Why A Cup of Coffee Could Affect Your Future.

I have this huge list of the top 20 behavioral beliefs of teens that have sex. I didn't understand that title either. Basically, it means that it's a list of the top 20 reasons that teens use to decide whether or not to have sex. It has reasons like, "I might get AIDS" or "I would feel guilty," and all that jazz. There's something a little more interesting about this list though. Remember a couple sentences ago when I mentioned, "Top 20?" Yeah, these reasons are listed in order of MOST COMMON. Now here's where it gets really interesting, and listen up teenagers... your number 1 reason to have sex is this, "I think I might enjoy sex."
That's number one. You might enjoy it. I also might enjoy a good cup of coffee but it's not something that I put number one on my list of things that could GREATLY AFFECT MY FUTURE. No, that's more like the 9,982nd thing that might greatly affect my future. And I can tell you the reasons why it would ever affect my future... and there are only three.

1. It's a really good blend so I drink only that kind for the rest of my life. Future affected.


2. For some reason I wake up in the morning and decide that I hate it, thus never drinking it again. Future affected.


3. Someone poisons me through my daily cup of coffee thus killing me. Future definitely affected.

So let's just take a little time travel through your life. You have sex as a teen/young adult because you think, "Meh, it could be fun I guess."
Let's say you get an STD. Life effected. Usually forever.
Let's say you get pregnant. Girls you suddenly have a baby to take care of, school to go to, and a job to support your baby. And boys, getting a girl DOES affect you. You find your self going to school to graduate and working the night shift at Taco Bell so that you can pay child support. Also, that decision and your child will affect EVERY RELATIONSHIP you will EVER have.
Let's say your heart gets broken. Didn't think of that did you? Did you think about the fact, boys, that you are 8 TIMES more LIKELY to commit suicide if you are sexually active than if you're abstinent? Girls are 3 times more likely. Why are boys' rates higher than a girl's? Because boys don't go around telling everyone and their mother's brother about their heart break. That's right, girls, boys have feelings too.

All of these things are not only more likely to happen than getting poisoned by your everyday cup of joe... but they DO HAPPEN. Thousands of teens contract an STD every day. Every time we go and speak in a school someone speaks up and says, "There are lots of pregnant girls in our school." I did a session in a junior high school... 12 year old kids, and they were talking about all of the pregnant girls in their schools. That is something that a 12-13 year old should not have to go through. And we see it all the time. Why do I tell you this? Because I just wanted to have a casual conversation. Also I wanted to let you know that people that wait until they're married and stay faithful don't have to worry about any of this.

Peace Out.