns with my girlfriend); is it such a big deal if I have sex with my girlfriend tomorrow, in a couple months, or several years from now, including...

As an American, I just wanted to thank you and your husband for your service to this country. Thanks and bless you! I don't know many Marines, but I know a fair share of sailors, and had a pretty long relationship with one myself, so I have some insight to military culture. You're right, it's pretty...

If you feel like -- and you seem to be very clearly saying you do -- that YOU need to hold off on sex with someone new, for YOU, that's really all you need to know. You're the only person waiting needs to be okay with. If it's not okay with anyone else, too bad for them. Some not-as-yet boyfriend...

Really, the why here isn't that important. What's important is the "is." In other words, you're doing things you're saying you really don't want to do. WHY you're doing them, or what might have caused you to have a hard time with making the choices you want to isn't as important as the fact THAT...