-=- Would you Go out With Someone You knew Has AIDS? -=-

Yeah. The "withering away" thing isn't as common as it was back in the 80s. In the US that is. Africa, hell no.

They're basically people with many subscriptions in their medical cabinet and suffers from unpredictable sicknesses that can be fatal if not treated properly.

go out,yes,marry/shag,no.
i'd never want to get infected and neither will it be fair to inflict something as bad as AIDS on unborn children,which will happen if i do get infected.

Originally posted by Koala MeatPie
Would You? Usually when you go out its to be with the person and eventually starta familly, and cincidering if you ever do it, your nifected (seeing as condoms don't protet from AIDS)

Would You?

I'd make it clear i'd only want to stay close friends, very close friends. Brother / Sister close.

No ****ing way 😘

Originally posted by Koala MeatPie
Would You? Usually when you go out its to be with the person and eventually starta familly, and cincidering if you ever do it, your nifected (seeing as condoms don't protet from AIDS)

Would You?

I'd make it clear i'd only want to stay close friends, very close friends. Brother / Sister close.

No.

depends if i'm IN LOVE or not...

Originally posted by Koala MeatPie
Would You? Usually when you go out its to be with the person and eventually starta familly, and cincidering if you ever do it, your nifected (seeing as condoms don't protet from AIDS)

As has been stated, the "Wasting Away" death is pretty well minimized with proper medical treatment.
So yes, I'd give it a shot. That's not to say it won't become an obstacle, but cross the bridge when it comes to that.

And female to male AIDS transaction is damn near impossible through conventional sexual intercourse.

Is the question posed in terms of a person who has actually manifested Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) or someone who has only contracted the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)?

Originally posted by xmarksthespot
Is the question posed in terms of a person who has actually manifested Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) or someone who has only contracted the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)?

The question is kind of silly, in my opinion.

I feel lik eit needs to be a bit more complex than just: "Would you date someone with AIDS?" So, I'll address all the possible variations of the question.

Would I "go out", socially, with someone with AIDS/HIV: Yes, why not?

Would I sleep with a guy with AIDS?: No.

Do I feel sympathy for anyone infected with this disease?: Yes, totally.

Do I think I've given in to social stereotypes ascribed to a person living with AIDS?: Yes

Would I sleep with a guy with AIDS, even using a condom, and knowing full well the lack of risk involved in doing so?: No

Originally posted by Zarathustra
Question says "AIDS": I would take that to mean that it's not just HIV.

Probably "No" either way. Because 1) from the way the question is posed it seems to ask would I begin dating someone knowing that they have manifested AIDS and 2) to me dating entails sex. It's an unnecessary risk for me. Why start a relationship with someone of whom I have no prior emotional attachment to who has AIDS when I can just as easily date somebody without AIDS.

"Would you continue in a relationship with your partner if they contracted HIV?" would be a more interesting question.

Originally posted by xmarksthespot
Yes, but many people don't take into consideration the distinction between the two or don't even know there is one.

Probably "No" either way. Because from the way the question is posed it seems to ask would I begin dating someone knowing that they have manifested AIDS. It's an unnecessary risk for me. Why start a relationship with someone with AIDS when I can just as easily date somebody without AIDS.

"Would you continue in a relationship with your partner if they contracted HIV?" would be a more interesting question.

It is an interesting question. It's very "Philadelphia". In that movie, Tom Hanks got AIDS and he and Antonio Banderas were in a relationship. It is unclear to me if they were in a relationship WHEN Hanks charater contracted the disease.

But, beyond that, would I continue to date someone if they contracted AIDS? No. I wouldn't. But, not so much because I found out they had AIDS and I didn't...and more because they contracted it by cheating on me. It all depends on me. If I have the disease, then no...if I don't, then the circumstances effect the outcome.

In any case, I would do the same that anyone else would do...run as far and fast as I could, despite feeling it was the socially wrong thing to do.

"Would you continue a relationship with your partner if they contracted HIV through a blood transfusion?"

What's the difference in HOW they got it? They have it nonetheless. I personally would be understandably hesitant to date a HIV-infected person. But I know what it's like to feel incapable of being loved, so I would give it a chance.

Originally posted by xmarksthespot
"Would you continue a relationship with your partner if they contracted HIV through a blood transfusion?"

No.

I hate to be "that kind of person" but I am. Perhaps in this instance, it makes me shallow. But, that's how I am...ask anyone who knows me.

Originally posted by Capt_Fantastic
No.

I hate to be "that kind of person" but I am. Perhaps in this instance, it makes me shallow. But, that's how I am...ask anyone who knows me.

If I really liked the person, I think there will be no problem, but the relationship will have to be without sex.

well it depends if I used a condom when having sex and if we start a family by adopting a child hen yes i would. I would rather adopt a kid cause if you have a child and the mother had HIV or AIDS than the kid has a great risk of getting HIV when it comes out of the womb covered in the moms blood. personally i could never have a child and put him/her through the pain of knowing you would die before you got throught high school.

Having a family while living with HIV is a real possibility. The risk of passing HIV to your baby can be decreased to as little as 2% if a woman takes HIV meds at appropriate times in her pregnancy, delivers her baby by C-section, and does not breast feed.
In preventing HIV transmission to an HIV negative woman, there is one option that is beginning to show promise: sperm washing.

if i was in a relationship with someone i loved it wouldn't matter if they had aids, i'd just learn to live with the extra caution when sex is concerned