fireworks and virginity

So apparently for the second time in as many weeks, the Post Dispatch will be publishing some of my comments this weekend. They are taken from the forums where I post almost every day and the entire exchange is below. I'll post it so I can refer anyone who asks to the context of the comments.
I am sure my parents will be pleased. Sorry, they asked if they could publish it and I said yes.
Perhaps they will notice that I was just quoted on the innocuous topic of fireworks and decide that I am already adequately covered and keep me out of the article.

saucy wrote:

Well, I didn't abstain either...but I was well out of my teens before I 'did it'. I think if I did have a daughter, I'd try to be like Philmore said...explain to her why it's better to wait, the emotional importance of it, all of that...but I'd also try to convey to her that if she wants to, she can come to me about birth control, etc. NO ONE knows the responsibility of raising a child until they have one, and an unwanted pregnancy is a heavy heavy burden to lay on a young girl. I will never advocate abortion, but I'm all for preventing a pregnancy, and I would want my daughter to fully realize her options there.

my response:

I agree. I will also never use that stuff about virginity being some gift to give to the man you married. Never. I don't believe in it and it would be a bunch of hooey coming from me as I am not married and not a virgin. I don't think everyone is destined to get married. I would stress over and over again the resonsibility to be safe and to prevent pregnancy, and encourage with every fiber in my being that a child of mine wait as long as humanly possible to have sex. I don't regret waiting until I was older one bit, and I certainly don't regret NOT holding onto my virginity wistfully hoping Mr. Right comes along so I can award it to him. Life's too short for that, and Mr. (or Mrs.) Right isn't a guarantee. Self respect? Responsibility? Abosolutely! A fairy tale that not everyone experiences? No way.