17 Basic Hygiene Habits That Women Somehow Had To Teach Grown Men

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“When I was in my 20s, I went on a couple of dates with a guy who was 33 at the time. Before sleeping with him, I asked him the last time he got checked for STIs (I was going to use multiple forms of protection, but was checking for safety). He had no idea what sexually transmitted infections were. I sat him down and had ‘the talk.’ I also explained how, in general, diseases and viruses are spread.”

“He didn’t seem to catch on that someone sneezing on you could give you a cold, or that exchanging other bodily fluids could give you many illnesses, including sexually transmitted diseases. We did not sleep together.”

—Anonymous, 33, Washington