Glad we could give you a ray of sunshine!!

And a THANK YOU as well...for posting to the group. It's a quiet
group (sometimes unusually) but hey, when someone posts something, we
are always there to help! Thanks for waking us up again! :o) (I
really mean that!)


Tonya
:o)



--- In OrlandoFLHerpesSinglesSite@yahoogroups.com, "clap_laila"
<clap_laila@...> wrote:
>
> Thank you everyone so much for your kind and encouraging words. You
> guys have made my day!
>
> --- In OrlandoFLHerpesSinglesSite@yahoogroups.com, "clap_laila"
> <clap_laila@> wrote:
> >
> > I was diagnosed about a year ago. I never thought this would
happen
> to
> > me. I never slept around. I was never promiscuous. I have only
had
> two
> > partners. I caught herpes from my ex-boyfriend. It's weird how
this
> > virus works. We were together for almost four years before I
caught
> it.
> > He claimed he didn't know he had herpes but he later told me he
had
> > wahy he thinks was an outbreak when we first started dating and
> never
> > bothered to get it checked out by a doctor. As angry as I was
with
> him,
> > I am twice as angry with myself. How could I have been so stupid?
> Why
> > did I not insist we both get tested before we had sex? I keep
> asking
> > myself this over and over. I know my health is my own
> responsibility. I
> > thought I was doing the right thing. Obviously not. I know it
could
> be
> > a lot worse. It could have been HIV. At least herpes isn't fatal.
> > People say time heals all wounds but I can't help but feel dirty.
I
> go
> > out and meet new people but I feel like I have a dirty little
> secret. I
> > can't bring myself to be close to anyone for fear of rejection.
> Does it
> > ever get better?
> >
>