• Thursday night went better than you expected. At least, you thought it did. You told someone you’d been seeing that you have herpes. They listened. They didn’t make a scene or say anything hurtful. They even thanked you for being upfront. But before you left, they said something that has been bothering you ever since.…

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  • Dating With HSV in Small-Town Georgia


    There is a particular kind of awkwardness that comes with online dating in a small Georgia town. You open a profile. The person looks interesting. Then you notice the background in one of their photos and think: Wait. Is that the same high school my cousin went to? A few messages later, you discover they…

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  • Quick Answer: Some of the clearest red flags on HSV dating sites show up after you set a perfectly normal boundary. Someone asking for your phone number, wanting to meet quickly, or asking an HSV-related question is not automatically a problem. Pay closer attention to what happens when you say, “I’d rather wait,” “I’m not…

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