NEVER EVER EVER get the vaccine!!!!!!!!
it's completely unnecessary and, unlike HPV, it tends to kill ppl or leave them permanently damaged:
http://truthaboutgardasil.org/
all that pain and suffering to prevent a cancer that is LEAST on the list of cancers to be worried about!
my daughter's school has it on record already that if she gets jabbed with it at the age of 9 like they want to do here, i will sue them into oblivion plus i will have them charged with assault, administering a noxious substance, child endangerment, and anything else i can think of and THEN i'm going after them on violation of her rights as a citizen.
XKMuffnTop - just having only the one partner is no protection at all against STD. one of you could've caught it in a non-sexual manner and then transmitted it sexually.
mimsyborograves (CS Lewis fan, i see!) - the best way to protect against STD is using the basketball method.
get a basketball.
clamp firmly between your thighs.
leave it there.
failing that, use condoms.