HIV testing and relationships?

ok so me and my boyfriend (im gay) have been in a relationship for a while and we have decided for our relationship to be more "physical" if you get what i meen.

i have never had sex with another man but he has with an ex girlfriend and and ex boyfriend and he told me he would get tested for HIV before we have sex becasue he has never been tested before. i know this must be kind of awkward for him so i ask this question...

if you were in his situation do you think you be more comfortable getting tested if your boyfriend got tested with you, or would you find it more uncomfortable. i just want him to know that i love him and am there for him

You should both get tested. If he sees your willing to get tested with him he knows your there for him. It will only make your relationship stronger!! good luck!!

I have difficulty with this question because I've asked 2 men about their HIV status before we were intimate. Both told me they were negative. And it turned out that both were HIV positive, although I was only intimate with the one, and luckily I didn't get it from him. But still, I was in a relationship with the other one for 4 months, and he had told me he was negative, but something about him bothered me and I wouldn't have sex with him, and THE DAY HE BROKE UP WITH ME, he told me he has AIDS. He broke up with me because I wouldn't have sex with him, and its a good thing I didn't.

Think safety, not comfort. Go get tested, whether you do it yourself, or together. If it bothers either one of you to get it together, then do it separately, as long as you do it.

Getting tested (whether alone or separately) shows that you care about both your health, and that can say "I love you" more loudly than any words could ever say.

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