consider this a poll

[chhotii]

On koshmom's suggestion, I am asking a direct question. I've been too lame to sign up as a paid user, so I don't think I can do an official "poll", but your feedback is requested. (Anonymous ok.)

This is apropos nothing.

Please indicate which of these most closely matches your feelings/opinions on the subject of "herpes" (HSV-2, to be precise):

1. I would never date someone with herpes. Surely a blister on Mr. Happy would be a fate worse than death.

2. If the right person came along, a minor skin condition wouldn't stand between us. Not that I'd rush into being physical with someone with herpes-- better to take things slow, and be sure that they are the right person, before risking anything.

3. I am impervious! I have genitalia of stainless steel! C'mon and ooze all over me, baby!

Thanks.

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[totient]

Something like 20% of adult Americans have asymptomatic HSV2 (and nearly everyone has HSV1). For all I know, I'm one of them, and I'm not too worried about it as I don't plan on getting pregnant :). I generally tend not to get skin lesions (this is nice with regard to poison ivy and HSV1 but made diagnosing the chickenpox difficult when I was a kid) so I'm not as concerned about the increased transmission rate of other diseases during outbreaks.

That said, I'll avoid direct contact with actual blisters, thanks.