Electronic Card: You've Got An STD
Robert Paul Reyes
December 17, 2005
True love thrives on the Internet, many lonely hearts have met their matches in chat rooms. "We met in a chat room" is as common a phrase as "we met in a bar."
At my place of employment I know of three married couples that met online, there is no longer a stigma to admitting you met your partner in the world of cyber space.
But the Net is not just for pure hearts in search of romance, it's also for horn dogs in search of a one-night stand.
The Internet is becoming an increasingly common place to arrange a sexual liaison, and often the only thing partners know about each other is an e-mail address.
If after a night of wild passion a Casanova discovers that he has come down with an STD, often the only way he can deliver this bad news to his partner is via an e-mail.
The Los Angeles County Health Department has set up a Web site, www.inSpotLA.org/, which allows Don Juans to inform their lovers that they have been exposed to an STD.
Featured on the site is a selection of electronic greeting cards with many cute ways of saying: You may have been exposed to a venereal disease.
I'd rather a lady simply blurt out that she may have exposed me to a disease, than receive a cheery electronic card saying: Roses are red, Violets are blue, You may have syphilis and herpes too. But hey, whatever works.
There are electronic greeting cards for every occasion, why not one to inform your one-night stand that he/she should be tested for an STD?
Folks tend to be very blunt when expressing themselves via e-mail, critics have responded to my essays by sending me e-mails calling me everything but a child of God.
Some passionate Romeos turn into shrinking violets when it comes to disclosing embarrassing information in person, e-mail is a good means of relaying unpleasant news.
If you receive an electronic card announcing that you may have an STD, after you get over the embarrassment -- get tested immediately.
At my place of employment I know of three married couples that met online, there is no longer a stigma to admitting you met your partner in the world of cyber space.
But the Net is not just for pure hearts in search of romance, it's also for horn dogs in search of a one-night stand.
The Internet is becoming an increasingly common place to arrange a sexual liaison, and often the only thing partners know about each other is an e-mail address.
If after a night of wild passion a Casanova discovers that he has come down with an STD, often the only way he can deliver this bad news to his partner is via an e-mail.
The Los Angeles County Health Department has set up a Web site, www.inSpotLA.org/, which allows Don Juans to inform their lovers that they have been exposed to an STD.
Featured on the site is a selection of electronic greeting cards with many cute ways of saying: You may have been exposed to a venereal disease.
I'd rather a lady simply blurt out that she may have exposed me to a disease, than receive a cheery electronic card saying: Roses are red, Violets are blue, You may have syphilis and herpes too. But hey, whatever works.
There are electronic greeting cards for every occasion, why not one to inform your one-night stand that he/she should be tested for an STD?
Folks tend to be very blunt when expressing themselves via e-mail, critics have responded to my essays by sending me e-mails calling me everything but a child of God.
Some passionate Romeos turn into shrinking violets when it comes to disclosing embarrassing information in person, e-mail is a good means of relaying unpleasant news.
If you receive an electronic card announcing that you may have an STD, after you get over the embarrassment -- get tested immediately.
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