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I traded emails with my ex. I begged her to get tested because I was sure she had herpes right? Well she responded saying she was clean, and so was her boyfriend. Well I can see how her boyfriend would be, as it takes a while to get the antibodies in your system. But her? Clean? I've only slept with one girl. How in the world could I get a sexually transmitted disease when I've only slept with one girl and she's clean? Does anyone know if there's another way to catch this? Is she just lying to me? What the hell is going on? :p Appreciate any feedback.

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She could be lying...do you know for sure she's been tested? Supposodly it can take 8-12 weeks for your body to develop sufficient antibodies to show up in a blood test.

She may be an asymptomatic carrier...from what I've read over the last few days, a very large percentage of people who have HSV don't even know it, they either don't have outbreaks or have mild atypical ones that aren't recognized. I haven't had sex in over 4 months and I went to the Dr last week due to 1 very tiny painful bump (so small the dr made me point it out to him as he had trouble locating it) and just found out 2 days ago it's hsv. Where and when did I get it? Who knows, apparently.

Could you have contracted it previously and been asymptomatic yourself? Although you've only had sex with this one girl, have you been in any other situatuions where you've manually stimulated a girl and then (immediately) touched yourself?

Anyways, if she's cheated on you, chances are she's not the most honest person in the world and if she is hsv+ and even if she know it, there's a chance she won't tell you; I'm sorry. Do some research online, and keep in mind that not everything you read is reliable, look to credible sources e.g. the CDC, local health departments, etc.

I'm trying not to stress about it because it only makes it worse. We have to do what we can to cope and deal and minimize its effects on our lives.

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