Sorry if this question is kind of a touchy subject.   I am really kind of reluctant to ask it.... but reading through the forums here you all seem like good people, who might be able to answer my question.   Hopefully I put this in the right forum section!

I'm in the process of writing a book which I may or may not try to get published eventually.    It started out as a fairly short story which I was writing to get memories of a very special person in my life down on paper..   The story takes place from around 1989 to 1995, starting shortly before the time I met my best friend (and girlfriend later on) who completely changed my life.   It covers various important events in our lives, and struggles through the 6 years that I knew her. 

The story is about 90% true, with just some minor details being changed, like names, places, and other fairly non-important details.   The ending however will probably be completely different.     I'll probably finish the book the way things should have gone, and not how they tragically ended.   I'm still somewhat undecided on that though.  I'm really not sure I can bring myself to write the true ending.

Anyway, as expected with teenagers, there was a lot of teasing each other, physical contact, and stuff like that which started in the 7th grade as we both were going through puberty.   Skinny dipping in the summer of 8th grade, and things like that followed.    Nothing sexual happened though until Sophomore year in H.S., after we had been apart for about a year and a half, due to her step-dad moving their family away.      The sexual contact was never intercourse, as we had both promised each other (and my parents after they started suspecting something) that we would wait until marriage for that. 

So I guess my question is, are there any legal issues, or other issues that I might run into with having a brief, not overly graphic, and slightly humorous description of our first sexual experiences together in this book if I were to try to get it published?   I'd hate to have to leave these very important parts out of the story. 

Again, this isn't a erotic novel or anything like that.  This is just a story of two kids growing up together, and as frequently happens in H.S. things get a little more serious.   

Thank you ahead of time for any advice on this topic, and any information on legal issues or other issues I might run into.

Last edited by david (12-17-2011 12:15:45)