Reintroducing Condoms

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We’ve already talked about restarting condom use as a part of your plan to stay safe if either you or your partner slip up and have unprotected sex with an outside partner. Let’s think about other reasons you may want to restart condom use in a relationship.
You may want to re-introduce condoms into your relationship for the following purposes:
    • A condom can help you last longer during sex by slightly reducing sensitivity.
    • Novelty condoms like flavored condoms and colored condoms can spark new fun in the bedroom.
    • Using condoms can cut down on amount of clean up necessary after sex.
    • Condoms that are ribbed or studded can create different sensations during sex.
    • It makes sex more pleasurable because you don’t have to worry as much about STIs and HIV.
    • You had sex with an outside partner.
    • You think or know that your partner has had sex with someone else.
    • After learning more about HIV and STIs you have decided that it is important for your health to protect yourself.

What are some reasons you might want to restart condom use in a relationship?

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Now, you may be wondering what you should say if your partner asks “Why bother? We’ve had sex without condoms before!”

You can reply by first giving the reason you want to restart using condoms and add that you like having the option to change how you use condoms in a relationship. You might also say that you had skipped a few steps to stay healthy when you stopped using condoms. 

Respecting safer sex as an evolving or changing part of your sex life should be seen as normal. Reintroducing condoms into your relationship should not been seen as a comment on the level of trust or openness in your relationship.

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