You know you really should be using them 100% of the time. Except, for when you know…
Condoms. You know what really bothers me about condoms? How people are always like, “Oh we don’t have to use one, I’m one the pill!” Um, what about STI’s. Did you totally forget about that? They do still exist. And with how many people still refrain from using condoms, STI’s are even more prevalent.
Let’s be smart people. Condoms are good. Condoms are your friend. I understand people have slip ups once in a while, hell I know I have, but that doesn’t mean you should ever consciously think, “Hey, I could do without condoms, it’s not like a baby will be created, I’m on the pill!”
I have a saying with my friends: “You can get rid of a fetus, but herpes is forever.” Now, I’m not saying just get an abortion and you’re problems will go away. But I am saying that we should be more concerned about life threatening viruses and irritating/embarrassing/painful STI’s. After all, if you ever slip up, there’s always Plan B. There’s no Plan B for herpes.
So basically, I am preaching that you should always use condoms. Even when you are casually seeing someone, and he/she swears you’re the only one that shares their bed. Them swearing that doesn’t mean jack shit. Nothing is more important than your health. You never know if they slip up and sleep with someone and won’t tell you, or if they’re just an outright ass and are sleeping with anything with a pretty face.
However, when you are in a committed relationship, a relationship that you’ve been in a while, and both parties have been tested, I think it’s okay to let your guard down and rely solely on the pill/patch/IUD or whatever form of female birth control you wish to use. But bare in mind, you are still taking a risk.
Take HPV for instance, even if your boyfriend thinks with all his heart that he doesn’t have it and that he won’t infect you, remember, males can’t be tested for. So you are basically taking a gamble with your health.
HPV is a virus that can either cause cervical cancer or genital warts. There’s a chance many of us will have it sometime during our lives. If our immune system is strong enough, our bodies will push out the virus before it ever turns into cervical cancer or genital warts. We’ve all seen the commercials; if we had the 3 Gardisil shots when we were teenagers, we should be protected from 4 of the most common strains of HPV. But there are hundreds of HPV strains. So just know that even if you trust your S.O. completely, there’s still a minimal risk.
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