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Hi there,

Before I take off my clothes to put on a condom, my penis will be wet with precum from the foreplay. As the condom is put on, I find it extremely difficult to not touch my penis at all so I will get a tiny amount of it on my fingers as I unroll the condom. Not only that, I noticed my that my precum is quite viscous so as the condom is unrolled a "glob" of the precum gets rolled down as well and will not be contained inside the condom until it reaches the base of my penis and makes the hair there wet. I follow all instructions on the condoms and use them correctly all the time . I just wanted to know if these weird situations involving my precum would be a risk when it comes to pregnancy and STDs.

From reading the articles on this website I can assume that these situations I mentioned count as indirect transfer and shouldnt be a problem considering the precum is going from the tip of the penis to touching my fingers/condom and then being rolled down to the base and touching the pubic hairs is that right? Thanks!

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