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Alley_Cat

I'm 21 years old, trying to cope.

Sex with herpes

I was just told that I have herpes. I'm so scared because I'm only 21 and now I feel like I can't enjoy the sexual liberation (with protection of course) that twenty-somethings get to enjoy. Will I ever be able to have sex without a condom again? Will I ever be able to have oral sex performed on me? What about manual sex? This seems like a... Read more Chevron

posted 07/09/2009, comments (14)|

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Jerry Kennard

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Phobic about Herpes?

There's little doubt in my mind that a lot of messages relating to genital herpes are underpinned by fear. On the one hand we tut-tut people who stigmatize those with a sexually transmitted disease but on the other we point out the distressing consequences to people who are disease free but who we view as exhibiting high risk behavior. Maybe it's... Read more Chevron

posted 06/24/2009, comments (10)|

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so so sorry

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married gave it to my spouse not in love guilty cant leave him

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how do i move on

i gave my hsband herpes contracted it from a man i fell in love with fell out of love with my husband after 19 years of a alcoholic marriage. husband quit drinking we have a 9 and 14 year old daughters. i had left my husband when i fell in love with the man whom i contracted herpes 2 from he did not know he had it. i coulnt believe a 19 year... Read more Chevron

posted 06/01/2009, comments (6)|

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alysha

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how could this happen

im am 16 years old and just found out that i have Genital Herpes he was my first and still is but we could not understand why i have it he was clean and like i said he was my first if he had it he would of told me about it. when i got my first breakout he got his first one a day early when we did not see eachother two or three days before. my mom... Read more Chevron

posted 04/22/2009, comments (6)|

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Jules

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I'm a mom of 2 & grandma of 2.

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Stupidity at 16 changed my life forever

Iwas 16 with little sexual experience, I was still a virgin. I went to a friends house & got VERY drunk & passed out the next thing I knew I had someone on top of me. I remember agreeing to a few things that were done to me after that. (I didn't feel like I could say no.)A couple of days later I woke up with horrible genital pain, blisters... Read more Chevron

posted 04/11/2009, comments (7)|

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