Wow Adedneg0,

I guess your user name fits: Test results: Negative-0!

Well, joking aside, you and your wife are admittedly at a level above me, in terms of being a responsible adult. And I have to say that I actually and honestly admire you both for that level of maturity. I'm pretty impressed!

But... of course, it's worth keeping in mind that a huge portion of the world's population (perhaps the majority of the world?) have no access to such laboratories that you and your wife used (3rd world).

As for me, I do not live in the 3rd world (or "Developing World") so like you and your wife, I actually DO have affordable access to such a lab, but I have NEVER used such services.

So while I have no excuse, perhaps over half of the world's population could have the same level of emotional-intelligence and maturity like you and your wife, but they have no choice but to take a "leap of faith" in the end, because there is no access to advanced testing labs.

But I was curious:

What would you have done, if God forbid, hypothetically, she had tested positive for an STD that can not be easily cured? Would you have still wanted to be with her, in the most intimate of ways?

Think of all that you have shared together, and the life you have.

Would you forgo it, based upon the results of that empirical/logical lab test?

I'm guessing that's probably not an easy question for you to answer... since you are essentially the product of 4.5 billion years of Earth evolution -- a planet-wide evolution strongly slanted towards overwhelming feelings of sexual attractions/desires, and also what was perhaps the greatest evolutionary product of all: love.

ANYWAYS... Since you shared a personal thought, I should mention that I once contracted an STD by going down on a woman, in my late 20's (when I was very much a rational thinking adult, by many definitions!).

It turns out that I got a highly potent yeast-infection in my mouth, that actually spread to my esophagus. Talk about bad luck!

Unfortunately I did not respond to standard treatments (swishing and swallowing antifungals). When the infection began growing intensely worse, the doctors were worried that if it spread to my lungs, it would mean death. In fact it did spread to my lungs, and triggered adult-onset-asthma.

So I went on a very intense treatment of drugs, including strong doses of Fluconazole for over a month, which caused some damage to my kidneys and liver. But the treatment did thankfully completely cured me of the infection.

Looking back on my life, and that bout I had with an STD (yeast infection, that ultimately lead to some damage of my kidneys and liver, and lungs)...

I would still have to say that I would not change a thing in the life I lead. I could NEVER give up the 2 years of time I spent with that woman, who had transmitted the yeast infection to me, damaging some of my internal organs.

I realize that's a highly irrational thing to say... but I suspect that may simply be because I'm the product of 4.5 billion years of evolution...

a planet who's evolution seems highly slanted towards feelings of romance, desire, and love.