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I just found out that I have herpes 2. Since it is the beginning I am doing some crying and just going on a rollercoster ride. The biggest thing now is having to change my thoughts and actions and redifining who I am when I am not even sure who I really am.

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i thought exactly that..

i went thru all the standard emotions, anger, depression, fear..

i hoesntly thought id never be intimate with a girl again...

ive met sumone... who i really like, she really likes me (well she must do to take the risk) and if anything, other then me worrying about giving it to her, ive found a whole new side to myself..

being a bloke i was abit selfish, as a lover, but i find ive changed that now, now i can hours, and i mean hours, of fun without penetration!!

sex isnt just about penetration, now its about emotions, feelings, and finding all those little places that send my girl wild..

if anything, its made me a better lover....

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lol - yes very true!!

ive been lucky in the fact since i was diagnosed i was in a relasonship at the time, which laster anorther year, we broke up a few months ago, and now ive met sumone else, the first girl ive got close to since splitting from my last girlfriend, ive told her all the facts and shes fine about it and wants to continue the realsonship...

i fully understand what you mean tho, but if u do meet sumone worth your time, and you like him enough to tell him, then if he likes you as much as you like him, most people will work around it......

you are still the same person, just more educated and careful now...

i find by being honest, you get people being honest with you....

if u feel u cant ever tell anyone, try one of the dating sites for people in the same situation as us.

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Alicecat,

I jsut found out too, one week ago, did all the crying too and really don't know who I am either. I am struggling with the fact that someday, hopefully I will meet someone I like enough to tell and then maybe he will dump me because of it. My advice to you, and the way I think i have to deal with this is, I will be very selective with the guys I date, maybe ones that like me for me and not for sex and a good time. wE see where that got me....

gutted..such a bloke thing to say, lived in London years ago, yes I appreciate how this has changed you, unfortunately it sucks that this was the reason. It sounds like you are dealing with this very maturely and I hope I can do that too. Just hoping it is just part of me and not what defines me.

thanks for your thoughts!

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its not a case of dealing with it maturely, how else am i ment to deal with it>?

ill be dammed if im gonna let in ruin my life, im 25, got 40 years in me yet, gonna enjoy every one of em!

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still the first week

on some level i know my life is not over and time will make that better. and of course this changes me. and everything that touches my life defines me including this. i am just trying to readjust my pic of me in my life. it is what it is and right now it sucks big time and it is all fuzzy.

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I have to agree with Gutted its sink or swim!! I know its hard in the beginning, and your emotions are all over the place, i am only just coming to terms myself after being diagnosed 3 weeks ago. We have no option but to get on with it, its not going to ruin your life, change a little yes, and if we can all draw something slightly posotive from this ,its that the people we have relationships once diagnosed are with you for much more than just sex, when you go through something like this,its about honesty, trust and support.

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