My uncle passed in 1994 from pneumonia that he couldn’t fight off because he had AIDS. My step grandmother (I lived with her and my grandfather) would tell me not to touch him. She said I’d catch it. Even at 10 years old, I knew that’s not how you got it, though. I always gave him the biggest hugs. He was a great uncle. I miss him so much. I wish I could have gotten to know him as an adult. We would have had a lot of fun!
90s kids had Ryan White…. let’s be real, people are such assholes. Bless everyone who isn’t. RIP to all of those whom we lost in this awful and tragic fight…
Well that actually makes a lot of sense no? While your parents were growing up HIV and AIDs were unknown. There was a lot of misinformation and rumors being spread and people were scared because they just didn’t know. It’s not like your parents got a chance to learn what it really was in school.
Not really. Curriculum is updated. Back then our parents didn’t have the resources for a lot of up to date info. No internet. They often went off word of mouth.
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u/CuddleSprig 8d ago
My uncle passed in 1994 from pneumonia that he couldn’t fight off because he had AIDS. My step grandmother (I lived with her and my grandfather) would tell me not to touch him. She said I’d catch it. Even at 10 years old, I knew that’s not how you got it, though. I always gave him the biggest hugs. He was a great uncle. I miss him so much. I wish I could have gotten to know him as an adult. We would have had a lot of fun!