A lot of people seem to think if you have herpes or other STDs you must be sleeping around with multiple partners. That isn’t the case at all. Herpes is given to you by someone who is infected with it with them either aware of it or not. I feel blessed that I know and can give someone the option of accepting that part of me or walking away. I could never live with myself if I was dishonest and hide it from someone, and they contracted it. Some do not have signs or symptoms and could be out there spreading it without even knowing. From my experience herpes is more an emotional thing than physical.