CalhounSq said:

Absolutely positively.

Dewrede said:

Okay. All I can say is I'd be very pissed if a guy was seriously considering not doing it with me just because I want to use a condom .

PaisleyPark5083 said:

Serious said:

ok

I'm allergic to latex.

Convincing guys to use polyurethane is a pain!

God, I want a totally monogamous relationship!!!!

evenstar said:

totally they take away all the feeling

emm said:

YOUR box?

Stymie said:

So do I. Doesn't matter how "cool" they look or how thin they supposedly are, they're horrible.

Now let's have sex.

InsatiableCream said:

you'd think they'd develop something better, but nooo

eikonoklastes said:

Fuck yeah.

eikonoklastes said:

yes i'm dating a dentist.

chocolate1 said:

OMG polyurethane sux big time! I am allergic also, and I hate it.

I don't mind condoms at all.
Actually, we regularly use condoms with my girlfriend.
Keeps her off the pill and the potential side effects.

With strangers, a condom is a must. NO exceptions. Period.

I hate them. I hate the smell, I hate the feel, I hate the taste, I hate the look of them used and un-used. They're just gross.

That said -they're a neccesity. Never without.

they are on the packing list of every self-respecting survivor. You know you can hold a lot of water in them (5 to 10 liters ??) and you can even cook water in them !!!

I'm kinda surprised to see so many people really hate them I so don't mind them at all

paintedlady said:

InsatiableCream said:

YES! Someone who agrees!

A teenager goes into a pharmacy. He's little bit shy when talking to the pharmacist. "I'd like to buy some condoms" he says. The pharmacists asks him

"have you ever bought condoms before son?"

"Nope"

"here is how it works" the pharacist says "we got your three packs for when you are in high school. Friday, Saturday, Sunday. A three pack, see. Then we got a 7 pack when you are in college - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Then we got a 12 pack for when you are married. "January, February, ..…."

CalhounSq said:

Same. They're just necessary. There aren't (or haven't been, if they've been developed recently) tests for HPV for men and an estimated 50-80% of sexually active adults have it. You simply can't have sex without them unless you don't care about your health.

CarrieMpls said:

Or you and your partner have been tested and neither of you have anything.

Sex has become too important to me to worry about if someone is going to give me something and I hate condoms so until I find a male partner I can trust, sex is just out of the question.

CarrieMpls said:

I've managed to not use them for most of my relationships and have not picked up an STD or even gotten pregnant (until I was 30). You can have a healthy sex life without using them.

Now, that said. I simply do not sleep around and only sleep with people I know very, very well. The only time I will insist on them is if it's someone new and I still don't know everything about them.

So although stds are out there and the risks are high, you can definitely have sex without them and care about your health at the same time. The key is to be extremely selective and educated about who you sleep with.

i'm not having sex.

JustErin said:

Whether you know and trust someone or not, they can be carrying things they don't even know about. Sure, risk is reduced, but not gone.

But sometimes people don't care about the minor risks, and that's cool too. I think at some point you have to or you'd simply never have sex.

CarrieMpls said:

I also can't use the pill or any hormone-based birth control, so I pretty much have to like condoms.

CarrieMpls said:

It's way more than just trusting someone.

Risks are reduced, but not gone with condom use as well.

Besides, something like herpes....condoms are not gonna protect you from that.

Stymie said:

hey... what about me???

JustErin said:

and for all the lil kiddiewinkles reading this, wear CONDOMS!!!!

REDFEATHERS said:

Stymie said:

hey we can get down without condoms, let Smedley watch