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| Fri, 05-28-2004 - 9:14pm |
I guess I assumed everybody here would probably be using condoms all the time for IC (not just anal)...but apparently not...why not? It seems really surprising to me...in my A from the very beginning condoms/safe sex were just a given...and I think MM and I are actually pretty LOW risk...we even discussed whether or not to use them for oral (we don't). And it's not easy for us either, he's big and can only use a large-size brand which are pretty nasty (not very thin/sensitive). He hates 'em. But it's always just been assumed necessary...
Is it a Canadian thing maybe (to assume you will only have safe sex)? Maybe we have different sex ed here? Or is it because OM and I met on a sex site?
anyway, curious! I'd set up a poll but I don't know how.

~jen
Even if I were on the pill, I really have no way of knowing where my MM was before me....or his wife for that matter.
I HATE them, but you have to be safe.
Even if you're not concerned about AIDS, HPV has no virtually symptoms and causes cervical dysplacia which, if left untreated WILL develop into cervical cancer. And I read somwhere on Yahoo that almost every case of cervical cancer can be traced to HPV of some variety and HPV is almost always contracted sexually. And it's transfered from woman to man as easily as many to woman (since men don't have cervix's, we don't get symptoms, we're just carriers). So, I'd rather not bring that piece of business back to my house. Condoms are just to easy to use!
i don't think sex would "work" with one... plus it seems less emotional with one... like without one you're closer and fit better or something
condoms always seem to lead to yeast infections... yuck
condoms dry out quickly... ouch
I don't think Omaha wanted me to post this... oh well :P
IS
Not that these statistics are good, but 30-50% of those with cervical dysplasia have the dysplasia develop into cervical cancer but those are high enough odds to get checked.
Lucky