[vagabondprince]

Alrighty, I'm just gonna throw my two cents in. About being mature enough, from your post it sounds like you have covered pretty much all the bases in mentally preparing yourself to have sex. One thing i wanted to assure you on is that you definitely couldn't be considered a slut or anything like that considering you're in a relationship. Some people might think 16 is a rather young age to begin having sex, but many many others believe age doesn't matter as long as you're ready.

Another thing i wanted to touch on was considering the consequences again. From the way your post sounded, you have done plenty of this, but you do need to remember that any birth control is only 99% guaranteed, which means there is still a tiny chance that it might not work. Once you've thought about all that again, as far as i can tell you're absolutely ready to have sex.