Thoughts on Dating Someone HIV+

[DragonSlayer Arcos]

To throw it out there first off, I have nothing against HIV+ people, so long as they practice healthy and safe life styles.

Secondly, where I am from, there are actually a lot of amazing people that support treating those with this unfortunate illness as normal people. Which of course they are, they just have to be more careful with their partners and with themselves.

I was wondering though, what you guys and gals thought about dating someone with HIV? How would you go about it, or think you would go about it? If you know some positive people, how have they affected your life? In a good or bad way?

I have a couple HIV+ friends and they are actually some of the most amazing people I have ever known, they are so upbeat and happy. They remind me of that old cliched saying "Live life to the fullest.", and "Cherish today because tomorrow was never promised.". And I can honestly say they have impacted my life in a great way, and I owe them a great deal.

Last thing I wanna say is regardless of your HIV Status, We Are All HIV Equal.  

[Saint Sims]

I've never written anyone off for being HIV positive; it could happen to literally anyone.

I am completely open to dating someone with HIV, but equally as cautious. I'm not entirely educated on HIV, I know the basics of how it's transferred and what not, but if I were to date someone with HIV I'd need them to help teach me more so that I can be safe and so that I can be mindful of them and their needs.

 

[loonaboots]

i'd definitely date someone hiv+ if i was in a situation where that would happen, but i'd also be cautious. like pharao said:

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I'm not entirely educated on HIV, I know the basics of how it's transferred and what not, but if I were to date someone with HIV I'd need them to help teach me more so that I can be safe and so that I can be mindful of them and their needs.


as well as that, it would be a deal breaker if they sprung it on me after we had gotten to sex and the like (if they had hiv before we started doing that stuff, that is). i wouldn't be okay with that at all.

and.. yeah.
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[DragonSlayer Arcos]

loonaboots

Der Fluch des Pharao

Here is a link to a general HIV/AIDS information website. It doesn't have all of the information but it has a lot of helpful links and such if you wanna learn about the illness and better protect yourself from it. X

@loonaboots: If you are with a partner that does not disclose they are positive, yet are aware they are a carrier, that is a federal crime. Same goes for lying about it.  

[loonaboots]

DragonSlayer Arcos

loonaboots

Der Fluch des Pharao

Here is a link to a general HIV/AIDS information website. It doesn't have all of the information but it has a lot of helpful links and such if you wanna learn about the illness and better protect yourself from it. X

@loonaboots: If you are with a partner that does not disclose they are positive, yet are aware they are a carrier, that is a federal crime. Same goes for lying about it.

thanks for the link! and good to know, thanks for the tidbit.
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[Ojibun]

DragonSlayer Arcos

Well, to be honest before i wouldn't feel like so. Like, i wasn't sure i would because i guess i was afraid. But then it hits me, i fall for someone in a way i haven't with someone else. I stop worrying. I usually care how my partner has behaved before meeting me or getting together with me and all but when i met this guy i stopped caring. But then i begin to think and worry, what if he does something crazy and end up with HIV or something?.. And it makes me worry.. But my feelings are there and then i realize it wouldn't matter. I love him, hell, i don't care if he has HIV or not. And also i've thought that if the feeling was strongly mutual, i'd even end up just doing normal sex with him even if i got infected, we all dying anyways.

But thats all just my immature mind speaking right now. Gotta still live life to be sure.