Makes Me Think - Today, I found out that a girl I hooked up with last month was just diagnosed with HIV. She actually told me that it was okay if I didn’t want to wear a condom, but I put one on anyway. I got myself tested this afternoon just to be safe. And I’m clean. MMT

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Today, I found out that a girl I hooked up with last month was just diagnosed with HIV. She actually told me that it was okay if I didn’t want to wear a condom, but I put one on anyway. I got myself tested this afternoon just to be safe. And I’m clean. MMT

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It takes 3 months for HIV antibodies to build up enough to be reliably detected. Get tested again in 2 months.

#1 - by ZuRG
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Good instinct with the condom, though. Hint: If you haven't both been tested and your partner's okay without STI protection, what other dubious circumstances has s/he been okay with in the past? "It's Not Okay to me that you're okay with no condoms for the first time with a partner."

#2 - by ZuRG
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Make sure you get tested again in a few months, just to be sure.

#3 - by lo1337a
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Definitely get tested again! But kudos to you, for not taking her up on the 'no condom' offer!

#4 - by sl5
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i'm pretty sure HIV is almost impossible to get unless you were rubbing open wounds together.

#5 - by lkjh
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It takes like 2 weeks to get HIV test results back..

#6 - by LEDlovesDJS
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@lkjh i'm pretty sure HIV is a SEXUALLY transmitted disease/infection.

#7 - by thinker12
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@LED There is an oral rapid test that only takes 20 minutes for results. @OP It takes 6 months for the antibodies, you will need to get tested again, this time by blood. Good job for using your brain and using protection.

#8 - by Scotophobic
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@lkjh HIV is carried in blood, vaginal secretions, semen and breast milk. Contact with any of these fluids in an HIV+ person is dangerous. Please educate yourself, for your own health's sake.

#9 - by Scotophobic
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And that's why you don't hook up with random people. That's disgusting. Atleast it was AIDS.