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  • AmeliaG
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    For B/G sex, do you bareback with people you don't know very well or use condoms?

    I've noticed a bunch of anti-condom threads on some of the boards recently. I've also noticed a bunch of anti-abortion threads. So I'm wondering how folks in the industry reconcile that or if those are opinions held by different people.

    I sorta think if anyone ought to be educated about safe sex, it is probably people like us, but, then again, I'm kinda squicked out by germs. When I lived in Atlanta, I got invited to a bunch of orgies with really hot people and I always wondered if I was just a big prude for not participating. Only now really a lot of them are sick.
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    I am/my girl is on the pill/infertile/trying to have a baby & we are monogamous
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    I am/my girl is on the pill/infertile/trying to have a baby & I am used to skin on skin so I bareback when I see other people
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    I am/my girl is on the pill/infertile/trying to have a baby but I use condoms with other people for intercourse
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    I am/my girl is on the pill/infertile/trying to have a baby but I use condoms with other people for intercourse or oral
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    I bareback if the girl says she is on the pill/guy says he has a vasectomy because I am not worried about disease or child support payments
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    I bareback if the girl/guy agrees because it feels better and it is not that likely anything will go wrong
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    I bareback because I'm sick and I feel it is only fair to spread the disease
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    I bareback because I am content and I only sleep with other content who have been tested
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    I use condoms because they are so tidy and convenient and safe and don't cause mood swings
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    I mean to use condoms, but sometimes get caught up in the moment
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    I bareback because I really want a baby
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    I bareback because I would really like to trap my partner into marriage with a pregnancy
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  • Seb From Holland
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    #2
    That's the biggest poll on GFY I've ever seen in my life.

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    • AmeliaG
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      #3
      Originally posted by Seb From Holland
      That's the biggest poll on GFY I've ever seen in my life.

      I expect you to take it all. And swallow.
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      • hyatla
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        #4
        Bareback rocks.
        Sex with strangers rocks more.
        Life is more important.
        So I have sex with strangers with condom on only.
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        • C_U_Next_Tuesday
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          #5
          all those choices and not one for me... I bareback cause I am married, and there is no need for birth control or safe sex..

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          • maxjohan
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            #6
            Originally posted by AmeliaG
            I've noticed a bunch of anti-condom threads on some of the boards recently. I've also noticed a bunch of anti-abortion threads. So I'm wondering how folks in the industry reconcile that or if those are opinions held by different people.

            I sorta think if anyone ought to be educated about safe sex, it is probably people like us, but, then again, I'm kinda squicked out by germs. When I lived in Atlanta, I got invited to a bunch of orgies with really hot people and I always wondered if I was just a big prude for not participating. Only now really a lot of them are sick.
            orgies??

            Orgies is like going back 10 000 years in time, I am all for love.

            I went from 100 to 313,000 satoshis in 2 days! Lots of daily freerolls...

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            • AmeliaG
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              #7
              Originally posted by C_U_Next_Tuesday
              all those choices and not one for me... I bareback cause I am married, and there is no need for birth control or safe sex..

              Wouldn't that be:

              I am/my girl is on the pill/infertile/trying to have a baby & we are monogamous

              Darn, does Lensman need to up the number of options for a poll?
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              • Libertine
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                #8
                I miss the:
                "I don't fuck people I don't know well."
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                • Digipimp
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                  #9
                  I'll do it however you want it Amelia!

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                  • baddog
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                    #10
                    it has been so long, I don't even remember

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                    • AmeliaG
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                      #11
                      Originally posted by punkworld
                      I miss the:
                      "I don't fuck people I don't know well."

                      I wanted to include that one, but as the number of options is limited and I was wondering about people handling casual stuff, I cut that option when I had to whittle it down.
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                      • AmeliaG
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                        #12
                        Originally posted by maxjohan
                        orgies??

                        Orgies is like going back 10 000 years in time, I am all for love.


                        I'm only time traveling like five or six years on that. What would you use as a current term for a group sex thing involving a bunch of good-looking rocker, dominatrix, and club kid types?
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                        • maxjohan
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                          I feel a lil bad about myself now. Was just going to say idiots only bareback..then I realised it was what I did the first 20 times I had sex. I have always been thinking "I don't gonna complain on things that I do myself" because I think that's really so wrong. And I think I've been followed that, but I've been changing the last 3-4 months. Maybe it's the combination, no friends much GFY??

                          I need to "get out more" or else I gonna end up like Brad Shaw.

                          I went from 100 to 313,000 satoshis in 2 days! Lots of daily freerolls...

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                          • tootie
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by C_U_Next_Tuesday
                            all those choices and not one for me... I bareback cause I am married, and there is no need for birth control or safe sex..
                            Me, too.

                            (edit) Oh, yeah, but I'm on the shot, not the pill.
                            Last edited by tootie; 10-30-2003, 04:49 PM.


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                            • maxjohan
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                              #15
                              Originally posted by AmeliaG



                              I'm only time traveling like five or six years on that. What would you use as a current term for a group sex thing involving a bunch of good-looking rocker, dominatrix, and club kid types?
                              bang bang bang? five or six years..so you just look when they orgie?

                              ladies is always good. But I rather make a good work on one than a semi on 1000.
                              I went from 100 to 313,000 satoshis in 2 days! Lots of daily freerolls...

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                              • Digipimp
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                                #16
                                Originally posted by maxjohan
                                I need to "get out more" or else I gonna end up like Brad Shaw.

                                Fucking classic

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                                • maxjohan
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                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by Digipimp


                                  Fucking classic
                                  ohh, someone that read my post "amazing".

                                  I went from 100 to 313,000 satoshis in 2 days! Lots of daily freerolls...

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                                  • Pornwolf
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                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by Seb From Holland
                                    That's the biggest poll on GFY I've ever seen in my life.
                                    I was thinking the same thing. Bareback rocks! Woo hoo! You can only do it to tested individuals but you would be surprised how many girls are willing to take a test if you are willing to get tested too.


                                    Maybe I will start a once a month all day orgy party on Saturday with updated tests shown at the front door.


                                    Hmm, no, then all the women would have to guarentee they are on birth control adn that would be too hard to prove.


                                    Aww fuck it.
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                                    • AmeliaG
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                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by Digipimp
                                      I'll do it however you want it Amelia!

                                      I'm a safety girl.
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                                      • C_U_Next_Tuesday
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                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by AmeliaG



                                        Wouldn't that be:

                                        I am/my girl is on the pill/infertile/trying to have a baby & we are monogamous

                                        Darn, does Lensman need to up the number of options for a poll?
                                        Hmmmmm.. I guess that might fit... i became infertile by getting a tubal ligation...My choice

                                        the word infertile always struck me as not being able to have a child and not having a choice over the matter..

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                                        • SmutGiant
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                                          • MarinersFan
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                                            I go bareback with my right hand ...

                                            but my left hand makes me wear a condom!

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                                            • AmeliaG
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                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by maxjohan
                                              bang bang bang? five or six years..so you just look when they orgie?

                                              ladies is always good. But I rather make a good work on one than a semi on 1000.

                                              Nah, I never stayed to watch the whole thing. I was always like, damn it, why don't you all ever let me know beforehand what the plan is.
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                                              • Stud Money
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                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by C_U_Next_Tuesday
                                                all those choices and not one for me... I bareback cause I am married, and there is no need for birth control or safe sex..
                                                Until you find out your partner has been cheating on you for the last 6 months with a big black man named 'Georgie' then you are fucked

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                                                • AmeliaG
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                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by Stud Money


                                                  Until you find out your partner has been cheating on you for the last 6 months with a big black man named 'Georgie' then you are fucked

                                                  Whoa! You know 'Georgie' too? See, this is exactly why I think condoms are a good idea.
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                                                  • C_U_Next_Tuesday
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                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by Stud Money


                                                    Until you find out your partner has been cheating on you for the last 6 months with a big black man named 'Georgie' then you are fucked
                                                    calling my hubby a faggot will only get you brutalized..
                                                    I guess your lucky he doesnt read this bullshit..

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                                                    • AmeliaG
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                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by MarinersFan
                                                      I go bareback with my right hand ...

                                                      but my left hand makes me wear a condom!

                                                      Maybe your left hand has been barebacking with someone else and is just trying to be considerate. Or maybe you should get it flowers so it feels special.
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                                                      • Peter Romero
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                                                        #28
                                                        I bareback only for business reasons. But I take everyone in for a full panel test beforehand. If it was my choice... I'd wear 2 condoms.


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                                                        • SleazyDream
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                                                          • myjah
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                                                            #30
                                                            Originally posted by POV Porn guy
                                                            I bareback only for business reasons. But I take everyone in for a full panel test beforehand. If it was my choice... I'd wear 2 condoms.
                                                            if only that were applicable for everyday life - too bad you can't have the hot guy/girl you met in the club tested real quick before going back to your place. I will give the same advice I always give - WRAP IT UP! Anyone who is willing to have unprotected sex with you will do it with everyone else too - so - WRAP IT UP!
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                                                            • AmeliaG
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                                                              #31
                                                              Originally posted by C_U_Next_Tuesday


                                                              Hmmmmm.. I guess that might fit... i became infertile by getting a tubal ligation...My choice

                                                              the word infertile always struck me as not being able to have a child and not having a choice over the matter..


                                                              I think that one still applies. It just means you rule your body and that's a good thing.
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                                                              • Furious_Female
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                                                                #32
                                                                I wouldn't have sex with anyone I didn't love Yeah I am a prude! And no that's not anti-adult industry cause there's lots of monogamous couples and solos in this game.

                                                                In that case it would depend a lot on trust in the relationship and taking a risk knowing nothing is 100%. Every relationship and situation is different, but I'd say use all the protection you can, unless you are both willing to risk the slim chance of accidents happening and/or risk trusting that your partner is being as monogamous as yourself.

                                                                Those were a heck of a lot of options
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                                                                • Peter Romero
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                                                                  #33
                                                                  Originally posted by myjah

                                                                  if only that were applicable for everyday life - too bad you can't have the hot guy/girl you met in the club tested real quick before going back to your place. I will give the same advice I always give - WRAP IT UP! Anyone who is willing to have unprotected sex with you will do it with everyone else too - so - WRAP IT UP!
                                                                  Have some confidence in yourself and wait a day or 2 before diving into the shark infested waters without a cage... or wear a friggin wetsuit & 4 condomes and a plastic bag on your tounge.


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                                                                  • brizzad
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                                                                    #34
                                                                    damn that's a big ass poll

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                                                                    • MSB
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                                                                      of course, for people you don't know, you have to use protection!!!


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                                                                      • StacyCat
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                                                                        I use condoms with everyone that I am with.

                                                                        I have really thought about this, and basically put off the decision on what to do with my "poly family" until I get into that situation. Its acceptable to me to go bareback with those that I am close to, but I have to be assured that they are as committed to safe sex as I am , outside the relationship.

                                                                        Yet another issue that poly brings more complications to.

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                                                                        • AmeliaG
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                                                                          #37
                                                                          Originally posted by maxjohan
                                                                          I feel a lil bad about myself now. Was just going to say idiots only bareback..then I realised it was what I did the first 20 times I had sex. I have always been thinking "I don't gonna complain on things that I do myself" because I think that's really so wrong. And I think I've been followed that, but I've been changing the last 3-4 months. Maybe it's the combination, no friends much GFY??

                                                                          I need to "get out more" or else I gonna end up like Brad Shaw.


                                                                          I think, when it comes to sex, we are all idiots sometimes in one way or another.
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                                                                          • sm00ty
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                                                                            #38
                                                                            goats dont mind bareback

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                                                                            • AmeliaG
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                                                                              #39
                                                                              Originally posted by sm00ty
                                                                              goats dont mind bareback

                                                                              Any idea what sorts of diseases you can catch from goats, if any?
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                                                                              • mardigras
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                                                                                #40
                                                                                This thread is the first time I have ever heard the term "bareback" outside of the gay community. Must be the Queer Eye phenomena.

                                                                                Next thing you will all want to be "fabulous".
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                                                                                • AmeliaG
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                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  Originally posted by mardigras
                                                                                  This thread is the first time I have ever heard the term "bareback" outside of the gay community. Must be the Queer Eye phenomena.

                                                                                  Next thing you will all want to be "fabulous".

                                                                                  Well, snap, girlfriend, I know nobody on gfy is even a little queer, so what term should I have used? I thought bareback communicated what I was trying to say and sounded fierce too.
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                                                                                  • AmeliaG
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                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    Originally posted by mardigras
                                                                                    This thread is the first time I have ever heard the term "bareback" outside of the gay community. Must be the Queer Eye phenomena.

                                                                                    Next thing you will all want to be "fabulous".


                                                                                    Just double-checked this with someone in the fashion industry (so I'm sure he doesn't know any homosexuals) and he says that BBBJ is common hetero slang for whether or not you can get a model/actress/hooker chick to give you, yes, a Bare Back Blow Job
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                                                                                    • AmeliaG
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                                                                                      #43
                                                                                      Originally posted by SmutGiant

                                                                                      Okay, this has been in the back of my mind since this posted. WTF is a buck cake and how does it pertain?
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                                                                                        Bareback or nothing.

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                                                                                          Anyone who doesnt use condoms has got rocks in his head. From aids to unwanted baby, one little piece of latex can protect you from all that and some are still too dumb to use them baffles me lol.

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                                                                                          • Sarah_Jayne
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                                                                                            okay so I went with "I am/my girl is on the pill/infertile/trying to have a baby but I use condoms with other people for intercourse or oral".

                                                                                            As things currently stand I am more of less infertile..so, with hubby there is no protection. If I am with anyone else then there is always condoms for penetration (that includes any toys with women that might be shared). Often, there is a condom or dental dam with oral too but I would lying if I said that was the case all the time. It goes on a how well I know them basis. Which is admitly stupid.

                                                                                            Also, it is REALLY hard to find dental dams in the UK.

                                                                                            Also, it I am behing prepared for anal with someone other than my husband I like the use of thin latex gloves. This is both to stop me being cut with fingernails but to stop any bacteria being on fingers that might later go to my pussy (UTI's are the work of the devil). Any toy that ever goes near my ass has a condom on it...even in my own solo play.

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                                                                                              #47
                                                                                              Originally posted by Furious_Female
                                                                                              I wouldn't have sex with anyone I didn't love
                                                                                              Bummer.

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                                                                                              • Furious_Female
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                                                                                                #48
                                                                                                Originally posted by Tuga


                                                                                                Bummer.
                                                                                                Not really
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                                                                                                • AmeliaG
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                                                                                                  #49
                                                                                                  Originally posted by sarah_webinc
                                                                                                  okay so I went with "I am/my girl is on the pill/infertile/trying to have a baby but I use condoms with other people for intercourse or oral".

                                                                                                  As things currently stand I am more of less infertile..so, with hubby there is no protection. If I am with anyone else then there is always condoms for penetration (that includes any toys with women that might be shared). Often, there is a condom or dental dam with oral too but I would lying if I said that was the case all the time. It goes on a how well I know them basis. Which is admitly stupid.

                                                                                                  Also, it is REALLY hard to find dental dams in the UK.

                                                                                                  Also, it I am behing prepared for anal with someone other than my husband I like the use of thin latex gloves. This is both to stop me being cut with fingernails but to stop any bacteria being on fingers that might later go to my pussy (UTI's are the work of the devil). Any toy that ever goes near my ass has a condom on it...even in my own solo play.

                                                                                                  You are even more of a safety girl than me. What is up with dental dams being so hard to find period?

                                                                                                  The poll question was about people you don't know very well because I don't think it is stupid to think someone you know well is more likely to tell you if they know they've got something and less likely to attempt to knock you up or get knocked up without agreement from all parties.
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