Condoms - Let’s discuss? **Mod Note In Post #39**

Facthunt

It’s 2023 …. do people still go out and carry condoms with them?

In the gay community they seemed to be used less frequently as most guys on prep?

Women - if you get lucky with a guy do you expect him to carry a condom? The reason I brought this topic up is I’ve been out with a French lady and she says most women don’t expect guys to carry them. Different forms of contraception is used - people drinking less and pill is reliable!

Facthunt

And no … The French lady and I aren’t dating!!!!!!! I was curious…..

silliussoddius

Get of at Sydney Parade.

FintanMcluskey

Always shocked at the amount of women who have sex with useless men without a condom.

Know of a nurse locally who has a kid with a man who always was & always will be a total waster

GSBellew

The pill may be reliable to a good degree against pregnancy, but it provides no protection against STD's unless you consider pregnancy to be one.

ottolwinner

Maybe showing my age or something but ‘prep’?

jj880

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121265759#Comment_121265759

HIV prevention drug I think.

Most ladies are fitted with the coil these days, so if both are sti tested, ride away

sniperman

better to have one and not need it than to need one and not have it

ottolwinner

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121265775#Comment_121265775

Not sure how trustworthy that old chestnut is. Being tested is grand but who’s getting tested after each ride away to make sure they are sti free? What about all the non symptomatic infections?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121265810#Comment_121265810

Depends really on how promiscuous you are and how much you trust your partner

GSBellew

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121265814#Comment_121265814

Which is all fine and dandy in a monogamous relationship, but as the OP was about carrying condoms and getting lucky I would be inclined to think the OP is referring to being on the pull, when did you last have an std test wouldn't be in the top ten chat up lines.

Padre_Pio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121265710#Comment_121265710

That was my strategy for the past 2 years.

Anywho... she's due in May.

Padre_Pio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121265759#Comment_121265759

It's a HIV prevention drug that's either pills or injected.

Funny enough Prep seems to beore common(and well advertised) in the gay community but I've never heard of a straight person using it.

Sure what with all our young people waving Palestinian flags everywhere, I assume the good little converts aren’t doing any riding.

Ten of Swords

It's free through the HSE if you meet one of these three criteria. The reason behind this is because it's a lot cheaper for the HSE to invest in PrEP to prevent HIV compared to the resources required to treat someone who is HIV+

The only other requirements for PrEP are a doctors appointment and a renal function test every 3 months

(1) You are having sex without condoms with HIV-positive partners who:

• are not on HIV treatment, or
• are on treatment but not virally suppressed (do not have an ‘undetectable’ viral load)

(2) You are a man who has sex with men, a trans man who has sex with men, or a trans woman who has sex with men, and you meet any one of the following:

• had anal sex without condoms with at least two partners in the last 6 months
• likely to have anal sex without condoms in the next 3 months
• had an STI in the last 12 months
• used HIV PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis) in the last 12 months
• used recreational drugs for sex (also known as chemsex) in the last 6 months

(3) Other individuals considered by a specialist HIV/STI doctor to be at significant risk of acquiring HIV through sex.

https://www.sexualwellbeing.ie/sexual-health/prep/how-to-get-prep/

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121265810#Comment_121265810

Yep, plus they usually recommend waiting at least a couple of weeks for most STI tests so if you're doing a fair bit of riding it's an absolutely useless tactic.

I hate wearing johnnies but for a hookup or whatever they're non-negotiable.

Dial Hard

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121265864#Comment_121265864

Female, and in a long-term relationship, but agreed, they're a necessary evil for anything casual. And yes, I would have always carried my own back in the day. I've also been on the Pill since I was 16, bless its existence.

Jequ0n

If people are willingly engaging in risky situations (incl bareback **** with strangers or people who they know have an STI) they should really pay for their treatment themselves. And I have hardly been a saint who has never made stupid mistakes. It’s another way in which people offload personal responsibility onto others.

Loveinapril

When I was single or in the early stage of dating, I always had condoms on me (as a woman). There is no way I would have sex with a random without one, it is insanity to me that some people would. Getting an STI test afterwards is not a preventative!

Facthunt

I’d always use a condom for barebacking! That’s a given personally!

I always carry some with me personally!

Dial Hard

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121267534#Comment_121267534

It's not barebacking if you're using a condom. QED.

Facthunt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121268170#Comment_121268170

😜🤪🤪 Yes ur spot on …. D’oh

Jequ0n

🤦‍♂️

Facthunt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121269469#Comment_121269469

I have done it bareback before …. With a guy! Long story but years ago!!

I’m female, over 60, personally am attracted to unprotected, but it isn’t a good idea. We have to remember HPV, the most tricky STD, is transmitted easily penis to vagina/oral/anus/rectum back to oral or any variation thereof, something list of us don’t think about and awful lot. Guys can possibly get penile or rectum cancer whilst remaining in heterosexual relationships although unusual. The point is vaccine/vigilance needs to be observed.

I am aged 62, have HPV, yet broadly if is regarded by state health that I should be beyond getting this sort of thing, perhaps living like a nun!

Facthunt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121269546#Comment_121269546

Ohhh I know 😝

Facthunt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121269544#Comment_121269544

Ohhh poor you. Can it be cured?

we often don’t think of the consequences in the moment!

ottolwinner

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121269562#Comment_121269562

surprisingly with your name as facthunt you seem lacking in many.

there’s currently no treatment for the virus itself, just treatment for some of the effects it has.

cj maxx

Personally I’ve always used one , even if I was asked not to .

Growing up in the ‘80’s it was , and still is, imo the only way to go.

applehunter

The purpose of sex if for procreation.

After that it is all tricks and magic thinking.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121269612#Comment_121269612

Say it fast, and rearrange the middle letters.... It's not Fact Hunt...

Facthunt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121270111#Comment_121270111

? What do you mean?

Facthunt

I think my age is telling 😩😢😭

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121270121#Comment_121270121

You're a Fat C..... Hence the XL jersey 😜

ottolwinner

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121270171#Comment_121270171

When you resort to name calling it shows the extent of intelligence

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121270247#Comment_121270247

It's his username 🙄

Facthunt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121270474#Comment_121270474

I have a feeling that’s not the case ….

JupiterKid

Mod:-

Back on topic please or threadbans will be doled out.

tesla_newbie

Had the snip myself eighteen months ago, little buggers were still alive as recently as July of this year , took about five tests before given the clear

Facthunt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121271179#Comment_121271179

. By doing so does it impact your sex life?

tesla_newbie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121272341#Comment_121272341

No complaints by the Mrs so far

mardirousse

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121272341#Comment_121272341

it had a very positive effect on XP's sexlife, as there was no need for us to use any other form of contraception.

It doesn't effect performance or drive, the sperm are still produced, they just don't make it out, they're reabsorbed into the body.

Semen still comes out just the same.

Facthunt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121272531#Comment_121272531

Sorry if this sounds silly …. Do you still cum so to speak?

Facthunt

Actually…. I think you answered it in your last post xx

mardirousse

He still came, just the same. Same look on his face. Same mess.

It is a wonderful solution. Procedure took about a minute, he said. He was a tiny bit sore for a day (and he's not one to suffer in silence). Back in the saddle within a week, we didn't need to use extra contraception as I was breastfeeding a newborn, unfortunately, like your man above, it took ages for him to get a clear sample so we ended up using condoms when the baby was 6 months as feeding isn't reliable contraception at that stage.

Facthunt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121272587#Comment_121272587

I always thought women were at there most fruitful after giving birth (excuse the terminology!!)

Hate wearing condoms personally but can’t object if asked to wear one!!

mardirousse

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121272598#Comment_121272598

breastfeeding stops ovulation if the baby is less than six months old and there's never a gap of 6 hours between feeds. I don't like using condoms either but there's no other option for me in my newly single state, even if I wasn't worried about STDs (and I am, I really don't want herpes or anything like that) I'd need them as contraception as a cancer history means I can't take any hormones, not the pill, the implant or even the coil. So I've bought a packet and will hopefully soon get an opportunity to use them.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058319004/condoms-let-s-discuss-mod-note-in-post-39

Do you practice safe s3x? Do you take responsibility for your own health? Or are you assuming the lucky he/she/them will do that for you?

The pill does not protect from STI's nor does Guinness zero.

Suggest a trip to the library &/or maybe your school library would be beneficial to your understanding

tesla_newbie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121272587#Comment_121272587

The procedure takes about fifteen minutes at a minimum

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121272559#Comment_121272559

No, it just builds up and builds up. Until your scrotum explodes.

Could be today, tomorrow or next year. Don't risk it