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Our Tuesday Night Crew social support group offers the following suggestions when talking to your partner about using condoms. See if these will work for you!

	"It feels better without condoms."
	"It feels better with them to me" or "Then we won't be feeling anything." or "Then you're going to have to get used to it feeling like this." or "Feels better but deadly, so we're going to use condoms."

	"We're in a relationship so we don't need condoms."
	"We may be in a relationship, but I prefer to use one." or "So it's over! I need sex good but I also need it to be safe." or "Until we're completely committed and bound, try again." or "Yeah, but we may not always be together, so we'll use a condom."
	"I don't have a condom with me, we can do it without it just once."
	"That's ok, because I do." or "Waiting will make it much better." or ""I don't have my ass with me either." or "No glove, no love." or "Now how about you jerk off while I think about my ex." or "Then wait here and I'll go get some."
	"I'll pull out before I cum so we'll be ok."
	"No, because there is still a chance of spreading STDs." or "You can cum in the condom." or "Pull out, who said it was goin' in?" or "Your cum ain't the issue, it's safety." or "That's ok for someone else, but not for me."
	"Man, I'm really messed up and can't drive to get us some condoms, lets just get it on."
	"Maybe we should wait 'til you feel up to it." or "If you can't drive to get protection, you can't drive in me." or "Drive? You can walk." or "I got a car, lets go get some." or "If you're messed up, that's a good enough sign for me to leave." or "You can masturbate then."
	"I don't have any lube with me, we can do it without it just once."
	"We can use honey or spit because it's waterbased too." or "You need lube? I got some." or "You ain't rippin' me. We need some lube and a condom."
	"We don't need those. I love you. I would never do anything to hurt you."
	"Ha, that statement hurt me!" or "You love me, but I love me more." or "Yes we do. I love me too, so I want to use protection." or "Right, so use it."
	"We really uses those for oral sex?"
	"We do." or "I didn't, but I do now."
	"I've been tested and I know i'm clean."
	"Right, and lets keep us that way." or "Where's your results, can you prove it?" or "I'm glad you know your status, me too, and lets stay safe."