Condoms

Why it's so easy to forget to use a condom?

It was the heat of the moment. It started off as harmless kissing, but neither of us could resist the temptation and before I knew it, John and I were having sex. When it had come time to think about using a condom, neither of us had been prepared.

I met John that night. He seemed really sweet, nice, harmless to say the least, but that was about all I knew about him. That and that I thought he was really cute.

We were in his room, on his bed and neither of us was wearing any clothes and neither of us wanted to stop.

Before that night I was always one of those people who shunned my friends when they told me about their sexual escapades, lecturing them about how dangerous it was to have one night stands now a days with all of the STD's around. I was the one who used to pass out condoms at school and make a big deal of National Condom Day, but there I was having sex with an almost complete stranger, and no condom.

The thought did cross my mind, but I looked at him, and he seemed like a healthy guy. He was a runner, and really smart, and clean cut. I figured I didn't have anything to worry about.

I woke up the next morning to an empty apartment with a note by my head instructing me how to lock up. I left his apartment realizing what I had done. I couldn't believe that, me, I didn't stop him or myself and demand that we get a condom. But for some reason it seemed so easy to let that little technicality pass while I was caught up in the moment.

I began to freak out, realizing that I could have just contracted AIDS or gonorrhea or syphilis or something else. I didn't know what to do and I was scared. I never thought that I would be in a situation like this. I had been on birth control, so I wasn't freaking out about potentially being pregnant.

I called up a clinic and went in to get tested for STD's. They did the tests but recommended that I come back in a couple weeks to get tested again because STD's don't always show up right away.

I walked back to my house feeling like I was going to throw up. For the next three days I checked my phone every five seconds to see if the clinic had called, or if John had called. But after that night John was MIA, and while he had gotten my number, I figured he'd call me so I didn't get his.

Finally a call came from the clinic. I was negative so far, but they urged me to come in again for another test later in the month. Luckily, I was still clear after my second check up, but if there is a next time, which I guarantee you there won't be, I don't know if I would be so lucky. I don't want to find out.

I realized how easy it is to have sex with out a condom and not even think about the consequences. But unlike the satisfaction of sex which only lasts a few moments, most STD's stay with you forever. It's definitely not worth finding out you got an STD or that you're pregnant just for a few moments of gratification. So stop what you're doing and use a condom, because not using it is just not worth it.