Soapbox Monkey’s STD post made me wonder about something. A few months ago my best friend’s fiancee found out she had tested positive for genital herpes. She had a sore on her genitals, which ended up being concluded as being herpes (she is currently under treatment for it). My friend, upon this discovery, immediately had himself tested for herpes but the test came up negative .
Obviously she didn’t get it from him. This raises the question, where did she get it from? She had been in an exclusive relationship with my friend for 2 years. My friend and her own friends vehemently deny the possibility that she had slept around (not that I have anything against her, but I’m still not ready to rule that possibility out). If what they claim is true, and she has been faithful, how do you just spontaneously get herpes?
She had other sex partners, but the thing is that this thing would have had to been dormant for over two years which really has me scratching my head. She has been very frank about it, which makes it easier to discuss, but this whole ‘virgin birth of a herpy’ does kind of make me wonder…