but if I'm not having an outbreak, it will be harder for me to spread it although it is still possible
I don't think the insinuation was that you were ignorant but that the topic you initiated will cause others to show theirs- which I tend to agree with. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Intimacy has a prerequisite of trust IMO--- and trust is truly no a default setting... respect, yes but if I were in the "meat market" I would desire someone who was sensible enough to expect that I'd get a current test to verify beyond my own word that I was clean and who would willingly reciprocate. If something showed up, I'd want it to be treated so I wouldn't be sharing anything unwanted with someone I cared about. For dating only purposes I really wouldn't care one way or another... but happily this piece of flesh is off the market!
When I was 7 years old, playing with my Superman figures - I thought 20 years old were old farts - that my grandma was probably gonna die in 2 or 3 days. Life was great. When I was 20 I had my own place, I used to do a lot of weights - I was on top of the World. I thought I was a fool when I was 7 to think it was cool and that when I'd be 30 I'd have to slow down and prepare to put money aside for my future funerals. When I was 30 I bought a house with my girlfriend, developped my own tastes - which wine I prefer or not. I thought that 20 had been nice but that I was only a pup at that time. Forty looked bad though - it was the last few years I'd be young. Forty-two today. I wouldn't want to go back to 30 and fight my way thru life. I appreciate that I can be comfortable in dealing with many problems that life throws at me. I think when I'm 50 - it'll simply be somthing else. So - every age brings good and bad. You have to do the best with what you have - you don't have a choice anyway. ...and it would be pretty pathetic to spend life thinking of the past like a forgotten hollywood has-been star. Sure, I had a little more hair in my 20s, 2 wrinkles less but I tried to stay in shape - did some mistakes but in the end, I know that the goal is to aim for what's good. My grandma, who's gone today, finished her days in an old age house. There was this couple - married, still alive in their 80s - I swear - it's the most beautiful couple I ever saw in my life (and not just because of my age fetish ). That really was true love. Not the kind that at 14 we write a letter to someone that we'll love them forever and the week after, we recycle the text for another person... Strangely, the lady died first and the man died like 8 months later. They said he had a blood vessel burst in his head but I know otherwise: he never died, he "left" to rejoin his wife. So, please dimiss this post - I hate to sound normal...
I think folks with one word responses should elaborate. Its like, OMG, if I touch someone with a disease I might get it... Thanks SF for clarifying. A lot of ignorance still does exist indeed. I mean I am glad I don't have anything or I would be extremely depressed seeing this topic.