It's Your Call - Making Sexual Decisions

an interactive site
to help you make decisions that are right for you

(based on the software - "It's Your Call - Making Sexual Decisions")

#16: Dating Again.
Marie is 36, with two teenage children. Her husband died in an accident three years ago, and in the past year she's started dating again.

Now she's been seeing a really special man and she feels ready to have sex with him.
Her kids seem to like Tom, but she's concerned about their reactions if she and Tom start sleeping together. She's also heard a lot on the news about AIDS, but it seems to be mostly young folk who are getting it. She thinks that someday she might not mind having another child, but not until she finishes her degree in another year.

 

What should she do?

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When you've finished exploring the issues and are ready to enter your solution, remember to return to Scenario #16: "Dating Again".

What should they do?

 

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