[quote="lisadagz" post="18.396626.16153128"
Condoms aren't all that effective if you're relying on them for years, plus a lot of the intimacy is lost when you're screwing rubber. Plying yourself with hormones over years can wreak havok with your body, my doctors aren't even letting me on pills any more since I got a DVT which they reckon is a side effect of being on the contraceptive pill, and the IUD can be uncomfortable for women (my friend got one recently and says it feels like there are mini chainsaws in her uterus, she's going to stick it out for a bit and then get it removed if it's not calmed down) and also for men (my boyfriend's worried about me getting an IUD 'cause he's been with a girl who had one and apparently the strings stabbed him in the dick).
Soooo, unfortunately everything has its problems*. Personally, if they'd let me get my fallopian tubes tied while I'm childless and in my early 20s, I would do it as soon as they'd see me, but then even getting tied or snipped has its problems (despite the whole surgery thing) because your body can heal itself...
*Except homosexuality, which I hear is 100% effective protection against pregnancy with no physical side effects.[/quote]
I agree that the pill can screw up your body big time. Not to mention that contraception and STD prevention is totally different.
But essentially, the question here is not about what method is safe or has least side effects.
It is that there are some cray people that rate your dedication to a relationship according to how far they will alter their bodies for the partner.
It is about as crazy as forcing a person to have your name tatooed on to them to declare and prove their love to you. LOL
