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She [other participant] is not the only person who is HIV positive … thinking that she will not be able to get married, but there are many people who are HIV positive with whom she may get married. And due to the fact that you would share the same problem, you would live together in harmony better than living together with an HIV negative husband. (Participant FGD-1) |
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I may be [HIV] infected and have a non-infected boyfriend. He may ask me to show how much I love him by having sex or kissing him and I try to protect him in different ways. It becomes very complicated when he starts telling me about his plan of marrying me and that I feel I can't sleep or have sex with him because I want to protect him… this is normal situation where people fall in love while one is infected and the other is not, and they finally get married but I always wonder what to do if you love someone but you want to protect him at the same time. (Participant FGD-2) |
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My child is even planning to get married and she will be sitting in a Prado car, she plans on being married and having only one child because of the problem she has. (Participant parent FGD) |
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But if I loved [him] to the point that we start planning to be married, I would let [him] know [about the HIV infection], that is the time you really need to tell all the truth to each other. (Participant FGD-2) |
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But I really beg of you, do not tell your boyfriend or girlfriend that you are infected if s/he is not planning to get married to you. Yes, you should tell the truth, but not to anybody. Nobody here is going to get married now, do not go telling you boy/girlfriend in order to gain more affection or confidence from him/her. You may ruin your love career. (Participant FGD-2) |
