@rooeytoo: Now here’s one I don’t get- if you are having sex but not in committed monogamous relationship from the outset then why would you question the usage of condoms or dental dams? How would you know what each of you may carry in your bodies without a lockdown of all sexual activity for a period of time in order to have a barrage of tests? How many people are willing to submit to that before any kind of sexual activity takes place? Very few, that’s who. It usually goes something like this:
You like each other for a few weeks
You go out on some dates
You think you really like each other so you want to have sex and see how that works
You get really serious, break out all the testing so you can go monogamous and “bare”
You get really serious about having sex but not exclusively so you keep wrapped up
You don’t get serious at all and rack up another random sexual encounter, glad you were at least safe