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Hello everyone! So here's my story. I'm 22 years old. I contracted herpes from my ex-boyfriend about a year ago. I'm either asymptomatic or my OBs are so mild that I don't even notice them. I've just tested positive for HSV-2 antibodies via the blood test. He didn't tell me he had it until after we had sex. Although this was a jerk move I decided to (try) to forgive him because I know it's hard to disclose something like that. I'm really open-minded so it wasn't a deal breaker for me at all. Anyways, the relationship wasn't what I wanted it to be and I definitely resented him a lot for not being honest right off the bat. However, I stayed in it even though I was unhappy partially because I was really nervous about dating with herpes. First piece of advice: don't do this!! Being in an unhappy relationship is 10x worse than dating with herpes. I recently met a new guy that I'm absolutely crazy about. I was extremely stressed about telling him. I honestly almost ended things with him because I couldn't face telling him. But then I realized that backing out would give the same result as telling him and being rejected without ever knowing if he would be ok with it. So I decided to go for it. I knew I would never be able to bring it up in person out of the blue. So once I felt things were getting relatively serious I texted him telling him that I needed to talk to him about something the next time I see him in person. This worked well for me because the next time I saw him he kept asking me what I needed to tell him (So I couldn't chicken out!). ...I told him! and his reaction? Amazing! He said, this doesn't change anything, I'm still crazy about you and I honestly think you're being too hard on yourself about his. He's a med student so he knows that medically speaking it's not a big deal at all. He was also like " I was afraid you were about to tell me you murdered someone. That definitely would have been a deal breaker". hahaha So there ya go-a success story! I hope this helps someone feel brave :)