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" Hey, anyone have a question about herpes? Because I&amp;#039;m practically an expert now.  Here&amp;#039;s what I know:  1. An estimated 20-25 percent of adults carry the herpes virus. Most are &amp;quot;asymptomatic&amp;quot; and have no idea. I could, theoretically, be walking around with herpes myself and not know it.  2. The longer you have it, the less outbreaks you have, and the less likely you are to infect someone else. Zach hasn&amp;#039;t had an outbreak in two years, and only had one ever.  3. If you take medication, like Valtrex (which Zach does), the chance of you infecting a partner decrease even more.  4. Lots of people in relationships have happy, sexual relationships with people with herpes, and never get it.  So there are the facts. While I don&amp;#039;t have an actual percentage to work with, if Zach and I use a condom and abstain from sex if he ever has another outbreak, there&amp;#039;s a risk, but not a huge one. And really, when you think about it, herpes is just an annoying skin condition that gets better over time -- it&amp;#039;s really not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things. Still, if Zach and I were to break up at some point down the road, testing for asymptomatic herpes isn&amp;#039;t typically done, and doesn&amp;#039;t always produce accurate results when it is done, so I&amp;#039;d have to tell potential partners going forward that I had been in a relationship with someone with herpes and they might be at risk.  Now to set the facts aside and focus on the feelings: it&amp;#039;s a lot to take on, especially when I&amp;#039;m not in love with him. And while there&amp;#039;s a chance that could change in the future, especially now that he&amp;#039;s going to be able to be himself and not worry about when he&amp;#039;s going to tell me the truth, right now that&amp;#039;s where it stands.  I tried to imagine that this had come up two months into my relationship with Brandon. My feelings for him were certainly stronger at that point, and I was starting to imagine a potential future with him. I think I would have taken the risk with him.  That&amp;#039;s what it comes down to, right? If I think Zach&amp;#039;s worth the risk? It&amp;#039;s not a measure of his worth as a person, because he&amp;#039;s a really great guy who got really unlucky once. It&amp;#039;s a measure of whether I can see myself with him for the long haul. And I don&amp;#039;t think I can. Not at this point. And I don&amp;#039;t have the luxury of waiting it out -- adding herpes to the mix means I have to be sure, and I&amp;#039;m not.  So there it is. I&amp;#039;m going to have to walk away from a great guy before I really give him a real chance. And the worst part of it is, I know he&amp;#039;s going to be super sweet and understanding about it, which is going to make me feel even more horrible.  And... here&amp;#039;s Brad pulling up with the movers. I&amp;#039;m going to take a bullet on this one and let him think this is just another case of me being a nutjob and sabotaging a relationship. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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