Monday, August 8, 2011

What is a polite way to check whether your partner has HIV/AIDS

What is a polite way to check whether your partner has HIV/AIDS?
I am not the one dating, but I know someone else who might benefit from this. Names and details have been withheld.
Infectious Diseases - 8 Answers
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1 :
Lets get tested because your never 100% sure if we weren't virgins before
2 :
do you have aids/hiv/clap? can't be more polite than that!
3 :
You have to ask your partner to go to a medical clinic and get tested for HIV/AIDS or ask that he/she see the family doctor and arrange to have a test. There are clinics all over the U.S. and Canada that do this free of charge.
4 :
At the beginning of the relationship, say -- It's very important to me that we are both safe. Since we'ver had other partners and want to be together, let's both go and get tested for STD's and HIV. You shouldn't ask this of your partner, if you are not willing to be tested yourself. And if your partner objects to you wanting to be safe, even when you are trying to protect him/her also, then there is something very wrong with the relationship. And of course, safer sex practices are still important.
5 :
Good Time to bring up HIV/AIDS conversation is when it HIV/AIDS awareness month. Because it gone to be broadcast on all the TV programs and Radio Station.
6 :
Be honest and up front. IF you are in a relationship and thinking of having sex (or already having sex) with someone you need to know what the possibilities are that you may contract ANY disease. STD's and HIV/AIDS can be prevented but we have to learn to be open and honest BEFORE intimacy. I had a friend that got Herpes from her ex boyfriend- she is honest with the men she plans on being sexual with and it scares me because NOT 1 has ever turned her down after she tells them and not all use a condom. That is her fault as well- she cannot get pregnant for other reasons but they can contract the disease so common sense will tell you to put on a condom!! Honesty is definitely the best policy in this situation.
7 :
In this day and age, asking, demanding to know if someone has HIV/AIDS/HEP C is really necessary. Using condoms is really necessary.........since the illnesses one can get these days are not those of yesteryear, when penicillan just took care of them. These illnesses can be forever, and can make forever really a shorter experience. Do not worry about being polite when it comes to finding out the truth in these areas. When lives count on the answer, standard politeness should BE to find the answers out.
8 :
Well, this might sound cold but it isn't meant to be. Your friend probably isn't ready to be partners with someone he cannot easily talk to about their status. If it were me, I would simply ask their status, and if they didn't know (or has had risky behaviors since his last test), I would recommend both get tested together. That way, it is something they share together and know together.... kind of a bonding thing. If it is more of a sex buddy thing, one should always assume they are positive.

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