WAITING...MEANS FREEDOM
Freedom from...
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Pregnancy
- Guilt
- Damaged reputation
- Disappointing your parents
- Losing trust and support
- Losing respect from others and for yourself
- Making hard choices
- Sex getting in the way of real intimacy and communication
(Ruining a good relationship)
- Feeling pressured
- Compromising your values and principles
- Having someone like you for the wrong reasons
- Missing the relatively care-free enjoyment of your teenage years
- Hurting someone
- Being hurt emotionally
- Sex becoming the central focus of the relationship
- Feeling “used”
- Gossip
- Your partner bragging about “scoring” with you
- Being disappointed because sex happened too soon
- Missing out on developing other areas of your relationship
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