[chloereedy]

Firstly, six months my feel like a long time to have been in a relationship, but if you're both quite young it may feel too early to be having sex. I had been with my boyfriend for just over a year before we had sex for the first - mainly because I was still underage, but partly because I didn't feel ready.

Secondly, I can kinda relate with your girlfriend - first relationships can be scary. I had two boyfriends before my current boyfriend, one lasted 3 months and the other lasted 8, but neither of them went further than kissing. When I got with my current boyfriend, it was clear that he has a little bit more experience than I had, but not much - he was also still a virgin. However, I'd go over to his house and slowly we'd get further with each other - multiple times I'd stop him from going past what I was comfortable with, so maybe your girlfriend just gets a little nervous and feels like she has to stop? You've just got to remember, if she's said she's not ready, don't push her into it.

As for being together six months, for me that was about how long it took for things to start picking up in the sexual department - like I said, we only had sex after a year, so don't worry about how long it's taking. If it's really bothering you that much maybe she isn't the one for you.

Lastly, I agree with Traci about the masturbation thing - it's normal so I wouldn't worry about it. I know for a fact that my boyfriend does it as sometimes we don't get to see each other for a couple of weeks and he feels like he needs to which isn't a problem. I also know that sometimes he thinks of me while doing, and other times porn will come into the equation, which is also fine.