I’m a single gay male in my
late 20s. I’ve met a guy I really like. We chat all the time and we’re
attracted to each other. We haven’t yet been sexually active with each
other, but we’re planning to get naked and sweaty (and break out the
ropes and blindfolds) over Christmas break. Why do we have a date
“scheduled” for the sex? Well, because he lives six hours away and
that’s when he’s next coming to visit.
But here’s the “problem”—he happens to
be HIV-positive. Before you start yelling at me for calling his status
a problem, let me elaborate. The problem isn’t that he’s HIV-positive,
per se. The problem is with me. I’ve had sex with poz guys in the past,
but the thing is, I didn’t know it at the time. I’ve always been safe
and sensible and yadda yadda yadda, and my last HIV test (two months
ago) came back negative. So while I know...