Fieldnote no.1 - Approaching a woman with HIV

After trying to contact women living with HIV, I finally found one that accepted to be interviewed. She was in her mid-twenties and pregnant with her second child. She had been living with HIV for more than 4 years. We shared our mobile phone numbers to agree on the time and place for the interview. She seemed interested in taking part in my research. I called her one day at 8:00 pm, surprisingly, it was not she who answered the call, but a man. He was upset when he heard my masculine voice, and he angrily hung up saying that his girlfriend had no business talking to me. After a few minutes later I received a text message from the same number, it was now her, saying:

I am really sorry, my boyfriend got the phone and he thought you were someone else. He does not want me to talk to you. Besides, he does not know about me [referring to her serological status]. Do not call me again, please, you are getting me in trouble.

I texted her back saying that I was extremely sorry about it. That I would not contact again, to which she replied:

I am the one who is sorry. Living in this situation is not easy.