I just finished watching an MTV Think documentary that offered a first-hand perspective on the lives of people living with HIV and AIDS. The film featured about ten participants, all between the ages of nineteen and twenty-eight. Many of those who are positive are currently in relationships with partners who are HIV negative. One young woman, a twenty-year-old Caucasian, shared that after being with her HIV negative boyfriend for about a month, she finally told him she was positive. She said that after her revelation, all the hugs and kisses stopped and he only wanted to remain friends. I found myself wondering: you allowed the affection before telling him you were positive, and all that happened was the affection stopped and the relationship shifted to friendship? Another participant, a twenty-six-year-old African American man living with HIV, proposed to his twenty-four-year-old HIV negative girlfriend, who had earlier said that no other man could compare to him. These people must have more strength than I do, because I am not sure I could endure or want to stay in such a situation.
Please understand that this is not a judgment of those living with the disease. I have experienced this reality firsthand on more than one occasion. I have seen people close to me and others less close suffer and slowly die from it, up close and personal. The truth is that HIV has no cure and it is transmissible. Not all of us have the financial means of someone like Magic Johnson to access extraordinary treatment. This disease terrifies me, and I am not ashamed to admit it.
I have a few questions:
1. Am I wrong to think there is no way in hell I’d knowingly put myself in the position to be in a sexual relationship with a positive person as someone who has taken all the possible precautions to protect myself from such a monstrous disease?
2. Would you be in a relationship with someone whom informed you of the fact they were positive?
3. When is the appropriate time to tell someone you are interested in of your positive status?
GVG
~Hoping for a cure~
2 comments:
1. Am I wrong to think there is no way in hell I'd knowingly put myself in the position to be in a sexual relationship with a positive person as someone who has taken all the possible precautions to protect myself from such a monstrous disease?
I honestly believe that a lot of people of our generation walk around with a superman complex. Therefore we don't protect ourselves like we should, because we think we’re indestructible. Honestly think about it, has there ever been a time when you needed 3 bucks for condoms and could not get it?? You may not know how you’re getting to that persons house but you got your condom money. It is a lack of education or a lack of information; it's just you thinking it could never happen to you. So no you're not wrong, you're humble in knowing that yes while you may be a king you can still get killed by the NINJA
2. Would you be with someone whom informed you of the fact they were positive?
I'm not sure I understand the question when you say be with. you mean like hang out, get dinner, talk on the phone or do you mean like have a sexual relationship with cause to me that would be a STUPID question but then a again love is blind right Ms. Magic??
3. When is the appropriate time to tell someone you are interested in of your status?
I think on that drive home after that magical date as she starts to pull it out I tap her on the back of the head and hand her a condom then we will talk about giving her a promotion to bareback after the test results come in cause yes fellas you can catch that shit from head too... I know shocking but true. Goes against everything you learned in junior and high school, hate to be the one to ruin your day
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