Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t do it. Go get tested. If you have hsv 1 or 2 go for it. If not, don’t knowingly expose yourself to an incurable disease.

Sure lots of people have it, but you don’t (assuming your test comes back negative). Protect your health.

OMFG it's not cancer, or AIDS. It's a cold sore. Worst case scenario, you don't have access to valacyclovir and you have a breakout. It's unsightly and uncomfortable for about a week. More likely, you have insurance that doesn't even charge you for the med, which is available as a generic, you keep it on hand, you feel the little tingle on your lip that means you're about to get a breakout, you pop the valacylovir and don't kiss for a few days.

I've had cold sores my whole life. Probably got them from a parent/grandparent as a kid. I don't kiss or go down on people when I'm symptomatic. Zero problems, easy to manage, not at all the "life sentence" this overreacting PP is trying to make them out to be.

The level of health ignorance in the US is already astounding, and I can't see it getting better any time soon...

+1 The ignorance in this thread is mind boggling.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oral sex with a mouth sore
As an idea is very poor.

Of course. But also completely avoidable for the 5-7 days you have an outbreak.

If it's a new partner they may not tell you or care

Well OP clearly knows so not a problem in this case.

You may not you have it and pass it on to someone new too.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. You probably don't have it. You can get tested to be sure.
You also can get vaccinated to prevent cancer from some varieties. Well worth doing.
https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/hpv/preventing-hpv-associated-cancers.html

For chissakes,

HPV and HSV are not the same thing

[b]HPV and HSV are not the same thing[/b]

HPV and HSV are not the same thing

HPV and HSV are not the same thing

HPV and HSV are not the same thing

HPV and HSV are not the same thing

HPV and HSV are not the same thing

HPV and HSV are not the same thing


*********** HSV is herpes SIMPLEX virus **************

****** HPV is human PAPILLOMA virus ****************

For the love of god, educate yourself.

Someone clearly has anger issues.

Better than the issues with stupidity many of this thread have,

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oral sex with a mouth sore
As an idea is very poor.

Of course. But also completely avoidable for the 5-7 days you have an outbreak.

If it's a new partner they may not tell you or care

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. You probably don't have it. You can get tested to be sure.
You also can get vaccinated to prevent cancer from some varieties. Well worth doing.
https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/hpv/preventing-hpv-associated-cancers.html

For chissakes,

HPV and HSV are not the same thing

[b]HPV and HSV are not the same thing[/b]

HPV and HSV are not the same thing

HPV and HSV are not the same thing

HPV and HSV are not the same thing

HPV and HSV are not the same thing

HPV and HSV are not the same thing

HPV and HSV are not the same thing


*********** HSV is herpes SIMPLEX virus **************

****** HPV is human PAPILLOMA virus ****************

For the love of god, educate yourself.

Someone clearly has anger issues.

Anonymous wrote:Oral sex with a mouth sore
As an idea is very poor.

Of course. But also completely avoidable for the 5-7 days you have an outbreak.

Oral sex with a mouth sore
As an idea is very poor.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Quick poll for those who are adamantly saying no:

On a scale of 1-10, how sure are you that you never dated anyone with HSV?

If 10=100% then 10. Got married and monogamous before herpes took off.

You're wrong, then, unless everyone was specifically tested negative. Even then, the false negative rate is somewhere up to 4%, so you still could be dead wrong.

By age 5, about 20-35% of toddlers test positive for HSV. They catch it from adults who have cold sores (or who are shedding the virus but the cold sore hasn't shown up yet).

HSV is NOT just an STI. It's also passed by casual contact with family members.

We got tested.

I have herpes 2 and only had one breakout about 35 years ago-which was when I went to my gynecologist, wondering what was going on and I was tested.. But that was the one and only time I ever had a break out. Regardless, it was something I had to let partners know and since we always had protected sex, it didn't matter. Oh and the way I got the virus, was from my first husband that bastard.

I remember talking to my now husband about it and we felt comfortable that once we had unprotected sex we would just make sure that I would never have sex if I was having a breakout. Fortunately, I'm very lucky and never did.

Long story short, my experience shows that is possible for the virus to just lay dormant in your body and never resurface. I'm in my 60s now. And other than that one breakout when I was in my late 20s I've never experienced it again.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would not.

If you catch it and things don't work out with him, your dating pool effectively shrinks down to zero. You absolutely cannot sleep with anyone without telling them, and most men will reject you.

Plus, if you want kids, you're now exposing them to it and the stigma they'll face.

If this was an incredible guy, 1 in a million, you're absolutely positive you'll get married snd live happily ever after, I'd say give it a shot and take things extremely slow.

But a man who "really likes you"? Come on. You can do better.

So 80% of the American populations dating pool is shrunk to zero? Make that make sense 😂

People with mouth herpes aren't good at math? That tracks.

Do you realize how dumb you sound?????

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would not.

If you catch it and things don't work out with him, your dating pool effectively shrinks down to zero. You absolutely cannot sleep with anyone without telling them, and most men will reject you.

Plus, if you want kids, you're now exposing them to it and the stigma they'll face.

If this was an incredible guy, 1 in a million, you're absolutely positive you'll get married snd live happily ever after, I'd say give it a shot and take things extremely slow.

But a man who "really likes you"? Come on. You can do better.

So 80% of the American populations dating pool is shrunk to zero? Make that make sense 😂

People with mouth herpes aren't good at math? That tracks.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would not.

If you catch it and things don't work out with him, your dating pool effectively shrinks down to zero. You absolutely cannot sleep with anyone without telling them, and most men will reject you.

Plus, if you want kids, you're now exposing them to it and the stigma they'll face.

If this was an incredible guy, 1 in a million, you're absolutely positive you'll get married snd live happily ever after, I'd say give it a shot and take things extremely slow.

But a man who "really likes you"? Come on. You can do better.

This has to be trolling. MOST people in the US have it -- at least more than half.

False. It's much, much lower. Especially if you look at people <40.

Sure, this is not a big deal. I mean, I wouldn't kiss someone with a big cold sore but I don't really give a crap if they get one every decade or so and treat it. Tons of people have this, mostly from stuff like getting a kiss from grandma as a baby, it would be pretty ridiculous to weed people out on this basis alone.

DH has it, told me when we starting dating. I never got it and we've been married 24 years. Breakouts are rare, he has medication to take when it happens. It really hasn't been an issue.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would not.

If you catch it and things don't work out with him, your dating pool effectively shrinks down to zero. You absolutely cannot sleep with anyone without telling them, and most men will reject you.

Plus, if you want kids, you're now exposing them to it and the stigma they'll face.

If this was an incredible guy, 1 in a million, you're absolutely positive you'll get married snd live happily ever after, I'd say give it a shot and take things extremely slow.

But a man who "really likes you"? Come on. You can do better.

So 80% of the American populations dating pool is shrunk to zero? Make that make sense 😂

It’s not about how prevalent it is. There is still a huge stigma around it and most people will not date someone who tests positive.

If OP catches it, she now has to tell all future partners and reality is most will reject her.

Not worth the risk.