You feel ready. But there's no water in the pool. Feelings are inside of you, but the pool is outside, and it doesn't care how you feel. Sex is the same way. If you had felt ready, this never would have happened.
Sexual activity carries very real consequences.
Sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy are two of the more obvious problems. A million teenage girls get pregnant every year. And I'm sure you're all aware of the frightening epidemic of AIDS, and the fact that teenagers seem to be at particularly high risk. There are other diseases you may not hear so much about. Herpes is a painful, incurable sexually transmitted disease which is said to affect up to 50 percent of sexually active, single Americans.