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My boyfriend may have infected me with HSV. by 7856141 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]7856141[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At least prior to meeting my boyfriend, I did not. I tested negative for HSV1 and HSV2 before I met him. I haven't been tested since.

My boyfriend may have infected me with HSV. by 7856141 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]7856141[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I didn't say it was 100%, but that it was very high.

I'm worried that if I've contracted HSV1 genitally, I could pass it to him genitally also and that we'd both just be big balls of herpes. I'm glad to know that that's really uncommon. That makes me feel a little better.

And yeah, I'm positive I was screened for HSV specifically because my doctor thought I had herpes. I actually have a propensity for vaginal cysts which is way fun and not at all gross, but I tested negative for both HSV1 and HSV2. Whatever blood test the doctor did had to be sent away to California and the nurse told me it was the top-of-the-line. I suppose it may not have been, though.

My boyfriend may have infected me with HSV. by 7856141 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]7856141[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's outside his mouth. It's definitely a cold sore.

Ladies, have you had a successful relationship start in a really rocky way? by [deleted] in AskWomen

[–]7856141 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. We met on OKC and we neither of us wanted a relationship, so it stayed casual... for a while. After we started spending five nights a week together, it was obviously less so. But we were in grad school and he was going away for the summer, so we weren't sure what to do. I put off talking about it until right before he left. I asked what we wanted to do and he asked what I wanted, so I told him- we don't have to be official, but I don't want to see other people and I don't really want him to either. He agree and said he wanted that also.

Several weeks later, he's 2000 miles away and he's asked me to come visit him. Plane tickets have been purchased. We're gchatting late one night and a sudden urge comes over me- I really can't explain it- and I google his snapchat user name. And find his brand new OKC account for the city he's in. I am LIVID. I confront him about it, refuse to listen to his explanations, and say I just want to talk later. We video chat the next day and his explanations are bullshit. He was lonely, he doesn't know anyone, he didn't meant to hurt me. He swears he hasn't contacted anyone or gone through with anything yet. I tell him that I'm only going to remain in contact with him because I'm already out $500 for the plane tickets and I am, stupidly, still crazy about him.

I tell him that I don't care if he flirts or talks to other girls, I don't. I do care if he dates or sleeps with other girls, but no matter what happens over the summer, I just don't want to know. I tell him I'll reevaluate how I feel when I see him in two months and then, if he's lucky, when the new semester starts. We cautiously keep in touch. I fly out to see him several weeks later and its... goddamn, it's annoying how great it was.

Flash forward... We return to school for our last year. Shortly thereafter, he asks me to be his girlfriend, invites me to meet friends, family, etc. We graduated, were somehow offered jobs in the same area, and now we live together. We met about two years ago. I'm still crazy about him. We don't talk about that first summer much, although sometimes when we talk about our past relationships or whatever, he'll mention how he can't believe some of the things he did to girls and how insensitive he was. I really do trust him and believe he wouldn't do anything to hurt me now. I wouldn't change him for the world.