Well, yet again, I just don’t think that every single human on the planet who chooses to ride a skateboard must be a knee-cap wearing immature child-man who hangs out with preteens in the park. That is not an assumption I would make. Regarding dating (again hypothetically), I would have no interest in dating the sort…

Yes, I agree, and that makes perfect sense. I think part of the mis-management of how it was marketed to the public is because it was able to be interpreted the way many posters in this thread have interpreted it. Which is a shame since everyone should desire a cancer-preventing vaccine.

Usually people who are really into re-enactments have several costumes. They are like Ren Faire people- have several roles they play. And they collect gear and make period stuff to go along with it, etc. When re-enactment happens (usually on an anniversary of a battle), they will divide into teams and take sides. So…

Ha ha. I have a life partner too, and sometimes I lament that I missed out on the opportunity to date a professional clown. Dating isn’t marrying, and imagine the world you’d be exposed to! Especially if he is a circus clown! When I was single, I once dated a dude that castrated pigs for a living. I mean, I’m sure he…

There were lots of things handled incorrectly about this, but after some other explanations in the thread, it makes more sense than what you are allowing. It was approved through clinical trials for a certain age group. It has since been approved for boys, men and other age groups. It makes sense- as approval of a…

Well, no. In my post anyway- about the early marketing- I mean girls. Young women can of course bring themselves to the doctor and make an informed adult choice, but I was referring to the girls who were initially being targeted for the vaccine with the request that parents bring in their teenage girls for it. When…

ha ha. I KNOW.

I’m glad you figured it out! Good luck!

Someone else explained about clinical trials and the practical reasons why it was first marketed to girls. It’s up thread somewhere and very interesting.

But see, that really just baffles and surprises and intrigues me all at once. By all means, I’m not telling you what you should or shouldn’t do, I’m just super baffled/surprised/intrigued, etc. I mean, I wouldn’t date a man with mafia connections. I wouldn’t date a man who has a violent criminal record or who smokes…

I don’t even know what you are trying to get at here. Of course physical illness can come with depression. What that has to do with anything that I have posted about, I have no idea.

thanks. I figured there must have been a reason. I didn’t know until this article that it was given to boys now too. Good. Maybe this thing will be wiped out before too long.

Interesting. I didn’t know that about IUDs. What was the advantage originally of only testing it in women though?

Wow really? I didn’t know that. Should grown men be tested for it? I mean, women get paps annually and if anything comes back odd, they are tested for it fairly often. But men- how would they even know?

Wow. No. Remember that this shot was initially marketed towards the parents. It’s not the children who were recommended to get it who make their own medical decisions. You could just as easily market it as future protection for both your daughter and your future daughter in law. No one wants to see either battle…

I always wondered why it was first only for girls. I get that girls are at risk for cervical cancer so they need protection from the virus. But most of the girls are getting it from boys, so why wouldn’t you also prevent the boys from getting it? I mean, as much as we don’t want our daughters to get cervical cancer,…

Lol mine too. I’m so motivated and on top of everything I have no unfinished tasks to worry about. ha ha, catch 22.

Look, I think I’ve already said everything I’m about to say, but I’ll try it again briefly.

Yup, totally sucks. The weird thing is that we discussed all these treatments in detail before she went through with them. She seemed hell-bent on getting shock treatment, which seemed really odd to me. I couldn’t believe she found a doctor who would do it considering that she seemed a little obsessed with it.…

I know it was a couple posts back, and absolutely I don’t expect you to read everything I write super closely, but I just want to reiterate that I’m talking about a friend here, not a partner with whom it would be appropriate for me to take on co-therapy. She is a friend, who was once a close friend and who, because…