As for the sex thing, I keep reading your posts and wondering if you aren't a bit overly scared. Yes, aids and other stds are bad, but proper condom use and a conversation about consent/status is almost always enough to keep you safe. There are also lots of ways to have sex without penetration, and I've had plenty of hiv- friends not get infected from hiv+ partners. Hell, there's a med now for accidental exposure that works to prevent hiv getting a chance to infect you.
As someone who still has semi-casual sex (I only sleep with friends and we talk about stds/use protection) I would say you have it covered. If our youthful recklessness didn't see either of us catch an std, I seriously doubt our more careful semi-youthful exploits are going to.
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Date: 2014-10-28 06:29 pm (UTC)As for the sex thing, I keep reading your posts and wondering if you aren't a bit overly scared. Yes, aids and other stds are bad, but proper condom use and a conversation about consent/status is almost always enough to keep you safe. There are also lots of ways to have sex without penetration, and I've had plenty of hiv- friends not get infected from hiv+ partners. Hell, there's a med now for accidental exposure that works to prevent hiv getting a chance to infect you.
As someone who still has semi-casual sex (I only sleep with friends and we talk about stds/use protection) I would say you have it covered. If our youthful recklessness didn't see either of us catch an std, I seriously doubt our more careful semi-youthful exploits are going to.