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I wanted to start a thread, but I'm perma juinored
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I wanted to start a thread, but I'm perma juinored
OP I personally couldn't find the heart to take that risk. All it takes is a condom breaking during a heated moment of intimacy for you to be HIV positive. To me not worth the risk at all. Accidents happen and that's one accident you may regret down the road.
Why would anyone be in a relationship with you if all you care about is yourself?
Well not if you're on PrEP. And if they're taking their own medications.
Dude I got some bad news, you probably have an STD (herpes) and you don't know about it yet.
Really?? Didn't know that. Still a scary thing to stomach. Maybe I need to educate myself more on the matter, but as of now I just can't do it..
Yeah, it's pretty nuts some of the advances there has been in this area. That being the case, I'd definitely be open to it. Definitely not a deal breaker in any case.Yeaah, so sorry to necro bump this topic, but I've recently reading up on mixed status couples and the things they have to deal with, I admit that I didn't know a lot about HIV and how it works before, but heres some things that I learned:
1. People on ART ( anti retro viral) drugs, and have achieved undetectable status are extremely unlikely to give away the virus, in fact there are 2 studies called the Swiss Statement and the PARTNER Study that suggest that it's impossible for an undetectable person to give it away.
2. HIV, while a serious virus, is pretty easy to avoid.
3. HIV positive people can go on the have children without fear of passing it on due to advancements in medicine.
4. There are drugs call Prep( pre exposure) and PeP ( post exposure) that negative people can take to reduce that chances of getting it.
So knowing all of this, I would say yeah I would. HIV is a shitty, yet manageable virus that some people have to deal with, just like any other disease. If I liked that person, and she or he was staying healthy, then that wouldn't scare me away.
Really?? Didn't know that. Still a scary thing to stomach. Maybe I need to educate myself more on the matter, but as of now I just can't do it..
And people trying to shame others on this are fucking incredible. If you're an adult, and you're talking about sex with another consenting adult, it is 100% your right to abstain for any reason, from he/she has HIV to he/she has brown eyes to he/she wore shoes that didn't match his/her shirt.
It's not your place to tell me what kind of a person I am because of where I won't put my dick.
Hahaha.I wanted to start a thread, but I'm perma juinored
Super Nope, much like most disabilities/diseases
Question is would they date me?
It's always weird when threads this old are necrobumped, like reading a time capsule..
I wonder if the dude OP went out with is still alive?
Because the bumper was made a permanent junior for likely making too many terrible threads.
Because the bumper was made a permanent junior for likely making too many terrible threads.Why bump a thread this old?
Can you imagine being an HIV+ GAF member, opening this thread up and feeling your stomach sink as you read through all these ignorant comments?
I'm reading through the thread wondering how "Would you date" translated into "Would you have sex with."
have you ever been on a date?I'm reading through the thread wondering how "Would you date" translated into "Would you have sex with."
Can you imagine being an HIV+ GAF member, opening this thread up and feeling your stomach sink as you read through all these ignorant comments?
This can't be stressed enough. I'd never shame anyone who chose to date someone who was HIV+. By the same token, no one should shame those of us who choose not to. Disabuse people of false assumptions or inaccurate beliefs, but there's nothing ethically or intellectually shameful about either choice.
Not putting yourself in a position that will lead to a higher chance of you catching a potentially fatal disease does not mean that all you care about is yourself.Why would anyone be in a relationship with you if all you care about is yourself?
you wouldn't date someone with a disability?Super Nope, much like most disabilities/diseases
Not putting yourself in a position that will lead to a higher chance of you catching a potentially fatal disease does not mean that all you care about is yourself.
Can you imagine being an HIV+ GAF member, opening this thread up and feeling your stomach sink as you read through all these ignorant comments?
Ditto.Absolutely. If I cared enough about the person I wouldn't even think twice about it.