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"There are some questions about men that only a guy can answer. We asked the dudes at guyspeak.com (read more about them here), for their take on this dating conundrum: Q: If my trusted partner makes it clear that all of his past sexual experiences were safe (condoms, etc), should I probe further? I feel like I&amp;#x27;d be intruding on his personal relations with other people, but I&amp;#x27;m genuinely curious. What do you think? Curious is one thing, terrified that your man&amp;#x27;s penis is a loaded STD weapon is another. This whole subject can be a difficult one to navigate, but nonetheless too important to dismiss. Any fluid swapping, pubic hair rubbing two-some must be willing to man up or woman up as the case may be. The consequences are too severe to ignore. You state that your man has &amp;quot;made it clear&amp;quot; his past sexual experiences were safe. That&amp;#x27;s a great start. It shows a level of maturity and a history of mindful, health conscious choices. But for some women or men this verbal vow of being &amp;quot;clean&amp;quot; may feel as comforting as Charlie Sheen vowing to not call TMZ once a day. It&amp;#x27;s not to be easily trusted. They require further proof. This isn&amp;#x27;t probing, it&amp;#x27;s being responsible. As one of our worst presidents often said, &amp;quot;trust, but verify.&amp;quot; After all, your man could be white lying, or more likely be unaware of his actual health status. Condoms aren&amp;#x27;t fail-proof. He may be conveniently forgetting about that one nighter in Cancun, or the one time he &amp;quot;barely slipped it in&amp;quot; that friend back home. This is all to say, if you want further proof you can suggest both of you go down to your local health clinic and request a full STD work up. It&amp;#x27;s not a punishment, it&amp;#x27;s a savvy field trip. Sure, this can be awkward and sort of unsexy, but guess what? It&amp;#x27;s better than finding out 5 weeks later that you have a crew of crabs living in your crotch, or a stubborn case of gonorrhea all up in ya. Hell, maybe you&amp;#x27;ll discover you&amp;#x27;re the one with a low level STD cootie and can protect him in the process. As the great Dr. Seuss once wrote, &amp;quot;When it comes to the world of STDs&amp;amp;mdash;Dot your I&amp;#x27;s and cross your T&amp;#x27;s&amp;amp;mdash;then, assuming there&amp;#x27;s nothing fishy in your fish or ick with his stick&amp;amp;mdash;get it on!&amp;quot; --Written by Amit Wehle for guyspeak.com Have you asked your man about his past relationships? Would you go to a clinic to be tested with him, or do you take his word? More from guyspeak.com: * What do I do when my girlfriend doesn&amp;#x27;t trust me? * I was diagnosed with an STD, and now I feel like I don&amp;#x27;t deserve my boyfriend&amp;amp;mdash;help! * My boyfriend refuses to take antibiotics for an STD&amp;amp;mdash;what should I do? * Friend GuySpeak on Facebook and follow them on Twitter. More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter. Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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