I was in a relationship for almost a year. About 5 months in, I was diagnosed with HSV-2 through a blood test. I know tests can be a tricky subject so I payed for the official Western Blot test to confirm my diagnosis. My partner has a life partner who is not comfortable with my diagnosis and her potential exposure (totally understandable) so we haven’t been intimate in quite some time. Yesterday, he texted me to let me know that our relationship can’t move forward in the same way knowing this is the situation. Without sex, this didn’t feel like a partnership so it felt best to end things. It truly upset me that I didn’t at least get a phone call from him (although we chatted eventually). He said that his feelings haven’t changed but the callousness of his choice to end the relationship via phone shows me there’s no longer a level of respect between us. What hurts more is that I found out so long ago. His decision to just end things after all this time feels sudden. Almost as if my diagnosis was an excuse. This is my first experience with rejection because of my status so any words of encouragement or advice in dealing with partners moving forward would be much appreciated.