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It's considered a "Superspreader Event" Seriously, I know we're all careful with protection from STI / STD's when we're out playing -- but holy cow, people! -- masks just aren't going to be enough. Also, "Police".- 16 replies
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We attended a very nice house party last Friday. I had lengthy kissing sessions with two women. By Monday night, I had a pretty serious sore throat and cold. After a Bliss cruise encounter a couple of years ago, I developed really bad chest and throat problems that had me wind up at a ENT specialist. I don’t think of myself as particularly susceptible to illness. Has anyone else experienced this? Couples have cancelled on us for having a cold, which seems considerate.
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*A note about post- I'm sure something similar has been posted in the past, but I have yet to see it (or remember it) so feel free to answer or just point me to a thread with the information. However, I am looking for your opinions/thoughts on how you might handle this, so comments are appreciated Also, in the nature of anonymity, I won't provide all the details upfront, but can clarify as needed, if asked. So.... We recently found a couple we like on SLS. We have not contacted them yet because we are technically not playing due to my pregnancy, but we are toying with the idea of attending some events to meet people we may be interested in playing with post pregnancy (another thread altogether that will be posted shortly). Anyway, I took a look at their certifications, and they were certified by a couple that DH has seen out socially at a vanilla bar he used to go to pretty frequently. DH knows the owners of said bar and most of the "regulars", so he hears (and I'm sure is the subject of) a fair amount a gossip that gets passed around. Apparently, it is a well known fact that the certifying couple are swingers, and they don't try to hide or deny it. But there is also a rumor going around that they have herpes. I'd like to stress that this is JUST A RUMOR and to my knowledge has never been confirmed or denied by the couple themselves. So, my first thought was "uh oh"... if this couple has played with the couple we might want to play with (or even further- if they are in our "swinging circle") we could be putting ourselves at unexpected risk. However, after mulling it over and discussing it with DH, I decided that was a stupid thought. For one, I'm not saying whether the rumor is true or not, but I think the chances that it was made up by some idiot that thinks all swingers are infected with STI's is pretty high. Secondly, we will never/can never know what kinds of precautions they take/took when playing. Also, we will never know for sure the STI status of everyone we play with, or who they played with. With that being said... the thought of it all still makes me a little uneasy. I'm curious if any of you have been in a situation like this before. How did you handle it? If not, how do you think you would handle it? I believe all swingers put themselves at risk every time they play, no matter what precautions they attempt to take. But does your sense of that risk change if you suspect a couple could be infected with an STI? What if you -knew- (had it confirmed) that a couple played with another that has a STI? Would you still just take precautions and move forward, or would you pull back and search somewhere else?
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Wasn't sure exactly where to post this, but it's really an odd thing. We met this couple a month or two ago, and did the typical kissing and grinding on the dance floor with them that night. Within 2 days, my wife comes down with strep. Very odd for her, she never gets sick. He was the only guy she kissed that night, but still, we didn't really blame it on him, she could have caught it from anywhere, who knows. Fast forward to last weekend, we run into them again at a party, and spent a bit of time with them, more kissing, grinding, touching. Would have gone further but they needed to wake far too early to work. Anyway, within 2 days the wife again comes down with strep. Big red flags go up. Again he was the only guy she kissed that night (that is counting me, we never kissed either), and this time it was a bit harder to think of this as just a coincidence. So now here we are. We have this couple who we are friendly with, and would have played with had the situation worked out, who we pretty much cant do anything with again. He's not sick, no symptoms, test came back clean. Odd. All we can say is good thing we arent stuck on a deserted island with only them, otherwise it would get really old.
