I am not spinning plates due to STD fears. My already shaky dating skills are degrading as a result with every month. I flirt with girls all the time and they reciprocate interest but I never want to take it farther.

I hear some say the risk is <2% of contracting anything; others claim higher numbers.

I am also concerned about the real threat of antibiotic resistant gonorrhea/chlamydia.

Using protection is not good enough as I like to go all out or not at all--(kissing, eating her out).

I need to see tangible statistics that address this .

And this is coming from the type of guy who picks up and eats food when I drop it on the ground, who doesn't fear covid, etc.

STDs though I cannot get over given the seriousness.