one of my friends is 16 and will be 17 in september, so shes practically 17 already, and she has a boyfriend of 17 or 18. my mum was complaining about it as she always does, and was saying that the couple have been sleeping together and the mum of the girl knows about it and has actually been helping them, by getting them condoms and the pill and advice and all that, and my mum was saying that was wrong, and i asked her what was wrong, cos isnt it good that at least theyre well-advised, and she said its wrong cos my friend is too young to have sex. i said but its legal at 16. and my mum said yeah but youre not physically ready to do it then, youre not physically ready until youre in ur 20s. i said i can understand her being worried about my mate being not mentally ready yet, but i cant understand her being worried about her being physically ready, cos u get kids a lot younger than her doing it - in the papers u hear about girls aged about 10 who are doing it. so i always thought ur physically capable of doing it at 10 onwards, but my mum says u cant.
so, whos right? does anyone know what age its possible to have sex at?
also, slightly-related topic: does anyone know what is the average age for having ur first kiss? (thats as in french kisses, snogs, whatever u call em) i thought it was 13 but someone else told me its a lot lower than that.