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Dating With Herpes

By Billy Baker

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Published: 06Jan2009
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Are you single and living with herpes? Do you feel like you are the only one out there with an STD (apart from the person you picked it up from, of course)? Are you concerned no-one will want to date you or be intimate with you ever again, once you tell them your secret? Well, stop worrying. You are not alone. Nor do you have to be desperate and dateless just because you have herpes. Read on for some mind boggling statistics and herpes dating solutions.

Genital Herpes Statistics:

* Up to 1 million new genital herpes infections occur annually in the US alone. (You aren't the only one who got some bad news from the doctor this year.)

* White 12-19 year olds have the fastest growing rate of infection with genital herpes. It is now 500% more common in this age bracket than it used to be.

* 45 million Americans over the age of 12 are infected with genital herpes. This equates to roughly 20-25% of the population.

* The under 25 age bracket is the most common for picking up an STD, with two thirds of all new infections in the US being recorded in this age demographic.

* 25% of all Americans will become infected with some form of STD in their lives.

* 80% of all people infected with genital herpes are blissfully unaware they have been infected.

OK, so now you can see that you are not the only single with herpes living in the Western world. If you live in the US there are another 45 million sexually active people out there living with herpes as well. So what to do? How to start dating with herpes with some level of confidence?

Dating with Herpes.

If the thought of having to tell your new date before the intimate encounter about your souvenir from a previous relationship fills you with dread perhaps you may want to consider a herpes dating site. Due to the pandemic in STDs, and genital herpes in particular, there are a wide variety of dating services to select from that cater for herpes singles.

Herpes dating services level the dating playing field in that all the members share your specific STD. (At least that's one less thing to worry about with a new date.) This saves you having to summon up the courage to tell someone new about your herpes, or worry about passing it on to someone you care about. You may get rejected by your date, but at least you will know it is not because you have herpes.

Living with herpes does not mean you will be reduced to a life of celibacy. Check out some herpes dating sites to see how easy and unembarrassing it can be. Remember, you may be single with herpes today, but you don't have to stay single forever. You are not alone and there are plenty of others out there happily dating with herpes.

Billy Baker has provided more relevant information and helpful tips on this page entitled dating with herpes.

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