By Sandrea
This is a heart rending story of a beautiful 23 year old that will not make it to her 24th birthday, all because she made a very silly mistake. I hope that when you read this story you will think twice before hopping into bed with a man or woman that you meet for the first time.
Camille (not her real name), is a beautiful 23 years old with one child she has a great job and a lovely family, she has everything to live for yet she made the most stupid mistake that a great deal of women make and the consequences can be very devastating.
One year ago Camille when to a christening party and there she met the most attractive man, being single for a few years she was excited that this man, let call him (John) was devoting his time to be around her. He was literally at her beck and call, making sure that she got everything she wanted. If you did not know you would have believed that they were a couple.
At the end of the night Camille was in John bed making love to him, as she stated they made love literally all day and she did not use any protection, she could not believe that anything would be wrong with John, so protecting herself was the last thing on her mind. John took her home and promised to call her, but the call never came.
Three weeks after having sex with John and numerous phone calls, she decided to go back to John’s flat to find out why he did not return her call but no one was home. This turned into six months and she decide to visit the flat again to her surprise the female that answer the door informed her that John was just a mate who stayed at her place when she is out of town and she could not get hold of him and his phone was going to voice mail each time she call him.
Camille was about to leave when this female asked her if she had sleep with John, she thought what an effrontery, who do she thing she is asking such personal question, but something in Camille told her to answer honestly, she did. Then the female dropped a bomb, she invited Camille into her home sit her down and asked her if John had told her that he was HIV positive. Camille shot up from the sofa, what, what are you talking about, HIV positive, this cannot be. The room started spinning and she could not remember anything else.
She woke up in the hospital with Doctors and family around her, what happen she asked, the Doctor replied that he needs to have a private conversation with her and ask her family to leave. Camille just looked at the Doctor and asked how long I have got to live, so you know the Doctor replied and she shook her head.
The Doctor informed her that they would be treating her for the disease but eventually her body will be ravished, her immune system will fail and then she will die.
This life full of so much promise has been cut short because of a ‘one night stand’. How stupid and idiotic can humans be. No one, either man or woman with HIV his going to walk around with a sign on their forehead that they are HIV positive and I really cannot understand why a woman or man for that matter would meet someone for the first time and ended up in bed with them.
Maybe I have old fashion values but I believe in getting to know somebody first before you end up in their bed. I am not saying that you could not get HIV from somebody that you court for a long time but you give yourself a chance to find out about their background, if you jump into bed with them the first time you meet then you have not given yourself a chance to get any information about their sexual activities.
Camille will not live to see her daughter graduate from high school, she will not live to see her married, she will not be around to guide her and even one day see her first grandchild born. All her dreams and aspirations have melted in one night of passion, passion which she had done without for over three years.
In the blink of an eye her life was over. To those who believe that having one night stand if funny and a great laugh, just remember that one night stand could be the end of your life and you are going to be lying in an hospital bed thinking, ‘was that my life’.
Think before you make a decision that could not just ruin your life, but take it away from you. This disease will kill you, so before you decide to sleep with the first guy you met, THINk, THINK, THINK, your life is more important and sex is going nowhere and it is not going to run out so you can wait and have safe sex.
If you decide that you like your one night stands then for crying out loud use protection, I cannot abide young people dying carelessly because they forget that there is a killer disease out there and they convince themselves that they are invincible.
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