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Thank you both. I really appreciate the advice!

Hey all, Im 21 years old and I was diagnosed on Wednesday. First off I don't really know how to feel. I feel kinda dirty and like i don't deserve to be with someone who doesn't also have herpes. Secondly I don't know if I should leave the man I'm with to save him. I have to be honest I never thought this would happen to me. I typically try to be extremely safe and I try to take all the right steps to make sure I do things properly, but I've slipped up obviously and have made a few bad choices. So now I have something that others don't like. Im having trouble being okay since I found out. I am currently with someone who says he doesn't care and says that it doesn't change how he feels about me and he still wants to be with me. Which is so sweet and all but I feel like I should leave and save him the problem of dealing with me and this. He hasn't had any symptoms and he also doesn't have health insurance because he is a fisherman and self employed so he can't just go and get the blood test. I feel like I shouldn't have someone like him and I feel like I should leave because I don't deserve him. How do I stop feeling so down on myself and how do I feel like I'm enough and this isn't my fault. Thanks in advance

Hello, I recently just got diagnosed with genital herpes and I'm so confused and lost. There is so many places saying so many different things I didn't know if maybe some of you could answer some of my questions. I'm currently in a relationship with a man that has been super great and supportive through this whole thing and I'm very thankful for that. I just need some questions answered. I just turned 21 so I feel like a little horrified that I got it. 1. Can I ever have unprotected (I.e. no condom) sex again? Or will I have to use a condom forever? 2. My partner still needs to be tested but if he also has it and we have unprotected sex does it matter because we already have it or will it make it more common for outbreaks? 3. What do you ladies do while at work to help the pain of and outbreak? (I'm a vet tech so I need to be presentable and also be able to wrestle anaimals around.) 4. How do I know which one of us had it first? (If he is also diagnosed with it ) or is there a way to know that? 5. Ladies, how do you not feel less then your worth and how do you not feel like a gross person.