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Old 10-21-2008, 08:07 PM   #121
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Speaking of constant hand washing, I've been hanging around a pink eye outbreak for the last 3 weeks. I bet it hits me tomorrow since I have to run a training I've been organizing.
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Old 10-21-2008, 08:09 PM   #122
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So you weren't just being a smarty pants then?

And you couldn't tell me too much I don't know about it. Remember, you're not the only one. I got it the first time I ever had sex, and do you know what the arsehole said to me? Now you can't ever leave me. I believed him at first...but then I grew up.
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Old 10-21-2008, 08:11 PM   #123
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Wow, that was cold.
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Old 10-21-2008, 08:12 PM   #124
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Sometimes I think it's a wonder I that I had enough faith left in love and men to ever find the wonderful man I have now. I've been very lucky in my life.
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Old 10-21-2008, 08:16 PM   #125
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whoa, I missed that post Ali. Funny thing, while my GF didn't say that in so many words, there was definitely the expectation afterward. There is a part of me that feels it was intentional. As far as I know the buck stopped here.
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Old 10-21-2008, 08:19 PM   #126
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I'm almost certain it was intentional. I don't think he cared that much even that he'd given me something I'd have to live with forever.

How many women have you dated that dumped you once they found out you had it? Only happened a couple of times to me. Most blokes were ok about it, but the couple of times it did happen it was gutting. And it brought back all the anger I was too naive to feel at the time.
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Old 10-21-2008, 08:26 PM   #127
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none of them dumped me since I was upfront, but also I don't think it was ever an issue w/ any of them.
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Old 10-21-2008, 08:29 PM   #128
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I was always upfront, but sometimes I think it's the difference between men and women. I think often it was the stage when I found out who just wanted a fuck and who actually cared about me as a person.

I guess the ones that just wanted a fuck missed out, even if that's all it was ever going to be.
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Old 10-21-2008, 08:34 PM   #129
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good point, but there are days when I wish I had said to her "let's just be friends"
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Old 10-21-2008, 08:35 PM   #130
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I wish I'd listened to my parents when they told me he was no good.
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Old 10-22-2008, 04:12 AM   #131
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You're okay Sundae, I'm just getting warmed up for Merc explaining why we should give babies a cocktail vaccine for measles mumps ruebella chicken pox herpes and various inflenzas marinated in mercury.
Hey man, you don't think kids should get vaccinated?
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Old 10-22-2008, 09:38 AM   #132
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I've never had herpes, but I've been tested for a couple of STDs at least 3 times. So I've been in risky situations and it's luck that I don't have it.

A friend of a friend caught Hepatitis C from her first partner. He was a drug user and although she claims she didn't inject it is apparently unusual to catch through sexual contact. So although I was luckier than you, she was unluckier than any of us I guess.
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Old 10-23-2008, 05:39 AM   #133
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Hey man, you don't think kids should get vaccinated?
I don't think infants and toddlers should be getting cocktails of multiple vaccines and those vaccines should not be using mercury as a preservative especially for small bodies and developing brains. I know the public health (or socialistic) reasons why the group is more important than the stray kid so you can save your breathe. I worked with boys with severe autism for a couple years (chilling with a couple milds these days) and while officially vaccines have nothing to do with the onset, despite the suspicious timing, it can be assumed that a perfect storm of genetics and multiple environmental factors comes into play. Responsible parents control what can be controlled. Silly mandated vaccines like chicken pox are completely beyond the pale.

Ruebella is done young in the US to keep pregnant Moms from contracting the diease from their school age kids...
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Old 10-23-2008, 02:35 PM   #134
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Well same for chicken pox if you want to look deep into it. People who are exposed to it as adults, from children, can get very ill, esp if you are a prego female. I know it is a personal choice. And I know that there has been a long held belief that it is tied to autism. But I also know that the types, causes, and severity of autism in children are far and wide as well as poorly understood, esp the familial connections.
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Old 10-23-2008, 03:47 PM   #135
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All the years my father was immunocompromised, I was very grateful to have access to the flu vaccine. The more people around him that were vaccinated, the less chance he would die of it.
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