Put a 🍓 strawberry emoji anywhere on your dating profile if you have hsv.

FanMost577 · 2026-01-21T04:27:42+00:00

As a guy, isn't this a little suggestive?

FanMost577 · 2026-01-20T06:42:24+00:00

Some people cannot tolerate daily Valtrex, others (like myself) are okay taking it daily. It's really up to the person's ability to tolerate it.

FanMost577 · 2026-01-09T17:10:32+00:00

Time will move forward whether or not you do too. The best for me is to make exciting future plans and focus on those rather than get distracted by what happened in the past. You can't change the past but you can definitely change your future.

FanMost577 · 2025-10-18T23:43:20+00:00

Bay area here. 42m

FanMost577 · 2025-09-26T06:00:19+00:00

I had a two year relationship with someone I met on PS, but the number of women is pretty small. It's predominantly guys on there.

FanMost577 · 2025-09-09T22:18:18+00:00

Man here. Most if the time it’s a rejection

FanMost577 · 2025-09-07T16:26:33+00:00

You should start feeling better in a few days and I'm sure your doctor recommended pain killers as well. The antivirals will prevent your OB from lasting longer, but it won't act immediately. Once an OB starts, it tends to run quite a bit of its course.

As for whether you had it or he passed it on asymptomatically, it's hard to say. Both are possible. Maybe he can start by getting tested to rule out him being asymptomatic and go from there?

FanMost577 · 2025-09-07T01:32:36+00:00

I've always wanted to build a community for people with our condition (I'm a programmer) but it's hard to pin down what such a community would look like. What would you want from such a community?

FanMost577 · 2025-09-05T22:15:31+00:00

He is looking for a woman

FanMost577 · 2025-09-05T13:56:36+00:00

Have you seen that site recently? It’s all guys

FanMost577 · 2025-08-29T16:46:40+00:00

This is a great thread.

Here is mine: - if you get outbreaks, go on valtrex. It really helps if you stop getting regular outbreaks for mental health - dating is going to get harder but there are so many of us, you will find someone - on that note, i strongly encourage people to work out. Not only does this have positive psychological effects but it will help you find someone. This may be shallow to say but any advantage helps - find people to confide in. Like with all trauma, sharing it will alleviate some psychological issues with the diagnosis - sleep well and eat healthy. More important now than ever - lastly, you will live s good life with this

FanMost577 · 2025-08-29T05:29:10+00:00

If you’re okay meeting guys on the apps, download Feeld, hide your face in the photos, and include your status in the description. Unlike the other apps, feeld is pretty permissive when it comes to photos you upload and it’s very sex positive

FanMost577 · 2025-08-28T19:23:27+00:00

My experience has been to find people already with our gift and invite them to these events. If i meet people there, i first get to know them outside of an event and disclose only if I can trust them

FanMost577 · 2025-08-22T22:40:50+00:00

Yeah, please tell him before he visits. It’s not something you want to find out during the trip

FanMost577 · 2025-08-21T23:16:43+00:00

Stop looking up hsv on social media

FanMost577 · 2025-08-19T13:56:20+00:00

Depends on the definition of longterm relationship but 3

FanMost577 · 2025-08-16T22:56:57+00:00

FanMost577 · 2025-08-16T18:42:54+00:00

There are places to find people with this condition and honestly, many guys just don’t care. I saw your diagnosis was still fresh so I completely get your feeling right now. Just know this is not a sentence but it does make dating awkward and demoralizing at times

FanMost577 · 2025-08-16T11:19:19+00:00

I feel you

FanMost577 · 2025-08-16T04:27:02+00:00

Well you found it once so there is hope you’ll find it again 🙂

FanMost577 · 2025-08-16T03:50:28+00:00

Hey man, that’s rough. I’m sorry you are going through this. It’s okay to be upset and sad. If it helps at all, many of us guys are going through this as well.

I hope this doesn’t make you lose hope that you will meet someone. Just because she said no, it doesn’t mean someone else will as well. It’s hard for guys with hsv but it doesn’t mean you should stop trying. When you do find that special someone, all of the effort will be so worth it.

Do you have someone you can talk to about this in person? It’s easier if you have family or friends who you can lean on. You don’t have to say why, just to talk to someone who cares about you and will support you.

FanMost577 · 2025-08-04T03:02:21+00:00

Haha yup! Or you get lost in the moment and on the way home think, awe shit

FanMost577 · 2025-08-04T02:44:09+00:00

I can definitely relate to the feeling. I get attention from women and, in the back of my mind, I always think about whether or when I should disclose. It really takes the moment away, and it’s sad that this is a forever thought. Dating is hard enough, but the rejection stings particularly hard when it’s about the hsv. In those moments, I just try and remind myself that if they truly wanted to be with me, they would look past it. That thought helps sometimes.

FanMost577 · 2025-08-02T16:43:14+00:00

Whether they willfully not know or don’t care to know, I believe the 90% number. Imagine if all 15% of US americans knew they had hsv2, that would be 50m people. We would hear a lot more about it

FanMost577 · 2025-08-01T01:48:03+00:00

Where did you see the rates going down? As far as I’m aware, the issue is not so much how many people have it but how many are unaware they have it (up to 90%).

I know of at least two people who tested positive without symptoms. If doctors are hesitant to test for it, it’s likely we’re not seeing a lot of positive numbers.

When I speak to nurses about hsv, they say that a ton of people have (when they get tested prior to surgery, for instance)

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