NEW YORK (AP) - Lots of little girls look up to Britney Spears,
but the teen pop diva says she doesn't want to be considered a role model when it comes to sex
and relationships.
``I just want to live my life,'' she tells Us Weekly magazine in its June 4 issue.
She also doesn't want to discuss the intimate details of her romance with Justin Timberlake of 'N Sync (news - web sites), which has been a topic of rampant
speculation.
``Have we had sex? That's something that, you know, I'd like to keep personal. I want to try to keep a personal life,'' she says.
``I want to wait to have sex until I'm married. I do. I want to wait.'' Then she pauses and adds, ``But it's hard.''
Spears, 19, and Timberlake, 20, have been friends since the early '90s, when both were cast members of ``The Mickey Mouse Club.''
``We were, like, 12 or 13 and it was like, `Hi, do you like me?''' Spears remembers. ``It was just like puppy love.''
Spears' mother, Lynne, allows her daughter to take vacations with Timberlake, as long as a bodyguard accompanies them.
``I approve of Justin and his whole family,'' Lynne Spears tells the magazine. ``I've known him all his life - at least the important years. I love him.''
-- AllPop
