 [ Symptoms ] is it possible to have contracted vaginal herpes from a sexual partner who has never had prior sexual partner before me  could i have contracted it from my very first sexual partner i have ever had if he too has never had a partner prior to being with me [ Disease ] somebody is not telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me god unless there were some extraordinary circumstances genital herpes is caused by sexual contact period many times a person can transmit genital herpes to another without having any obvious lesions as a matter of fact may people who contract herpes is from someone who may not have even been aware they had it yes you could have gotten it from your first sexual partner who did not disclose a previous partner