 [ Symptoms ] how likely is it that i have been infected by genital herpes [ Disease ] whether or not your partner has infected you with genital herpes depends on whether you have always practiced safe sex for one thing also it may depend on how long you have been sexually intimate with each other if you have had sex only once or twice and if you used a condom each time your risk of getting genital herpes is lower than if you have had unprotected sex for a long time but you could have been infected during any one encounter do not think you are in the clear because you have never seen herpes sores on your partner is genitals or your own the symptoms of genital herpes are often subtle and easily mistaken for something else like bug bites pimples razor burn or hemorrhoids what is more the virus can be contagious even when there are no symptoms