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posted by Voodoo Child @ 1:55 PM

Sunday, December 01, 2002

Thanksgiving....it's come and gone..So what did we all have to be thankful for this year??? The clothes on our back, the roof over our head, the friends who surround us, the family who loves you... Have any of us thought about being thankful for not having the dreaded disease AIDS, or if you do... that you are still ALIVE?? Althougth I do not know first hand what it's like to have the disease or what it's symptoms are besides seeing the effects from the movie Philadelphia or reading pamphlets or watching documentaries, I can only imagine what one has to go through.

No matter how many HIV tests you take, it can take 6 months to years for it to show up... How scary is that? That's reality folks!! I've heard multiple stories of friends not using a condom and having unsafe sex, because they "trust" their partner, or "got caught up in the moment." I don't believe these are valid reasons. Not to say that i'm promiscuous or my friends are promiscuous, but luckily none of these friends have been infected w/ HIV or at least admit they have the disease. Who would admit to having the disease??? No matter how many times you say to yourself or to others that you would not pre-judge a person for having the disease or hinder touching them or act indifferently towards them, I think people will just do the opposite cause you never know how you will act unless you're put into that situation, unless you really KNOW yourself.

But when are we able to make that deciding factor when you don't need to use a condom???? After being w/ your partner 3 mos., a year, 5 years of dating, once you're married??? I don't think they've ever addressed that, or at least I don't remember reading anything about it. I guess peeps just use their own judgement, but will that moment decide your future fate???

It's so scary nowadays. Myself being single, and out in the dating scene....is it just me or peeps just move really fast??? Or maybe i'm just old fashioned... I remember back in the day that peeps would wait months before having sex. And now..it's the frickin 3rd date sometimes. And then there's that awkwardness about asking your partner whether they've tested for HIV or asking to use a condom or putting one on, because you don't know your partner that well and you're looking out for your own safety....

I know i'm ramblin here with so many thoughts goin thru my head... This is a very hot topic and I think I can go on for days...but i'll leave it here...use a condom since there's no cure for AIDS, herpes, etc...One less thing to worry about in this chaotic world we live in...

posted by The Weekender @ 11:56 PM

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