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How did Robin contract her illness?

posted 15 years ago by jmoore919
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Was it from another infected partner? A dirty needle that wasn't cleaned properly? Does she say how she got it?

[–] janip31-1 15 years ago

remember when she states in the motel room with Jane after they watched "The Way We Were" on route to Pittsburgh - that she did 4 years of happy hour and never went home with anybody but the bartender? He was the one who infected her.....

[–] GMEllis625 11 years ago

I don't think she says she got AIDS from the bartender, but she doesn't ever say anything about IV drug use or needing a blood transfusion so we are left with her admission to casual sex.

[–] myndchanger 8 years ago

It was the bartender.

[–] UdoConstantini (117) 4 years ago

We are not really told, but it is clearly suggested that it was the bartender.