I was still in high school and did not want to grow up just yet; I wanted to just live out my high school career and experience it to the fullest. As I talked to my girlfriend she felt much the same way, in that we were too young for such a life altering experience. We then decided to take our relationship back and not explore on it to that level, it was fine how it was before sex. One reason we decided to simplify things was because of the consequences we were facing, pregnancy.
There are consequences to every action that you make both good and bad. With sex there are many bad ones that people can encounter, but they do not think they are the ones it happens to. For example in today's society there is the high possibility of a sexually transmitted disease, torn emotions from one night stands, letting down friends and family, and ultimately pregnancy. Not all are encountered on every occasion, but sometimes they are. Pregnancy is not necessarily a bad consequence if you are mature enough and prepared, however my girlfriend and I were neither. As days passed and the reality of pregnancy grew greater and greater for us we then realized that we were not invincible, and that we were not ready for the decision that we had made. At first all I thought is how I would have to change any plans that I had ever made for my life and my future. How I would have to choose a job over education, or college, in order to support the new addition. Without an education I thought I would not be able to amount to anything special in today's society. I was just barely coming to grip that all my goals for my life were totally disrupted by one mistake, one moment. Then I began to think of her life, and how it would be changed more than mine. My girlfriend was almost two years younger than me, and would still be in high school when the baby would be born. She would never have the chance to live out her high school experiences to the absolute fullest, because she would have a child to take care of.