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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 04:34 PM Original message |
Poll question: Would you date somebody with a terminal illness? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. what kind of terminal illness? one that takes 20 years like HIV, yes |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. HIV |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. when HIV becomes personal, you start to see it for what it is: a virus |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. wow i thought this was a what if, not a real decision you're facing |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. This is a beautiful post! I think you are sensing that this may be the love of your life? |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. My dear Deja Q... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. how much $$$ do they have??? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. What's wrong with you? The OP asked a genuine question |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. Methinks our friend forgot something |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
60. sorry velveteen i saw that later and acknowledged it |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. Life is a terminal condition, and it is 100% fatal. |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. I already am. |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. Prisoner, I wish you the very best. We have to deal with this shit disease too. And we love The Pris |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. i know someone who did and knowing what i know i don't know that I could do it |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. hey you |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. I did. My first boyfriend was HIV positive. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. Probably. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. Love is in the air, congratulations. nt |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. I just don't know. I couldn't imagine not being with my husband. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
44. But if you love ANYONE, you know it could happen. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. I know all about it. I lost my brother to a car accident when he |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I'm so sorry. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. It is better to have loved, but it is still a tough question to ponder. |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. Date? Sure. Get into a serious relationship with? Probably not. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. A friend of mine discovered he was HIV+ in the early 80s, and is still alive and well. |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yes, because we all have a terminal illness. |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Amen, Pool Hall Ace, but many think they are immortal and will never themselves be diagnosed with a |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. I may not have given it much thought myself before this past January |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. I am very glad to hear that you are doing well! Bravo for your bravery and health. |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. Wow. The "no" answers scare me. I have cancer and thank goodness my husband doesn't feel that way. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. The question was NOT whether you would stay with your partner |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I understood that -- he would have dated me anyway, regardless. |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yes, but that is not near the top of my deal-breaker list, so it is easy to say... nt. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
22. Shakespeare was a childish dope |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I always laugh when people attempt to knock Shakespeare. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I know I am no writer |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Nice post, Marlowe! |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #22 |
43. Shakespeare lost his son, you know. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Gather ye rosebuds is Herrick, not Shakespeare. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
52. That's about as uninformed a criticism as I've ever read |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. not that uninformed |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Have you read his contemporaries? |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. I guess that would make them the "gigli" of their day |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Then what was the Casablanca of their day? |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Don't know. The Casablanca of the day may be long forgotten, |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. Okay, but don't we all know that we will lose our partners? Unless we die first? I know this is very |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. Yes. |
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anneboleyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Another excellent post -- saying what I wanted to say, far more eloquently -- the "slap in the face" |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Aw, thanks. |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
32. Yes I would, with honor and humbleness |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
36. Yes. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
37. I have actually wargamed this |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
40. We all are dying. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. +1 n/t |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
42. Hell yes. |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
45. Yes, I would. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
47. Not past the third date....OWWWW! |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-27-09 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
49. I wouldn't date anyone and anyone who would date me would not be worth dating. |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 04:08 AM Response to Original message |
53. My lady has MS. I continue to date her. I love her and her condition |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
54. My initial gut reaction is to say no |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
56. yes, but only "terminal cuteness" |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-28-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
57. I can't answer this question without being completely selfish. |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
62. No which is why I don't date..... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-29-09 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
64. sure |
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