Casual relationships and STDs

[Anonymous]

I think I’m interested in some sort of casual relationship/FWB situation. I’m too busy for a full blown relationship right now, but want sex twice a week. I figure this is not hard to find with the dating apps. However, I’ve never had a casual relationship before. Not sure about STD safety though. I have had two partners before, one was a virgin and one we both got tested before being intimate. How does safe sex work when you don’t assume you and the other person are monogamous?

[Anonymous]

Both of you get tested beforehand and always use condoms. If your partner has a problem with either of those, find a new partner.

[Anonymous]

Please talk to your doctor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please talk to your doctor.

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[Anonymous]

Get tested regularly (like, every time you have a new partner) and use condoms every time.

[Anonymous]

You bothe get tested before sex, full panel.

You get tested at regular intervals during the course of the relationship.


Always use condoms.

[Anonymous]

OP here, thanks for the advice. This may be stupid, but it seems that if I should be using condoms, I shouldn’t be having oral sex. Is that correct?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for the advice. This may be stupid, but it seems that if I should be using condoms, I shouldn’t be having oral sex. Is that correct?

You can use condoms and dental dams.

Try your local Planned Parenthood or your primary for sexual health and safety

[Anonymous]

You can have oral sex with condoms. If you are a woman receiving oral sex, you can use dental dams if you feel that is necessary, based on your risk assessment.

Here is information on safer sex practices from Planned Parenthood:
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/stds-hiv-safer-sex/safer-sex#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20best%20ways,which%20can%20both%20spread%20STDs.

And here is some information from Scarleteen (aimed at teens, but well-founded advice): https://www.scarleteen.com/article/bodies/safe_sound_sexy_a_safer_sex_howto

[Anonymous]

Just remember condoms don’t protect against herpes.

[Anonymous]

Or genital warts

[Anonymous]

NP do people really use condoms and dental dams for oral?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP do people really use condoms and dental dams for oral?

I do. I don’t want to be throat cancer or warts on my vocal chords

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP do people really use condoms and dental dams for oral?

I think the people that relish in “casual relationships” would require it. Or just say screw it, literally, and accept their potentially infected fate.

[Anonymous]

OP, I'm soon to be divorced, and I wonder about all this too. I dont know anyone who uses protection for oral! And yet it's the only way to be safe. But it also takes all the fun and sensation out of it, so then what's the point. I'm so confused. I feel like the "get tested every week! wear condoms!" people have never actually had casual sex?