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Sat 05 May 2004Red head: into blackEoin (15): Three months ago Eoin had sex for the first time. "It was all right, I enjoyed it but I didn't really like the girl and it's not the way I really wanted my first time to be. He admits he buckled under increasing pressure from his friends to become sexually active."It's a way of proving yourself and showing you are one of the lads. If you didn't do it they would think you were afraid and you would lose their respect." He thinks contraception is "very important" because "if she gets pregnant your whole life is ruined". He hopes the next time he has sex, it will be "special".