I have three papas and usually see them with a day or so between each meeting. One of them asked me, “Do you make sure to get tested for STIs before seeing me?”
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I usually only get tested when I have my annual cervical cancer screening, and otherwise after having sex with a new partner. Honestly, it feels impossible to get tested every single time, especially since the results aren’t available right away.
Also, STI testing isn’t cheap, so if he wants me to get tested, shouldn’t he be the one paying for it?
How do you all handle STI testing?
I’m in Seattle.
I do papa-katsu about once every two months.
When I found someone I could continue seeing, I covered the expenses and had her come out.
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I do it once a month, and I check while washing my body to make sure the lymph nodes around my groin and armpits aren’t swollen.
I’m scared of breast cancer too…
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I’m a male member and kind of a loser.
I get tested every two to three weeks, including a throat swab. I also get checked for things like mycoplasma, just to be safe.
I’ve never tested positive, so I’m not really sure whether it’s making a difference.
I’m planning to increase my regular A-type arrangements and reduce my regular adult relationships, so I’ll probably cut back on how often I get tested going forward.
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I’m Kazu, a male member.
I don’t know how often you meet men who ask, “Do you get tested for STIs before seeing me?” but as you said, getting tested every time doesn’t seem very realistic. You’d probably end up meeting before the results came back.
I personally get tested once every few months. It seems the women I meet get tested at about the same pace when they go in to have their birth control pills prescribed.
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I’m Shingo Lee, a columnist.
Once every three months, I get tested at the public health center for HIV, syphilis, and gonorrhea only. I use the free testing service.
There’s no point in testing too frequently, and I don’t test for chlamydia in the first place since it tends to show symptoms and is easy to treat.
As for genital herpes, which doesn’t show up in testing, just assume you already have it and put up with it.
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