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BY DAN SAVAGE
Gay guy here. Met a guy online. He came over. We had incredible sex and then a great conversation
lasting several hours. But—and you knew there was one coming—he told me that he lied about his
HIV status. (I asked him before meeting him, like I do with anyone.) He is undetectable, but he told
me initially he was “HIV/STD negative.” I got very upset—more from the lie than his status. (I know
that undetectable is practically the same as negative.) I really like him, but that was a big lie. He
told me all about his life and any other secrets after that. Should I swear off him for lying about such
a big topic? Or is the fact he did tell me and our connection enough to give him a second chance? I
had not been that happy up till the reveal in, well, maybe ever. But I want to be wise.
Did Ask, Didn’t Tell
Why would he lie? To avoid rejection. Obviously. Guys often refuse to hook up with guys who are
honest about being HIV-positive even though a positive guy with an undetectable viral load is less of
a risk—at least where HIV transmission is concerned—than a guy who believes himself to be negative
because he was the last time he got tested or because he doesn’t think he could ever get infected and so
has never been tested. Someone who was recently infected is highly infectious; someone who doesn’t
think he could ever get infected—because he doesn’t sleep with older guys, because he only tops, be-
cause his ass is magic and he uses unicorn spit for lube—is a fucking idiot, and fucking idiots are higher
risk for fucking everything.
Sometimes positive guys get sick of being punished for being honest, and so they lie—and it’s partic-
ularly tempting to lie to someone you don’t expect to see again, i.e., a quick hookup. HIV-positive people
shouldn’t lie to their sex partners. Obviously. People should be honest, informed consent is consent, and
lying about your HIV status can be risky for people with HIV. Thanks to stupid laws passed by ill-informed
idiots, failing to inform a sex partner you’re HIV-positive is a crime in many areas. There are people in
prison today—mostly men, mostly black—for failing to disclose. These disclosure laws incentivize not
knowing your status—you can’t be punished for not disclosing what you don’t know—putting everyone
at higher risk.
Why would he tell the truth? It’s possible he lied to you about his status—a lie he regarded as harm-
less thanks to his undetectable viral load—because he assumed this would be a hookup and nothing
more. He wasn’t going to infect you and he wasn’t going to see you again. But after you two hit it off, DADT,
he decided to tell you the truth right away instead of waiting weeks or months.
The connection you describe is hard to find—this could be the start of something great—but the lie
he told was big, yes, but understandable. I think he deserves credit for coming clean right away—and a
second chance.
I want to fuck my 31-year-old husband more often than he wants to fuck me, his 27-year-old wife.
We have been married for three years and together for four. My question is twofold: One, how do I
gracefully accept his “no”? We have sex usually two times a week—I wish it was more like five—
which means he turns me down two or three times a week. I want to be better at hearing “no” from
him without getting upset. The more I freak out, the less likely he is to fuck me the next time I ask.
It’s a bad cycle. Two, he watches porn every day. I know because I was naughty and snooped. I love
porn and I watch a lot of it myself. But it doesn’t replace sex for me. Is there a conversation to be
had about this? Should I just keep my mouth shut? I love him but I am so frustrated.
Sincerely Perplexed Over Unwanted Sexual Energy
You want to have sex five times a week, SPOUSE, you watch a lot of porn, and porn doesn’t replace
sex for you. Isn’t it possible that it works the same way for your husband? He wants to have sex twice a
week, he watches a lot of porn, porn doesn’t replace sex for him. Don’t assume your husband is having a
wank every time he visits a porn site. Lots of people—men and women—like to take a quick peek at porn
sites, get a little erotic charge, and then get on with whatever they’re doing without stopping everything
to have a wank.
That said, SPOUSE, I can certainly understand why you’re frustrated—you’re having a lot less sex than
you’d like and you’re constantly feeling rejected—but blowing up about porn isn’t going to help anything.
So what do you do with your feelings of frustration? Regarding frequency, SPOUSE, you directly address
the issue with your husband and propose a low-stakes, low-pressure (and mutually pleasurable) com-
promise. Tell him you’d like to aim for three times a week, but put mutual masturbation on the table for
that third time and/or the husband giving you a masturbatory assist. He may not be up for PIV more than
twice a week, but he may be up for crawling into bed with you and either having a wank with you or holding
you and talking porny while you have a wank.
As for your frustration around always initiating, well, sometimes we have to accept the shit we cannot
change. As the person with the higher libido in your relationship, SPOUSE, you may be stuck being the
initiator.
I’m a teenage girl and I’m really horny. I always think about sex, and I’d like to masturbate some-
times. I can’t live in this way, sometimes I feel physically and psychologically bad because of this
terrible need to have sex or stuff. I’m single, and I don’t want to lose my virginity with a random guy.
I really need some advice from you! How can I masturbate or quit this exaggerated libido?
Don’t Reveal My Name
Your libido is your libido, DRMN. It isn’t exaggerated, it simply is. Some people have high libidos, some
people have low libidos, some people have no libidos, and an individual’s libido can wax and wane and
wax again over the years. You’re at the stage of life when people tend to be at their horniest and conse-
quently think about sex a lot. Women and girls, too. (Don’t let anyone tell you that women aren’t as horny
as men—reread the last letter.) If you find yourself distracted by sexual thoughts, DRMN, masturbating
can help—most people find they can concentrate on other things for at least an hour once they’ve rubbed
one or two or three out. As for how you masturbate…
Masturbate on your own or with a partner, in private, and whenever you feel the desire or need to.
Enjoy!
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On the Lovecast, Dan spars with rival advice columnist Minda Honey: savagelovecast.com.
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