BHG, You are talking possibility, I'm talking probability. I agree there is a possibility of getting HIV from pre-cum. But there is a greater risk in quantity. It's like buying a raffle ticket. If you buy one ticket you have a slim chance of winning. If you buy a thousand tickets, your changes go up significantly. See the Safe Sex Forum at The Body.com 'Can you get HIV through oral sex?' for a discussion of this subject.
http://www.thebody.com/sowadsky/faqs/faq1.html#oralsex It says:

"Both pre-cum and semen contain high concentrations of HIV. Semen is however a riskier body fluid because you are normally exposed to a greater quantity of semen as compared to pre-cum. Does that mean that pre-cum is totally safe? No! But we can say that the more infectious body fluid you are exposed to, the greater the likelihood of transmission. So, you can become infected by pre-cum alone, but you are much more likely to become infected if the guy cums in your mouth, since you're exposed to a much greater quantity of his body fluid."



[This message has been edited by dick13 (edited May 08, 1999).]