Hello all
I was wondering, although the answers may be soul crushing, but would you take a full std test to reassure someone you have just started dating before you both do anything intimate that would put you at risk of contracting such infections? (Also hopefully assuming you would not have other sexual encounters between seeing this person and the results) I don't think this is too much to ask for especially if you are genuinely interested/invested in dating this person.
Due to an encounter I had once, thankfully I had nothing to worry about after all, but since then I find myself very anxious about this. I can't help but feel panic after if I enter into anything sexual with someone who has not given me clear proof or reassurance that they are clean. I always ask beforehand but how much can you trust what someone says (often they are never 100% sure themselves) I have to just go with the heat of the moment knowing that because I am careful in most factors the chance of getting anything should be low. But I have had enough of letting the anxiety ruin me after these encounters. I want to wait until I am properly dating someone (and mutually exclusively will hopefully be a given) I am really feeling good about before getting intimate, in the hopes that we will both be able to give each other evidence that we will be good to go! Pregnancy is enough to worry about let alone getting a really bad std. I do not need anyone to reply just to tell me about the chances or that I am being irrational and I don't need sex ed. I just want to know am I alone in these thoughts that stop me from enjoying sex as a single person? It seems almost encouraged to sleep around and experience the pleasure of short-term or casual hookups which I have nothing against BUT I have come to learn that not everyone is responsible or well educated about health risks in this. How does everybody else do this ?!
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