How I Got The Clap And Other STD Stories: The Girl Who Got Herpes Before She Had Sex
Posted by: The Frisky
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11:15AM, Monday April 6th 2009
April is STD Awareness Month, and we asked you to share your STD-related stories so we could learn from your each other’s mistakes. If you have a tale involving sores, Valtrex, or a judgy gynecologist, send an email to tips@thefrisky.com. We will keep your identity anonymous.
I would like to take this opportunity to represent people with an STD that obtained it even before their first kiss. As a baby, I played with other little girls that lived in my apartment complex. They had contracted herpes from their mother, and after slobbering all over the same toys, I also contracted the virus. I have always informed my partners of the risk and always taken every precaution not to spread it. A few years ago, when I was still with my first boyfriend (we had lost our virginities to each other), I got an outbreak of genital herpes. I found out that though we thought we were safe because he never showed any symptoms of contracting it, he was a carrier and had inadvertently given it to my nether regions. The moral of the story is to never judge someone because of an illness they have—all they deserve is your empathy.
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PinkRanger
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 03:04 pm: [report]
good post! What people forget is that anyone can have an STD, obviously there are ways to aid in prevention, but things happen! yet another reason why awareness is key.
Goldfinch86
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 04:04 pm: [report]
I know it’s sad we have forgotten about STD’s. Whats worse a baby or herpes? Or we can avoid both and use a condom. So lets start remembering the real reasons why we use condoms besides babies, disease.
jen157
wrote on April 6 2009 @ 04:57 pm: [report]
Wow thats an intense story…
Symian
wrote on June 28 2009 @ 02:04 pm: [report]
It’s good to be aware of what’s out there that you can catch, however, it needs to be known that just because you use a condom you can still catch various infections through skin lesions/warts/bumps. The safest way is to make sure you and your partner are tested and use the results to plan properly, and always be honest about what’s going on with your body.