Porns are closer to reality, when it comes to such negatives as the STDs transmissions than most of us would love to admit.
Yup, no need to fool yourself. The sucker dude is not there for you only. And frankly, if I only wanted to have one dude suck me during the nite, I'd get my BF do the deed. It is the variety and the thrill of many that makes porn so attractive and that same notion of promiscuity adds so much spice to life. Sure, it is a personal thing. But judging by the numbers of crusing dudes in most metro areas of Europe and the West Coast, this must be a very massive, personal thing.
Yes, there is a real danger of catching a very serious or not so serious a bug. And there is a very serious risk of not knowing it in the first place and passing it on to the others.
For a guy 'out and about the town', there are basically two alternatives:
a) condom, condom and more of the same, even when doing oral, no matter what part of play you choose to have.
b) lots of medical visits, bills, drugs and an essentially weakened bod, with reduced resistance level, more prone to succummbing to yet another infection...
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I am your A kinda dude. Condom is a must. Period.
Haven't caught anything in years. I am having a full med check up every 6 months. Clean as a whistle. No bills, no drugs, no lost days at work, nonsense.
1/4 to 1/3 of otherwise willing dudes on the West Coast get turned off by the rubber and move on to the next albeit, condomless cock.
1/10 of otherwise willing guys in Europe react in the same fashion.
I can live with all of the above.
Besides, there is quite some silver lining to this cloud. (Pun not intended.)
At the moment, most young, hot and maybe not so smart dudes (yup, the ones coming str8 from the stereotype) are actively after married dudes, when it comes to your standard cruising situations.
I always show up alone, because I am cruising to get some extra sex and not coz I wanna start a debate club. I recognize my friends and other dudes, I know. But I am never starting a major gossip marathon while cruising.
I guess, 'I look str8' in their eyes.
I have never been married and thus, wear no wedding band.
Anyway, I heard from a dude, I knew pretty well. This young dude ran over to him to tell him, I was so cute and married. My friend said,' really, how do you know that?'
'Dude, he would not let me suck his cock without a condom. He must be scared shitless of taking something ugly back to his ole woman'.
I would no go around telling anyone, I am married, if I am not. (Not that it really matters.)
But, I would also stop short of going around and handing out my latest CV, so that the truth be known.
So, yeah, good, ole' rubber is not only turning the dudes off. It works the other way round, too.
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