Should an HIV positive person reveal his status before starting an affair?

I ask this question because some people might be scared of being rejected if they do so.And in some cases one is so much in love with the other person that He/She would not love to lose him or her.

Must reveal HIV status before sex

HIV status (including any other sexually trasmitted disease)must definetely be revealed because your partner needs to know what are the risks involved. Wouldn't u rather know that the person you're with accepted you and your HIV status because she loves you? Report It

YES, FOR SURE Report It

I think you should get to know the person first, Then, if the person seem to be someone you can trust you should tell them before having sex with them. Report It

you dont want to give someone AIDS but it dont mean they cant love you but we had a study the other day and that person will not like anyone that gives them HIV/AIDS or anything its not cool

Yes you have a responsibility to tell them. They have a right to know weather they are gambling with their life. Give yourself an uppercut.

in my opion . yes you should you might get a fooling toward the reaction you get love is not blind but in reality love covers all in my opion tell the truth ?

Yes , they should . Things could get ugly if they don't . The other person has a right to know . And they're practically lying through their relationship if they don't reveal it .

Anyone who truly loves someone (not themselves!) should ALWAYS tell the truth about this.

If they love the other person so much, why would they lie about something so important, and why would they risk transmission to the other person?

Would the other person stay, once they found that they had been deceived and put at risk?

ANY time ANYONE is getting ready to start a new sexual relationship, ANY and EVERY STD that one has, or may have, should be dicussed, plainly and honestly.

These discussions may be awkward, but if you are old enough to have sex, you are old enough to talk about it honestly!

Lying, and gambling that a condom will not break is Russian Roulette! Sooner or later EVERYBODY loses!

You should say something. People have to be able to make decisions on there own. You could really hurt someone by not telling them. Dont be selfish. However things turn out, GOODLUCK!!!

Yeah, but I think it's kind of on the manslaughter side if he infects that person. Condoms aren't 100%, and if he really really loves that person he wouldn't want to risk killing them years down the line without that person's consent.

Yes for the simple fact that if you infect that person they can take you to court and you can get charged with attempted murder. This is not a joke. This is real. So YES, you shoud tell them also so that that they dont infect someone, who may infect someone else. Then it will be a continous cycle that will go on forever until the world is so sick, that it will just become something that I never want to see

You already know the answer to this question. You are looking for some vindication to support the action you would like to take, even though you know it is wrong.

Yes. To not tell them is to take away part of that person's hopes and dreams. What if they want children? Instead of being scared, they could began to hate.

Sorry but to be fair to the other person in the relationship, you really need to disclose your HIV status to them. They should have to right to make the decision to continue with the relationship or not. Do you really think that someone would be OK with you hiding that kind of information from them, and revealing it after you'd begun a physical relationship with them. They would most likely feel betrayed and duped, and probably would hold it against you, (the fact that you kept your status secret, not necessarily your status itself.) But I wont lie and say that it's not possible that the HIV status may not be a deal breaker either. Good Luck.

I have a couple of thoughts on this. I think with the disease comes a responsibility. If a person is HIV positive he/she should tell the new prospective partner, For one this person should know that there partner has a much decreased life span before they get emotionally involved, not even really for the life span factor so much but for everything that happens before that person will actually die, it's more then drama to watch a person die.
If it's a sexual relationship they should definitely be told. Even if the diseased person in question takes precautions...lets say the other person wants a midnight romp and you wake up with something sexual happening to you. I might just be lucky with my partner but it happens. There is no protection involved and we know what happens next. It's simply not fair to make a partner completely unaware if the person in question has any sort of STD.
I understand how a person would be afraid of rejection after telling someone they are HIV positive but it's just a part of the responsibility that the people who have the disease have to take. Not everyone will reject them and they might want to find a group of people who are also going through the same thing and can really understand whats happening on a level dealing with mortality. There are many organizations that help people connect even if it's not purely for sex. Maybe I'm wrong but regardless what the factor is I would prefer to be in a relationship where I can be honest as opposed to having a ongoing lie...especially one that ends with one or both of us dead.
Oh and HIV aside, don't have affairs. Just leave your significant other and don't waste there time or yours if your already planning on moving onto someone new....it's just not fair.

Is it OK to be a pilot in a 767 if I can't fly and will probably kill everyone on board? Of course not you idiot!
Screw the being rejected thing...you don't play with peoples' lives because of your insecurities, you selfish bastard.