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So my question is, now that I'm in the dating game how do you go about the talk? Everyone seems to have it right before an intimate encounter. Is that just more convenient since you kinda have to tell before you go further?
I feel like being up front (after several dates) would be a better route-I guess I'm thinking easier to accept rejection then. Any thoughts?View Thread

On the flip side, I accepted my diagnosis because I really loved this person. So it is possible to have a happy and healthy relationship as long as you accept that there may be a possibility that you could contract it. Honestly, the hardest part of this virus is the stigma you believe people will put on you (and I'm sure your GF feels it too). The actual symptoms are not the worst part.View Thread

From personal experience of accepting the virus out of loving and wanting to be with someone to now living with it (we broke up several months ago so now I'm learning to live this way on my own) I can tell you it is tough. I would make certain that you and him are on solid ground and on the same page about what you both want in life. This is something you and him cannot take back.
That being said, living with it is not that bad. The worst part is the step he already did-telling someone about it and the stigma that comes with it.View Thread

From personal experience of accepting the virus out of loving and wanting to be with someone to now living with it (we broke up several months ago so now I'm learning to live this way on my own) I can tell you it is tough. I would make certain that you and him are on solid ground and on the same page about what you both want in life. This is something you and him cannot take back.
That being said, living with it is not that bad. The worst part is the step he already did-telling someone about it and the stigma that comes with it.View Thread
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