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Hi there,

I'd like a little feedback on my situation- or maybe help me put it in perspective.

I'm 35 and female and was diagnosed about 9 months ago. I've had about 4 breakouts since my initial horrible horrible breakout, all of which have been realtively short and minor. I have HSVI on my genitals, which my doctor says was almost certainly contracted from my long-term boyfriend, who has HSVI on his mouth, from oral sex. My dear boyfriend has been very supportive and is not grossed out at all by my "skin condition" and is understandably vigilant about not getting "my" herpes on his own genitals. However, he staunchly refuses to concede that my herpes could have come from him. And he complains whenever I have a flare-up about my you-know-what being "out of service" again. Apparantly, dealing with my periods and OUR herpes is putting a damper on his sex life. He seems to feel this entitles him to blow jobs a-plenty when I'm "out of service." This boy already gets more bj's in a week than most men get in a year, yet he seems to feel this is only appropriate. Like a bj is some sort of penance for having periods and catching herpes from him. I ordinarily love oral which is why he gets it so much, but his attitude is really killing my desire to go down. I think a man should be grateful for a bj, not feel entitled (Mel Gibson, anyone?). I've told him just what I told you here, but he says that just because my vagina isn't working doesn't mean his gratification should grind to a halt. I agree in principle, but COME ON. A little sympathy would be way better than insisting on a bj and getting sulky when I'm not super-enthusiastic. It would go a long way toward ensuring he still gets all those lovely bj's we both enjoy...you know, not making them a punishment would keep me likin' em.

Anyway, I guess what I'm getting at is that even though my bf didn't run for the hills when I told him I had acquired herpes and that he's not grossed out or anything, I still resent him for his SO-not-my-fault attitude and his feeling of entitlement to bj's on command when I'm having an outbreak.

I broke out yesterday, really mild, but I don't want to tell him because his attitude (as per above) will just make me even more angry than I already am. THis isn't MY herpes, it's OURS, dammit. I suppose Dan would tell me to DTMFA, but this is the only problem in our relationship that doesn't seem to be getting resolved by communication and understanding.

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If this is the way you feel then you should probably sit down and have a serious talk with him about how you feel. Or it may be time to find a new man.

I do agree that he has a bad attitude towards the whole situation. If you are having an outbreak then he should be more understanding because having an outbreak is obviously no fun at all, we all know this.

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If he has HSV1 orally and you have HSV1 genitally then it would be very rare for him to get it genitally. But also, having sex during an outbreak is never a good idea. His attitude though is manipulative and not caring and unrelated to herpes. And if he does have it orally then chances are good that you did get it from him. I would say "so what?" except for the attitude that he has now.

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Wow. I feel as if I wrote this. But my situation is a bit different. I stepped outside of my relationship (we had a brief split actually), and I slept with a DISHONEST friend, and acquired HSV2 from this dishonest friend. I ended up getting back with my boyfriend shortly after (not knowing I had HSV), and possibly gave it to him. Ever since we got back together, his need for sex has AMPLIFIED, and in my opinion, he doesn't care if I am breaking out or not. Even though he has somewhat accepted the consequences of what happened, he still wants to be with me, but I feel clouded. I love him, and I know he loves me, but I think he feels that he needs sex more often because it makes him feel adequate. Now like you, when my lady bits feel 'out of order' - he definitely will make it known that he is not happy about it, and yet he will still want to have some sort of sexual contact (i/e a blow job). He feels entitled to them, like your boyfriend does.

I hope this is just a phase for the both of us. Its possible that your boyfriend is in denial that he gave this to you. I hope this resolves for you soon. Its not easy, but if he loves you, he will start being more compassionate. It just makes dealing with it alot easier.

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