a couple of more questions.....

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Registered: 05-28-2005
a couple of more questions.....
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Sat, 06-11-2005 - 10:48pm

I just have a couple of more questions to ask:

1) I cannot seem to find a definate answer (I'm probably not looking in the right place lol)- can you get AIDS if you swallow? I would assume you can because it is the exchange of fluid, but someone told me you can't.
2) Is getting a bikini wax and trimming the rest of the hairs back good enough if you don't want to wax the whole area but also want him to have easier access? :-)

Thanks alot!!

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Registered: 10-18-2001
Sat, 06-11-2005 - 11:35pm

As I understand it, you cannot get AIDS from oral sex normally. Your saliva and stomach acids kill the virus. However if you have an open sore, or cut or graze in your mouth or on your lips you could get AIDS while giving a BJ. The open sore or cut allows the AIDS virus to get into your bloodstream. Having said that, I think that most medical atuhorities say that there is hardly any evidence of people getting AIDS from oral sex.

As for the bikini wax and trimming? It's your hair, do what you want to do with it ;-)
That's what my partner does though. She waxes the bikini line, trims the rest short to about a 1/2" with little electric trimmer, and uses (my!) razor to trim along the edges of her labia. She has tried shaving completely but found it too scratchy and too high maintenance for her tastes. Everyone seems to do something different with their pubic hair. Choose what's good for you.

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Registered: 05-27-2004
Sat, 06-11-2005 - 11:52pm

You don't get AIDS from oral, vaginal or anal sex. You CAN get HIV...which is the precursor of AIDS. If you have HIV, it can and probably will eventually turn into AIDS. The chances of oral transmission are LESS, but it can be spread orally. Here are the results of one study: http://www.thebody.com/cdc/oral.html (I Googled "HIV transmission, oral" and came up with 12000+ pages on the subject!) The best way to prevent it is to use a dental dam, a condom, or don't have oral sex with a man who hasn't been tested. Also, it has nothing to do with whether or not you swallow. If he has HIV, it can get into your system thru the soft tissues in your mouth, particularly if you have a tear in the tissue, or bleeding gums.

You don't have to remove any pubic hair to give a man "easy access" to anything. Women have had pubic hair for millions of years, and it never stopped a man. Removing pubic hair is a recent fad......Because of bikinis, not sex. If and when bikinis go out of style, so will hair removal! You do whatever YOU want, a man will find his way.

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Registered: 04-23-2004
Sun, 06-12-2005 - 10:39am

You can get HIV having oral sex.


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Registered: 09-25-2004
Sun, 06-12-2005 - 6:52pm

Yes, you can get AIDS from swallowing. There is an exchange of bodily fluids and that's where AIDS is at-bodily fluids. So, that's one myth put to bed.

As for your second question, no idea.

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Registered: 05-28-2005
Sun, 06-12-2005 - 9:46pm

Thanks alot for the replies :-)