# It burns when I pee (I really can't think of a good title) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 14, 2010, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-burns-when-i-pee-i-really-cant-think-of-a-good-title/546642 "2010-07-14T08:47:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ajb867](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@ajb867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajb867)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-burns-when-i-pee-i-really-cant-think-of-a-good-title/546642/1 "2010-07-14T08:47:14Z")
So you have sexual relations with a person of the unprotected kind for a set given peroid of time. You stop for about a month or two and resume said activites. This time you receive a gift… Think of it like the sweater your grandma gives you at Christmas kinda gift. What do you do? \*\*\*Also included anyone who has been in one long term relationship when they suddenly receive their unwanted sweater ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-burns-when-i-pee-i-really-cant-think-of-a-good-title/546642/2 "2010-07-14T08:54:37Z")
Same thing you do with any unwanted gift - pass it on to someone else. 😉 Needless to say (I hope), I’m only joking. ---
**Author:** ![ajb867](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@ajb867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajb867)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-burns-when-i-pee-i-really-cant-think-of-a-good-title/546642/3 "2010-07-14T08:55:21Z")
Hahah awesome first reply… ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-burns-when-i-pee-i-really-cant-think-of-a-good-title/546642/4 "2010-07-14T08:58:27Z")
🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-burns-when-i-pee-i-really-cant-think-of-a-good-title/546642/5 "2010-07-14T09:07:05Z")
So what happens if your friend really did you a sweater, but you got the STD from granny? ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-burns-when-i-pee-i-really-cant-think-of-a-good-title/546642/6 "2010-07-14T13:34:39Z")
Why wouldn’t you go get treated and then tell the person you were sleeping with that they gave you an STD and they should go get treated as well? ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-burns-when-i-pee-i-really-cant-think-of-a-good-title/546642/7 "2010-07-14T13:37:17Z")
This thread needs a soundtrack: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEkZxaoebvk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEkZxaoebvk) ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-burns-when-i-pee-i-really-cant-think-of-a-good-title/546642/8 "2010-07-14T14:09:51Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > Why wouldn’t you go get treated and then tell the person you were sleeping with that they gave you an STD and they should go get treated as well? I think this line from the OP explains why: > [@](#): > > \*\*\*Also included anyone who has been in one long term relationship when they suddenly receive their unwanted sweater Yeah. I have a feeling the OP’s partner got the gift from a new friend. I’m not a retributive kind of guy but “hide the body” sounds like a good plan if it was the OP’s partner with the wandering eyes. (If it was the OP with the wandering eyes, maybe it’s the OP who needs to go hide.) ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-burns-when-i-pee-i-really-cant-think-of-a-good-title/546642/9 "2010-07-14T14:38:24Z")
The post isn’t clear about who has a problem and the circumstances in which it was picked up. But if we’re talking about a possible STD, there’s only one answer. Get tested. Inform the people you’ve been fucking that they should get tested. The end. You don’t want to have that stuff spreading around because you’re coyly dancing around the subject and calling it a “sweater”. And if you caught something from a partner who’s been cheating on you, I would recommend ending the partnership, but that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-burns-when-i-pee-i-really-cant-think-of-a-good-title/546642/10 "2010-07-14T14:44:49Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > This thread needs a soundtrack: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEkZxaoebvk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEkZxaoebvk) Oh man, I thought that was going to be “Undone (The Sweater Song)” by Weezer. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-burns-when-i-pee-i-really-cant-think-of-a-good-title/546642/11 "2010-07-14T14:54:49Z")
I’m going to second **Antigen** ’s ire at this use of coy euphemisms. You’re old enough to be putting a penis into a vagina, you’re old enough to speak to the owners of said organs frankly about the fact that one of you has an STD, and take appropriate precautions. ---
**Author:** ![SecondJudith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@SecondJudith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecondJudith)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-burns-when-i-pee-i-really-cant-think-of-a-good-title/546642/12 "2010-07-14T15:24:42Z")
**Antigen** got it in one. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-burns-when-i-pee-i-really-cant-think-of-a-good-title/546642/13 "2010-07-14T17:04:11Z")
Of course, there are other reasons for the burning. A yeast infection, small abbrasions from a vigorous session, etc. If it is indeed an STD, it could very well be manifesting noticable symptoms for the first time even though you’d actually acquired it quite a while ago. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-burns-when-i-pee-i-really-cant-think-of-a-good-title/546642/14 "2010-07-14T23:22:52Z")
Give it to Goodwill. ---
**Author:** ![seanchai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@seanchai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seanchai)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-burns-when-i-pee-i-really-cant-think-of-a-good-title/546642/15 "2010-07-15T00:57:23Z")
Could be a urinary tract infection, but Antigen has the answer: See your doctor ASAP and have things treated. an seanchai ---
**Author:** ![ajb867](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@ajb867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajb867)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-burns-when-i-pee-i-really-cant-think-of-a-good-title/546642/16 "2010-07-15T02:29:18Z")
There was no dancing around. I’m already taken care of. I just want to know what other people have done in this situation. As for me, I’m going to be ending the relationship. Before I end up with a “Sweater” I can’t take off if you catch my coy euphemism. The person who gave it to me was unaware btw until I broke the news. This person is a habitual liar though so meh…