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Gettin Tested...

Wouldn't it be a good idea to get tested anyway? Sure, getting tested for STDs isn't what she meant, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't do it anyway. And ask her to do it too.

Oh, and google her name, along with "nude," "xxx," and "video." You never know.
 
Nah I've known this girl for about 6 years, she is ok. Only been serious with one guy, I know the guy, he is ok too. I am pretty sure i dont need to test.
 
MacAztec said:
Nah I've known this girl for about 6 years, she is ok. Only been serious with one guy, I know the guy, he is ok too. I am pretty sure i dont need to test.
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I wouldn't be so sure. There's always that small chance that either one has something. For me, I would rather be safe than sorry. From the sounds of it, your life is going pretty well right now, and if you actually had an STD transferred to you, it would pretty much ruin everything going on in your life. I know it's you decision, but I just know that it would totally suck to get an STD...
 
When I was younger (I feel like an old fart now!) I had several partners, and I used to get a STD checkup every six months or so.

The first time is the worse as you don't know what's going on. Relax, they've seen it all before and heard it all before.

There are plenty of places to get it done anonymous or free (at least here in the UK) You can also choose the gender of the medic who will see you.

It's taking responsiblity for both yourself and the people you love.

re the penis probe - hey, you're a man, you can deal with a little pain! It WILL hurt, but no more so than a blood test! (compareable to a pinprick really)

My partners who have had tests say that for a woman, its also a bit of an ordeal, you have to put your legs into stirrups and have a stranger stare up your bits with a torch - the spectulum is always cold! Then the cervical smear test... I gather it's comparable in pain to a penis probe.

All part of being a responsible adult .... :)

RedTomato

"Ok, drop your trousers and get on that bed please"
 
MacAztec said:
Nah I've known this girl for about 6 years, she is ok. Only been serious with one guy, I know the guy, he is ok too. I am pretty sure i dont need to test.
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Every day, you meet someone who has cheated on his wife or girlfriend at some point, and you always think he's okay. Maybe her ex-bf cheated and caught something.

Point is that you should get tested. I'll just say it bluntly.
 
macbaseball said:
I wouldn't be so sure. There's always that small chance that either one has something. For me, I would rather be safe than sorry. From the sounds of it, your life is going pretty well right now, and if you actually had an STD transferred to you, it would pretty much ruin everything going on in your life. I know it's you decision, but I just know that it would totally suck to get an STD...
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Exactly.

I never cheated on my gfs/wife and was never into one-night-stands, but we always got tested before we became serious in a relationship. If there is no reason to be worried why hesitating then? Better safe than sorry. In the beginning you don't know a person well enough to be sure he/she is not hiding something from you from the past. This way you can at least exclude to catch some serious STDs. It's building up trust, because you can go to the test together and receive the test-results together as well. That's a good start for a good relationship. And it also shows that you are acting responsible by not spreading STDs because you don't know that you are having some.

Go for it! :)

groovebuster
 
MacAztec said:
Well, I talked to her about it just now, called her. She laughed and said she was thinking about the way she said it too. She meant for me to test the condom to make sure it didn't break, not to get tested.

I laughed about it afterwards, but I never did test the condom?
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Alimony! :eek:

Hope you have a secure, well paying job....
 
RedTomato said:
re the penis probe - hey, you're a man, you can deal with a little pain! It WILL hurt, but no more so than a blood test! (compareable to a pinprick really)

My partners who have had tests say that for a woman, its also a bit of an ordeal, you have to put your legs into stirrups and have a stranger stare up your bits with a torch - the spectulum is always cold! Then the cervical smear test... I gather it's comparable in pain to a penis probe.
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And it's every 3 bloody years for us ladies! So quit complaining about the 'probe'.... ;)
 
eva01 said:
also for HIV you need a consent form to have it drawn
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not here you dont...

dude, just get a regular physical from your family doctor (you should have one of these once a year anyway) and tell him you want to be tested for the usual STD's, etc.

pretty easy
 
MacAztec said:
Nah I've known this girl for about 6 years, she is ok. Only been serious with one guy, I know the guy, he is ok too. I am pretty sure i dont need to test.
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I would do blood work fine, but a penis probe is just not cool. Has anyone who has had a culture that also had a catheter? I had to have one of those pre-surgery and it sucked balls, worst thing I have ever done. I broke out with stress-bumps over my entire body due to the shock and pain.

I give blood regularly and visit the family doctor as I should, so I bank on those as valid checks. Those coupled with a smart sexlife and I assume I'm okay ;)
 
MacAztec said:
Nah I've known this girl for about 6 years, she is ok. Only been serious with one guy, I know the guy, he is ok too. I am pretty sure i dont need to test.
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I'm happy that you ask her MacAztec. Hopefully the next similar situation you will ask at the time. If you feel secure about both of their histories, than I wouldn't worry.
 
you're thinking about it, and you've had sex, which are the two real ingredients to getting tested-- just freaking get it done. there is never, ever, EVER a good excuse "not" to get tested.

If for no other reason than men can carry diseases that won't show, but will pass to a woman and believe me, she won't be very happy. If that did happen, you'd wish you'd have gotten a test. It's a little like taking a washcloth to your naughty-bits before someone's going to get intimate with them-- just one more thing you do to avoid an Awkward Sexual Moment later.
 
Yeah that was her, but we don't need to speak of that thread ;)

We are a couple now, she is really chill. her dad really likes me too, which is a plus (got offered to drive his 2005 Aston Martin Vanquish S, ANYTIME i want!!).
 
MacAztec said:
Yeah that was her, but we don't need to speak of that thread ;)

We are a couple now, she is really chill. her dad really likes me too, which is a plus (got offered to drive his 2005 Aston Martin Vanquish S, ANYTIME i want!!).
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I officially hate you, in the nicest way possibly of course, but I really do.

Hate hate, hate, hate. (Chapelle show ;) )
 
Counterfit said:
Unless, of course, you've never been in a position where transmission of those particular diseases is possible. It's hard to get and STD without the S :eek:
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withou the S you can still get it, intravenous drug users have STDs and you can get them other ways as well.

I am at a huge risk to get some sort of blood born disease because well i draw peoples blood and deal with it everyday.
 
eva01 said:
withou the S you can still get it, intravenous drug users have STDs and you can get them other ways as well.

I am at a huge risk to get some sort of blood born disease because well i draw peoples blood and deal with it everyday.
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Well, there's that. But then, I don't do either of those. The only blood I see on anything even starting to resemble regularity is my own.
 
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