Will my partner leave me if I have HIV?

Will my partner leave me if I have HIV?

There are no guarantees about any relationship between people. Whether that's a partnership or a marriage or a friendship. People are people and they react differently to different news. In the situation of an intimate relationship with two people, where one person tests positive for HIV and one person tests negative for HIV, there's a whole host of issues that may develop. It ultimately depends on the strength of your relationship. A person who is HIV-negative being in a relationship with a person who is HIV positive, that's a difficult reality. Sometimes living with an HIV positive partner works, sometimes it's too much stress, and it can be stress for either person in the relationship. There may be fear--on the person who is HIV-negative, there may be fear of getting HIV or anger at the other person for stepping outside the bounds of the relationship. For the person who is HIV-positive, there may be intense shame or guilt, or feeling that they might pass the virus to someone else. But, ultimately, it depends on the strength of the relationship before you test HIV positive whether it will survive.