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When describing or thinking about your HIV status, do you say -

I am HIV positive?
I am HIV?

Author Topic: How do you word your HIV status?  (Read 44752 times)

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Offline spacebarsux

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Re: How do you word your HIV status?
« Reply #100 on: August 02, 2011, 01:29:50 pm »
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Offline Jeff G

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Re: How do you word your HIV status?
« Reply #101 on: August 02, 2011, 01:36:44 pm »
I going to wait one more day for that Zohar to answer the riddle .... after that I am going to ask the HIV Stork what he wants us to call it .  
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Offline Hellraiser

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Re: How do you word your HIV status?
« Reply #102 on: August 02, 2011, 01:39:55 pm »
I going to wait one more day for that Zohar to answer the riddle .... after that I am going to ask the HIV Stork what he wants us to call it .  

I'm pretty sure the HIV stork is any guy high on meth at your local bathhouse/listing himself on manhunt.

Offline Jeff G

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Re: How do you word your HIV status?
« Reply #103 on: August 02, 2011, 01:44:13 pm »
I'm pretty sure the HIV stork is any guy high on meth at your local bathhouse/listing himself on manhunt.

Be cynical if you must but I believe . Its either believe or go read that lessions section of the forum I have been avoiding since 08 .
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Re: How do you word your HIV status?
« Reply #104 on: August 02, 2011, 01:46:18 pm »
Be cynical if you must but I believe . Its either believe or go read that lessions section of the forum I have been avoiding since 08 .

Reading, that shit is for the birds.  I'm with you, it must be an HIV stork.  We should cross post this to Am I so they'll all know how infection happens.

Offline Jeff G

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Re: How do you word your HIV status?
« Reply #105 on: August 02, 2011, 01:49:00 pm »
Reading, that shit is for the birds.  I'm with you, it must be an HIV stork.  We should cross post this to Am I so they'll all know how infection happens.

Ahh ... I tell ya what , go ask Ann what she thinks  :o
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Offline phildinftlaudy

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Re: How do you word your HIV status?
« Reply #106 on: August 02, 2011, 01:58:48 pm »
I going to wait one more day for that Zohar to answer the riddle .... after that I am going to ask the HIV Stork what he wants us to call it .  
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Re: How do you word your HIV status?
« Reply #107 on: August 02, 2011, 02:03:53 pm »
Ahh ... I tell ya what , go ask Ann what she thinks  :o


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Re: How do you word your HIV status?
« Reply #108 on: August 02, 2011, 02:06:31 pm »

As for anything Hecky says...


You said you much prefer pussy.

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Re: How do you word your HIV status?
« Reply #109 on: August 03, 2011, 11:35:00 pm »
I like that.. "Hi I'm Jan and I'm HIV plus"

You can stop now Miss P, you are just wasting your time and damaging your nails.

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Re: How do you word your HIV status?
« Reply #110 on: August 05, 2011, 10:29:59 pm »
I don't have anyone to talk to about it or that even asks, so my first reply to the title of this thread is that "I don't".

I have had a few people recently say to me that I was so positive, so I was thinking I could use that with a nice big smile on my face

 "I'm SO positive."
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