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I don't want to look back!

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Hi Caroline,

i'm 17 years old and am in a relationship with a man who is 26. We've known each other for over a year and were just friends, but somewhere along the line we started to become more than that. Lately we have been talking bout sleeping together. He is very sensitive to my needs and has never pressured me. Problem is that other people seem to think that because he is older than me he is leading me astray and just using me. I don't feel that he has been doing this, but it just makes me concerned when people say things like these and this puts me off wanting to sleep with him. This would be my first time and i don't want to look back on it and feel that i've been used! Should i be letting something like this bother me?

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Hi JD

You have every right to think these things and others have the right to, they are trying to protect you and so you are all right in a way.

But, This man is he single? are You single/ do you feel anything for him and does he love you in the fact you feel like you want to sleep with him? you're old enough to make the right or wrong decisions in your life the choice is yours. At the end of the day is he the right one for you? how do you really feel about him? do you want to be with him and see him? if yes then you have a relationship and seen as you are above legal sex consent, you have a choice either go with your heart, or go with your what your head says. The end of the day is your feelings and how you feel now.

regards

Caroline