Would you marry/date someone with HIV/AIDS?

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Would you marry/date someone with HIV/AIDS?

I don't have either of these btw lol - I saw this question on another forum I go on. Curious what TSR makes of this.

So yes/no? And why? I can probably guess most of the reasons for no though.

Reply 1

1219269

No - very risky but maybe I'm ill informed of being safe :smile:

Posted from TSR Mobile

Reply 2

Philbert

I guess it would really depend on the person, tbh, and whether they would be likely to take their medication correctly etc. HIV isn't a death sentence any more, and people can live just as long as HIV- people with modern treatment regimes, as well as minimise the risk of transmitting it. I can completely understand why people wouldn't want to, as awful as it must be for HIV+ people.

Reply 3

Rikudou_Sennin

Never.
Nope.
Nuh uh.
Nah.

Say you have kids with the HIV/AIDS person, how likely would it be that your kids have HIV?

Reply 6

Jordanap

Original post by Kuriboh

Say you have kids with the person in question, how likely would it be that your kids have HIV?

15-45%

Reply 7

Kuriboh

Original post by Jordanap

15-45%

Could you link me up with where you got those figs from? Thanks :smile:

Reply 8

Jordanap

Original post by Kuriboh

Could you link me up with where you got those figs from? Thanks :smile:

5% if they take drugs during that time http://www.avert.org/preventing-mother-child-transmission-hiv.htm

Nope

I wouldn't go looking to date someone with HIV/Aids. But you never know who you are going to meet or 'fall in love with'. I know someone with HIV and he has a long term partner. Nowadays if they take medication it isn't as bad. Guess it's one of those situations which would depend on who the person is, most people won't know what they truly would do unless they are put in that situation.

No.

Original post by Kuriboh

Say you have kids with the HIV/AIDS person, how likely would it be that your kids have HIV?

<1% in the developed world if precautions are taken i.e. the woman uses anti-retroviral medications after the first trimester of her pregnancy, gives birth via C-section and does not breastfeed.

To answer the question, no I would not.

Reply 13

joker12345

Depends really - not to sound judgemental, but I personally don't sleep around and wouldn't want to date someone who did. So if he'd got it from having lots of unsafe sex, then no. If it was from needles it something then yeah I wouldn't have any issue with it.

Reply 14

Democracy

Original post by joker12345

According to you, sleeping around = irresponsible behaviour but sharing needles isn't?! :s-smilie:

Reply 15

joker12345

Original post by Democracy

According to you, sleeping around = irresponsible behaviour but sharing needles isn't?! :s-smilie:

I didn't say it was irresponsible, just not my way of living life and something I'd consider an incompatibility in a partner. I wasn't really thinking it in a drugs way when I said it, more an accident sort of way. If it was from drug use then it'd be a whole other thing that I'd evaluate, depending on whether they were still using etc.