@staceface--wow our stories sound so similar!! I'm so glad ur here.

Well I tested positive for HSV... I cried so hard (and still do). I felt like my life was over but luckily I have a huge support system-my X as well as my current boyfriend were both tested-the X was negative and my current bf is positive...My X is my best friend and is my "ROCK" without him I would die-my mom & brother are also very supportive-my boyfriend just kind of chooses not to talk about "it" but nothing has changed as far as our relationship-he just keeps reminding me of how much he loves me and insists that he never cheated. My family thinks that I'm crazy because I'm still with him-but I think its just luv and maybe even the need to feel loved now-idk.

Idk what my future may hold-but as my best friend told me "I'm a fighter" and so are you all-I own this illness it does not own me (that's what I keep telling myself). *crying*

Hi everyone! I am new to the site and I am so so happy that I found it. It's great to know there are people out here like me. I am in very similar situations as many of you, however, I got it from the ONLY guy I slept with, so this has been extreamly stressful for me because i am now basically staying away from guys (and of course i would love to get laid, but this has kinda made that difficult). Its hard for me to imagine having this forever too, and its also hard to keep the guy who gave me it out of my mind. he says he didnt know, but its just REALLY hard because now i feel like 'what makes him so special that he is the only guy that ive ever had, and now this has happened to me?' not sure if that really makes sense, but he was twenty three...he def got to have a lot more freedom sexually than me, who saved it till about a year ago when i was eighteen. It is very hard not to think about, I know, but we are all still very good looking, beautiful amazing girls, and this does NOT define who we are. Yes it's a shitty play of cards but it could be always be worse. It helps to stay positive if you can try, sometmes all you can do is try, and see the beauty in the world that surrounds us. sure we may all be dealing with this, but im sure we all have so much to be thankful for. the hardest of times are when you have to be the strongest and at least we have each other! sorry if that sounds weird, but i i am thankful that we do.

I Love dat Summer ... it does feel good to know that someone else understands!!

I know how you feel summer, I'm having a mental hard time with not getting to enjoy the sexual freedom I had before..not so much going 'willy nilly' with whoever I want, but my boyfriend and I have had unprotected sex for the past year we have been together...until my random OB that now has thrown this scare in our bedroom. So now, we are in the 'strange' stage were we still make love..but the condom makes me feel like a contagious beast... sigh. Oh well, at least I'm alive.