DM, if I have sons that's exactly what I'll tell them....and my daughters the same thing about men.
I just don't think people need to waste their lives seriously pursuing the opposite sex when they're young. Get laid, but don't take anything seriously. Get an education, a career, make money, travel, learn who you are as a person. Then you'll be strong enough to know exactly what you deserve and not settle for immature relationships and douchebags.
At 17, girls have no clue what a good relatonship is. They just want someone to stoke their raging hormone fire, and make their girlfriends jealous.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. - Mohandas Gandhi