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powerclown · 09-12-2006, 07:17 AM

A family member from California who is HIV+ is in town and staying with me and my 2 young kids, with the intent of getting his own apartment soon. This person is 45 years old, homosexual, works only sporadically, has a history of multiple sexual partners, likely addicted to sex, a non-drug user as far as I can tell and he says, has a history of making manipulative, reckless, self-destrutive and impulsive decisions, and currently appears to have an open sore on his mouth...from what, I do not know - he says from shaving, but Im thinking another in a long series of his stds.

The concern is the children getting infected, blood to blood. This person is in no way a pedophile, we are just concerened about an accidental/incidental blood to blood transmission of a non-sexual nature. We are unsure as to how to approach this prudently and practically.

I mentioned it to him, and he accused others of ignorance and prejudice. We continued to discuss it calmly, but the issue still stands in our minds. While this is a family member, I am uneasy about the whole thing, about my kids safety, and admittedly probably don't have all the facts about HIV person-to-person transmission. We will be talking to a pediatrician tomorrow about this.

Looking for comment, opinion or shared experience. Thanks.

09-12-2006, 07:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
powerclown Junkie Location: Detroit, MI	HIV+ relative coming to town A family member from California who is HIV+ is in town and staying with me and my 2 young kids, with the intent of getting his own apartment soon. This person is 45 years old, homosexual, works only sporadically, has a history of multiple sexual partners, likely addicted to sex, a non-drug user as far as I can tell and he says, has a history of making manipulative, reckless, self-destrutive and impulsive decisions, and currently appears to have an open sore on his mouth...from what, I do not know - he says from shaving, but Im thinking another in a long series of his stds. The concern is the children getting infected, blood to blood. This person is in no way a pedophile, we are just concerened about an accidental/incidental blood to blood transmission of a non-sexual nature. We are unsure as to how to approach this prudently and practically. I mentioned it to him, and he accused others of ignorance and prejudice. We continued to discuss it calmly, but the issue still stands in our minds. While this is a family member, I am uneasy about the whole thing, about my kids safety, and admittedly probably don't have all the facts about HIV person-to-person transmission. We will be talking to a pediatrician tomorrow about this. Looking for comment, opinion or shared experience. Thanks.