Dating With Herpes…

…or in other words: dating.

There are different approaches that people take to their love-lives a

fter THE DIAGNOSIS.

Presumably, some people acquire the virus while with a partner and stay with that partner forever, never needing to brave the dating scene with their HSV-positive status.

Most people with herpes, however, find themselves at some point (sometimes right after THE DIAGNOSIS) in the difficult position of having to pick themselves up, dust themselves off, and figure out how to find love and romance with a giant capital H indelibly stamped on them (well, that’s what it feels like, doesn’t it?!).

In case you are right now in that position, have no fears – there are SO MANY H-people who have felt the same way, have gotten through the pain and can sincerely understand what you are going through.

All over the Internet, articles can be found explaining how you can have ‘the talk’ with uninfected potential partners. OK that’s fine, if you have a bullet-proof ego and can live with the intrinsic stress of the risk that your uninfected partner will one day wake up with that first blister and the whole equation gets changed….

More and more people, though, are availing themselves of herpes dating sites where they can talk to potential partners about things like love, career, family, values, goals, etc., rather than the pros & cons of deliberately exposing oneself to the risk of acquiring an incurable virus.

Right?

So!

What are you waiting for? Have you signed up yet? If you haven’t, then it is time, because everybody wants the same thing: love (and acceptance (OK and sex too!)).

The weather is getting cold – time to break out those gumboots and soup recipes and find someone to cuddle up with for the next 8 months or so of Vancouver rain!