I recently tripped across an article about the TV show House and kind of skimmed it.
I used to watch the show sometimes. I like that the titular character is twice exceptional: brilliant and also handicapped.
I disliked the fact that like a lot of TV shows, there were work romances that likely would have been against the rules.
I know WHY TV shows do that: The audience WANTS romance and it's easier to write a romance between two existing recurring characters and a lot of shows are basically in a work setting.
But I really wish they wouldn't in part because it gives people inaccurate ideas about how life works. Not only would a lot of these relationships not be okay under work policy, when they end it would likely have much more serious impact on their lives and careers than serving as a source of jokes or pranks.
I think the most important thing about the show is that it was tentatively titled "Everybody lies" because most of the medical mystery and drama is rooted in the lies people tell.
I think that's likely extremely true to life, much more so than most people want to believe.
If you're a physician and you have a minor patient who isn't getting better, you may be dealing with a child who is being molested.
If you're an addict (or otherwise chronically ill) and no amount of treating underlying health issues reduces your cravings for drugs (or otherwise meaningfully moves the needle on your issues), the way to bet is that your sex partner is not faithful and you should try sleeping ALONE and seeing if that magically, mysteriously helps when everything else has failed.
I'm so conservative I'm radical and it has nothing to do with being morally superior to anyone else.
I have a genetic disorder and I've been CELIBATE for medical reasons for over twenty years.
It's called GERM CONTROL and I can EITHER figure out how happy monogamy works OR remain celibate for the rest of my life because I have a compromised immune system and no amount of eating right etc etc etc fundamentally changes that fact.
I imagine I will continue to write about social stuff because I find it fascinating and challenging. Germ control is a piece of cake compared to the social piece and most people don't want to hear that.
They want to continue lying their asses off and pretending they are faithful when they aren't or pretending they believe their partner is faithful or pretending they love their spouse when the reality is they feel trapped because they don't know how to support themselves financially or don't know how to feed themselves without a live-in maid etc etc etc.
I don't know if I will ever resume updating my health site. There are far too many posts there already that say "If you're deathly ill, celibacy is best." and I don't have a lot to add to a message I feel confident is falling on deaf ears while planet Earth desperately wants to believe that the secret to my success of getting well when that's not supposed to be possible is SOMETHING else, something other than the thing I've said five gazillion times that they want to hand wave off as "The bitch is sexually uptight because she was molested as a kid and this lifestyle choice has NOTHING whatsoever to do with her steadily improving health!!!!"
No, I'm really not sexually uptight. I'm probably a lot less uptight than most people on planet Earth.
I just value my health and know that aside from being a giant germ control problem, getting involved in threesomes or what not comes with endless social drama and I like my life QUIET, thank you very much.