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In the grand scheme of things with all there is to worry about in life, herpes is a non issue.
It's not HIV, it's not cancer, it's not schizophrenia, it's not starvation, it's not loss of limbs, it's not genocide, it's not suicide, it's not drug addiction, it's not Alzheimers, it's not ALS, it's not the end of the world.
But you can't catch those diseases/ailments by kissing someone! Some people prefer to live their lives being STD free....oh the shock and horror of it! And to plenty of people it IS a big deal.
If you heard the things my grandfather said about crotch rot while I was a teenager, you'd never let another human near you with a 100 foot pole! Thankfully, I had my mother telling me her tails of youth and magically one doesn't die by looking at a penis. And he really did use the term crotch rot. He was an unique individual!
But getting a blister on your lip that lasts a week or so once every couple of years isn't "crotch rot." ****, people who've have chicken pox also sit with a dormant herpes virus in their nervous system that runs the risk of flaring up and giving them shingles. To me, that's a FAR greater pain in the ass than a cold sore once in a while. Again, I've gotten cold sores since I was a kid, decades before I was ever even sexually active. Can't say I've ever had the ol' crotch rot, though. Same deal for the majority (yes, majority) of the population who also have had a cold sore before.
You just may never have been around someone and seen their outbreak. but many people have it, it's not an STD, and even virgins who haven't so much as kissed someone will have them, possibly from their parents, or grandparents.
I didn't say I didn't know anyone who has it. I said I've never been with anyone who has it. Big difference!
But getting a blister on your lip that lasts a week or so once every couple of years isn't "crotch rot." ****, people who've have chicken pox also sit with a dormant herpes virus in their nervous system that runs the risk of flaring up and giving them shingles. To me, that's a FAR greater pain in the ass than a cold sore once in a while. Again, I've gotten cold sores since I was a kid, decades before I was ever even sexually active. Can't say I've ever had the ol' crotch rot, though. Same deal for the majority (yes, majority) of the population who also have had a cold sore before.
I've never had a cold sore or crotch rot....I can't help but laugh as I type that....Man my grandfather was a lose cannon.
Not really interested in having either one really. I'd like to keep it that way.
And how do you know the people you've slept with didn't have oral or genital herpes?
It's called have a conversation with someone before life with them gets complicated. There's these magical things called tests doctors perform and you the patient get the results back. Why is this so hard to understand?
I've never had a cold sore or crotch rot....I can't help but laugh as I type that....Man my grandfather was a lose cannon.
Not really interested in having either one really. I'd like to keep it that way.
So you're not aware that you can carry both strains of HSV asymptomatically? As in, you wouldn't even have sores but could still be spreading through viral shedding?
There's also no way for you to know whether or not you have HPV unless you're a gay man. In that case, they can swab your anus.
I didn't say I didn't know anyone who has it. I said I've never been with anyone who has it. Big difference!
That you know of, anyway. You wouldn't have any way of knowing, if they were asymptomatic. THEY wouldn't necessarily have any way of knowing, if they were asymptomatic.
It's called have a conversation with someone before life with them gets complicated. There's these magical things called tests doctors perform and you the patient get the results back. Why is this so hard to understand?
Except that nobody gets tested for herpes if they have no reason to suspect they have herpes.
I used to have a tshirt that said "herpes shmerpes"
It's a philosophy to live by.
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