What's your take on sleeping with someone when you know you have an STD?

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Regardless of what you have, would you tell the person? I was diagnosed with hpv 8 years ago. The only person I had planned on sleeping with after that, I told about it. We never wound up having sex because I got back together with my ex and we got married. My best friend has 2 forms of hpv, something called pox, and was diagnosed with HSV 1, but vaginal. (oral herpes on her vagina) the herpes diagnosis happened in January and I'm fairly certain her husband cheated and that's how she got it. They are divorced now, just within the last month, and she's already slept with at least one guy, probably more. I personally feel that it's a major issue that she's not informing these men that she's got stds. It really bugs the shit out of me. I know it's hard telling someone but I still feel it's unfair and selfish. Thoughts?

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Sleeping with someone knowing you have a std is unacceptable, selfish and disgusting. You can put people and their life in danger. You could affect future aspects of the persons health such as fertility. People who do this get no sympathy from me.

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By not telling them your recklessly endangering them in most places it's against the law not to tell someone you have an STD before sleeping with them especially if it's incurable and can lead to death like HIV and HPV. You can face jail/prison time, fines, probation, being listed as a sexual offender, and you can be forced to pay restitution to the victim and victims family.

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It's so selfish and evil for someone NOT to inform the other person. That'll spread like wildfire

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First, you HAVE to tell the person you're sleeping with if you know you have it. That's your responsibility.

If someone I was interested in told me they had an STI, i wouldn't dismiss them if I really liked them. I would just be careful.

I know several couples where one has HSV1 and the other doesn't. It sucks to use condoms all the time but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

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That is honestly wrong, inconsiderate, and disgusting to not tell someone you are sleeping with you have a STD. That could affect the rest of their lives, their bodies, and in some cases slowly kill them. It is their right to know, and if someone I slept with didn't tell me they had a STD, I will sue the hell out of them. I show no mercy to anyone who does that.

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I think it is one of the most disgusting things a person can do and anyone can file a civil suit against someone who does this and in some places, this is a criminal offense.

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It's illegal not to disclose if you have an STD to your partner. I recall learning of an instance in high school about a man who was charged with premeditated murder because he didn't inform a woman he was sleeping with that he had AIDS and she ended up with it.

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It's the law she has to tell them. Not to mention that as a person you should not want to just spread around diseases. Immature and unacceptable. She needs to get it together!

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I've heard it's illegal, not sure how true that is. But even if it isn't, it's incredibly selfish if you don't tell your sex partner you have a STD.

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Yes that is illegal if you do not tell someone you have an std beiges having sexual encounters. And messed up on so many levels.

What's your take on sleeping with someone when you know you have an STD?

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