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| Tue, 05-29-2007 - 11:16am |
I've got a new guy and we've fooled around but have not yet slept together. I'm wondering how he's going to handle the fact that I prefer to use a condom even though I am on the pill (I occasionally miss a pill or take it too late, and sometimes even when I do it right my period comes early and so I don't completely trust it). I'd rather be overly safe but I know how some guys can be about condoms. Has anyone ever found themselves in this position?

Since this is a new guy, it's wise to use condoms until you have both been tested and tested again
Welcome to the board azure84.
I think it's responsible to use condoms to avoid the spread of STDs, so he should be fine with it. If your relationship turns out to be a long term deal, then you can both be tested and plan accordingly.
my partner in the siggy exchange
Aside from the risk of pregnancy......as everyone has mentioned, how about STD's? IF he is not willing to use one....then you can bet he's been with others and not used them...so you're risking all kinds of infections. (Most STD's don't have early symptoms, and many of them give men NO symptoms.....so just looking, or asking does NOT prove that he has nothing.)
If he says no, then you should say Adios......because he's said no to others, too. Until both of you are tested, and retested in 6 months, I'd worry more about the STD's than double protection for pregnancy.