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If you have herpes, you are not condemned to only dating others who have it. You are totally free to date the uninfected, so long as you are open about your condition. With the information they need, it’s then up to them if they want to continue the relationship.
Just because you’re sleeping with someone who just got out of a monogamous relationship doesn’t mean…their partner hadn’t cheated…this person didn’t cheat…or that this person hasn’t started sleeping around rapidly since his breakup three weeks ago.
To whoever says this, I say: you have dated plenty of people with STD’s. Many of them just didn’t tell you, or didn’t even know they had one at the time. Do you have any idea how common STD’s are?
Have you ever experienced this?
It’s very likely that in your life you’ll date, fall in love with, or even marry someone with a permanent STD.