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Asante
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until death do us part? (poll)
#5783910 - 06/23/06 01:50 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I just saw a TV docu an aspect of which I decided to want to poll you on.
The situation is this:
A girl has had HIV for years. Through Combination Therapy she's symptom-free, but still can transmit the AIDS virus.
She decided to not just not tell her boyfriend but to actually, without any discussion, have sex with him, time after time after time, using a condom to protect him from catching her AIDS.
After two years of sexual relations, the condom tore, so she felt she "now had to tell him". It turned out he did not contract the AIDS virus, but she ended up pregnant instead. Through divine and pharmaceutical intervention the baby managed to be born without infection (which would've been a 25% risk to transmit it to her baby)
We leave that specific situation be, but my question is this:
Suppose you had years of relationship with somebody, and have much sex as lovers tend to do, and then, after years of having been told to use a condom, being told that this is because she has had AIDS for years before you two even met. She got the AIDS from a blood transfusion, not by sexual transmission. What would you do?
Please be respectful towards the scourge that is AIDS and the people who suffer from it. Be judgemental only about this particular situation.
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Edited by Asante (06/23/06 01:55 PM)
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Re: until death do us part? (poll) [Re: Asante]
#5783929 - 06/23/06 01:56 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Damn, I really don't have a clue how I would react to that.
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Re: until death do us part? (poll) [Re: lsdandfrisbee]
#5783953 - 06/23/06 02:04 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I chose "get very upset and end the relationship".
If someone for the joy of sex is willing to knowingly endanger YOUR life then that person is in lust, not love with you and in my opinion there never was a honest relationship to speak of.
This "secret" isn't a one night stand, but endangering your life, every time, for most days of the week.
If I had known before then no, I would not have sex, but if the love was real I'd ride this one out. But not after this lowest form of betrayal, which to me makes all previous love a big lie.
I never talk with my TV set, but this time I said "you bitch!" aloud. She couldve given her boyfriend AIDS as well as the baby
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Re: until death do us part? (poll) [Re: lsdandfrisbee]
#5783954 - 06/23/06 02:05 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah I think that may be one of those situations that you never can tell how you would feel unless it was happening to you. I can only imagine it would be a wave of confusion, and an array of emotions all hitting you at once.
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Re: until death do us part? (poll) [Re: Rambel]
#5784088 - 06/23/06 02:54 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Damn tough question.
The woman would have to be extrememly special on all counts for me to not kill her after finding out.
I would, however, find it incredibly weird to be with that person and have to use a condom EVERYTIME. I would be questioning that almost immediately.
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Re: until death do us part? (poll) [Re: Asante]
#5784102 - 06/23/06 02:59 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I could never turn my back on true love, ever.
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Re: until death do us part? (poll) [Re: Asante]
#5784230 - 06/23/06 03:47 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I said I wouldn't know how to react to that situation, for a couple reasons:
(a) I can't see myself spending 2 years with someone who is so secretive as to keep a secret like HIV infection from me
(b) Love is a powerful thing...and if I ever found myself in the situation where a girl I did Love (capital L) told me something like that, I think I'd be at least as likely to stick with her as break it off.
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Re: until death do us part? (poll) [Re: Silversoul]
#5784233 - 06/23/06 03:48 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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The problem is that she kept a huge secret. You can't build a healthy relationship with secrets. If I was told "hey, I've kept this secret from you all these years", it'd be hard to trust her again. I mean, what else is she keeping from you? I'd be really disappointed that the person I THOUGHT she was... isn't quite who she really is.
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Re: until death do us part? (poll) [Re: lsdandfrisbee]
#5784241 - 06/23/06 03:50 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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lsdandfrisbee said: Damn, I really don't have a clue how I would react to that.
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Re: until death do us part? (poll) [Re: Silversoul]
#5784253 - 06/23/06 03:55 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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If it were true love whe would not have kept something like that from you. She obviously had no respect for the other person.
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If you was together for years, and she 'forgot' to mention it your going to be pretty pissed off.
She's putting your life at risk for her own selfish reasons.
In most cases i think you would get the fuck out of there. If you loved her more than anything it would take some major understanding of why she never said anything to carry the relationship.
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Re: until death do us part? (poll) [Re: Asante]
#5784557 - 06/23/06 06:12 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Wiccan_Seeker said: I chose "get very upset and end the relationship".
If someone for the joy of sex is willing to knowingly endanger YOUR life then that person is in lust, not love with you and in my opinion there never was a honest relationship to speak of.
This "secret" isn't a one night stand, but endangering your life, every time, for most days of the week.
If I had known before then no, I would not have sex, but if the love was real I'd ride this one out. But not after this lowest form of betrayal, which to me makes all previous love a big lie.
I never talk with my TV set, but this time I said "you bitch!" aloud. She could've given her boyfriend AIDS as well as the baby
From the way you synopsized the story and the similar way you just posted, I am guessing you view this as more of a sexual deception, and I think it was a lot more.
For starters, this was a relationship, it was not just sex. Sex is part of every relationship.
In her defense, she decided to use a condom every single time they had sex. This alone shows she had no desire to transmit the disease and in fact wanted to protect her boyfriend from the virus. In two years, most couples will stop using condoms (let's face it they aren't as pleasurable). She probably had to think of reasons to explain her reluctance.
Now I have mixed opinions on the "why didn't she tell him in the first place" side.
On one hand, AIDS is probably one of the worse diseases you can have. Spreading it knowingly is inhumane.
On the other hand, people with AIDS till this day are ostracized. Think about it. If someone tells you they have herpes, most of us (including myself) instantly think that they've slept with 2390840238 people, when in fact they could've just been that unlucky person to have sex with a person who had it.
Same with AIDS. Now in her case, it wasn't even her fault she contracted it. However, if she said she had AIDS, most of us would immediately jump to the "whore" conclusion. She probably fell in love with this man and thought that such a stigma would ruin her chance.
My 2 cents.
I put I'd be angry but still stay.
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Re: until death do us part? (poll) [Re: Asante]
#5784562 - 06/23/06 06:16 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I chose "Damn..."
But I would get upset. Very upset about being lied to about something so severe. Wether not It would end would depend on how she reacted to me.
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Re: until death do us part? (poll) [Re: Asante]
#5784629 - 06/23/06 06:48 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'd feel that she took my life/well being/destiny into her hands, playing god/master. In my eyes that's akin to slipping me bits of rat poison in my food for years. Where's the "beat the bitch beyond recognition before leaving her" choice? Would that go along with choice one?
Very good post by the way.
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You needed an option for "Shake the fuck out of her!"
But I'm a hopeless romantic so i voted "If I truly love her I'd do *anything* for her, no regrets or second thoughts" on the condition that i really, truly loved her.
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Re: until death do us part? (poll) [Re: Asante]
#5785108 - 06/23/06 09:19 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Wiccan_Seeker said: Suppose you had years of relationship with somebody, and have much sex as lovers tend to do, and then, after years of having been told to use a condom, being told that this is because she has had AIDS for years before you two even met. She got the AIDS from a blood transfusion, not by sexual transmission. What would you do?
just a bit of education for you folks...my boss at my current job has AIDS...she's a big spokesperson and all about it... she's done hundreds of speeches and all that stuff, so I know a goo deal about it all....anyway.... here's the educational bit. most people who are infected only have HIV, which isn't AIDS. AIDS only comes to pass once your t-cell count gets below 200, and on the various cocktails, most people with HIV can maintain their t-cells at around 600-1000 or so. the normal t-cell count for everyone else is around 1800-2000, I believe. so...thats that.
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Quote:
Afroshroomerican said: From the way you synopsized the story and the similar way you just posted, I am guessing you view this as more of a sexual deception, and I think it was a lot more.
For starters, this was a relationship, it was not just sex. Sex is part of every relationship.
In her defense, she decided to use a condom every single time they had sex. This alone shows she had no desire to transmit the disease and in fact wanted to protect her boyfriend from the virus. In two years, most couples will stop using condoms (let's face it they aren't as pleasurable). She probably had to think of reasons to explain her reluctance.
Now I have mixed opinions on the "why didn't she tell him in the first place" side.
On one hand, AIDS is probably one of the worse diseases you can have. Spreading it knowingly is inhumane.
On the other hand, people with AIDS till this day are ostracized. Think about it. If someone tells you they have herpes, most of us (including myself) instantly think that they've slept with 2390840238 people, when in fact they could've just been that unlucky person to have sex with a person who had it.
Same with AIDS. Now in her case, it wasn't even her fault she contracted it. However, if she said she had AIDS, most of us would immediately jump to the "whore" conclusion. She probably fell in love with this man and thought that such a stigma would ruin her chance.
My 2 cents.
I put I'd be angry but still stay.
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Re: until death do us part? (poll) [Re: Asante]
#5786132 - 06/24/06 08:57 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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WS,
Good question and a nice debate!~
I have no idea how I would react to this.
I'd have to be in the situation...to give an honest answer.
She lied to him for years...what else did she lie about?
Betrayal is hard to get over.
Basically she was playing Russian Roulette with him every time they had sex...and he wasn't a willing participant.
What a selfish bitch!~
I would have known something was up... I don't play that condom thing too long. Wankie likes that wet pussy feel!~ I'm glad that I grew up in the free love days of the 60's, 70's and early 80's. Where you didn't have to worry about running into any deadly pussy.
These days you better wear that raincoat before the storm!~ and maybe double wrap it!~
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Re: until death do us part? (poll) [Re: Asante]
#5786135 - 06/24/06 09:06 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Everyone can try to imagine what you would do. But I don't think you could put yourself in that place. I would hope if I loved her that I would forgive her but damn that would be an emotional time I just might say "fuck you" and leave.
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Re: until death do us part? (poll) [Re: Asante]
#5786290 - 06/24/06 11:01 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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If my situation were the same as the first you posted, and there was a kid involved I would stay. I'd be furious for a good while, but I would stay if I really loved her.
If there were no kid, I would probably get out of there. No need for someone so close to me to continually lie about something so important.
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