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Not what I said, though. Do you prefer sex with a condom to sex without? If not, you align with what I said.
That's obviously in the "good reason" category. Also agrees with the other part of my sentence, as tons of short-sighted people forgo them altogether, including one-night stands with strangers.
I don't have a strong opinion either way. I like sex and I like a sense of safety. With new partners, or old partners who fear a risk of pregnancy, condoms guarantee both and that makes me feel good coming and going.
I don't prefer unprotected sex when it leaves me paranoid the day after. There's more to the experience than just degrees of friction.
You're missing my point, which I thought was clear, but add "when the condom is not preventing anything" to the end of the bit you quoted to clarify it.
My point is that, unless you have a good reason to do it (the source of the "sense of safety" and the prevention of the "paranoia", described above), you're obviously not going to do it.
If your partner is infertile, and you know that both of you have no STIs, neither of you are going to want to use a condom. Condoms are used because they're needed, not because they're wanted.
"Would you wear a seatbelt if you knew you weren't going to crash?"
I don't know that. I don't know the condom isn't preventing anything. That's the whole point. It's a precautionary measure that let's me enjoy sex without worrying about the consequences.
Okay but what happens if you're having sex under the age of 50?
Dude...It's a hypothetical...the "whole point" is that people only use condoms (and seat belts) because they do something that the user needs done. That's why people wear seat belts in their car, but not on their couch at home.
No one actually enjoys using condoms, and as soon as their functionality (contraception and/or STI prevention) isn't needed, they're ditched immediately. Just like how people don't put on a seat belt when they're getting into their car to sit stationary in their driveway and listen to music or something.
Okay, you got me. I don't need a condom to have hypothetical sex.