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Hey, this is Dan Savage, and you've managed to download another installment of the Savage Love Podcast series.

Collect them all. There'll be hundreds of thousands. We're never going to stop. 206, 201, 2720 is the phone number. If you'd like to record a question for a future podcast, leave a callback number in case we want to get back in touch with you. Let's not fuck around. Let's get right to the calls. Hi, Dan. My name is Bral. I'm an 18-year-old straight female.

I just had a recent involvement with my family that really made me question what I was doing

was right.

I recently became sexually active.

I lost my journey in September.

And so me and my boyfriend, who I've been with

since then, have been, you know, doing it. And I went home over a winter break when I went home

for Christmas. And I told my mom that I wanted to go on break control, and she, like, completely flipped out.

And even though I thought my parents were very liberal

and that they would be very open to this, they obviously weren't.

And so now, not only do, they hate my boyfriend for taking away my virginity

and ruining me forever to hate me because I obviously am easy, which is a word my mom used.

And although I know that my parents are, you know, kind of crazy about this right now,

I just can't help, like, every time I have sex with my boyfriend, I'm, like, thinking about, you know, that I'm, you see. And even though he says, I'm not, and that it's, you know, it's a commended relationship and whatever. I still have that in the back of my mind. So I was just kind of looking for affirmation that I'm not a complete slut. Thank you. And I like your podcast. Bye. Man, your call just breaks my fucking heart. Your parents are such douchebags. You are totally not a

slut. You're totally doing everything right. You also waited a lot longer than most people weighed. The average age

for people to first become sexually active, the age at which most of your peers became sexually active,

14.9. You're in college. You have a steady boyfriend. You're an adult and you are sexually active.

And it's also none of their business.

And you need to just blot it out.

It's really terrible.

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