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Reply #180 posted 03/09/08 3:58pm

Ottensen

SCNDLS said:

CalhounSq said:

Do ALL of you insist that your partners get tested

When does the "test so we can fuck" convo happen (how far into knowing them)

How often are you & your partner getting re-tested Let's face it, people cheat. & if they're fucking you w/o a condom, they may be fucking other mf's without one too. So how often does testing occur? Or do you do it initially & just roll w/ whatever happens??

& I'm not trying to come off judgemental here, I'm genuinely curious as I've never been bold enough to roll w/o one even in long relationships WITH testing lol

I KNOW that's right. highfive

I have that conversation very early, especially if it's someone I think there's relationship potential. And I do expect to see a test if we're going to be having sex on the regular. In the last long term relationship I was in, we got tested annually but we RARELY did it without a condom cuz I'm not on the pill and was/am not trynta get pregnant.

It would be really nice (naive) to believe that just because someone says you are in a committed relationship or EVEN married that would mean both parties are being monogamous. I personally know THREE women who contracted AIDS from their husbands of more than ten years. And this is becoming more and more common, especially in the black community.

I'm not saying that I would expect a husband and wife to use a condom but this is just an example that just cuz you think you can trust your partner does not mean they are not fucking around and exposing you, as a woman, to diseases.

Also, again there's NO male test for HPV which is the primary cause of cervical cancer. I wonder how many men who ARE being faithful unwittingly gave HPV to their partner or wife and she ended up with cancer as a result???? hmmm

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Reply #181 posted 03/10/08 8:22am

meow85

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728huey said:

LittleSmedley said

lambskin... confused

made from an actual lamb's skin??

Yes. Sort of. There are condoms that are made from lamb skin and others which are made of intestinal matter which has been cleaned and chemically treated to be stored in condom packets and not decompose. They most resemble actual skin and give the most sensation, but because they are from organic material which is porous, they don't protect people from potential STD's like regular condoms.

I didn't realize that so many people thought that condoms were such a pain in the ass. I thought that the alternative, like getting syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, HIV, or that unexpected visitor which will consume the next 18 to 20 years of your life was worse than the momentary inconvenience of wearing a condom.

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The lameness of that defintitely outweighs the lameness of condoms, which is why in addition to being on the Pill, I always ALWAYS make with the rubber. nod

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