That's definitely the reason! When I told my parents, I was telling them that the guy tried to tell me he had HIV and that i didn't care. My mom blurts out "I wouldn't sleep with someone with HIV with 30 condoms!" WOW, THANKS MOM! I said so I'm less than desirable and nonsexual now cuz I have it?? She said would you sleep with someone with HIV even with a condom? Well, I am fortunately now seeing a man that was pursuing me even before I was diagnosed and he is fine with condoms and will be going with me to my first ID follow up appointment to get on Descovy.

Hi @A myHIVteam Member. I’ve gotten both reactions from both old and young people but I agree with you that younger people generally have had the better response.
I was diagnosed at 53 yo so I was one of those older people who needed to unlearn the old way of thinking, this is a death sentence and I quickly learned the new truth that this is a treatable condition myself. I was able to adapt fairly quickly once I had all the facts in front of me. I’m a science based person and I think that the more that facts come out about how this is no longer a death sentence the better we’ll all be.
Tom.

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Yes indeed, I believe that is the reason.