Several months ago, I submitted my first serious disclosure experience here and read a comment asking how the relationship will play out. So, here I am!

3 months into our relationship, things are going great. We enjoy spending time with each other, love bonding over our mutual interests (books, gaming, movies, etc.), have had fun going out to places like Six Flags, a local comic convention and a minor league baseball game and just have a mutual love and respect for each other that's hard to put into words.

For me having HSV-2 and her not having anything, the issue of herpes has surprisingly been a total non-factor for us. She understands the importance of me taking my daily antivirals and using protection when we get intimate, but it hasn't been discussed very much. I do have worries sometimes about passing it on, but I know we're doing our due diligence to prevent it. I also know I'm very lucky to have met an amazing person like her who looks past the stigma and just at me for who I am, but I'm always looking to educate myself more on my condition and be responsible with it.

My hope with this update is to give encouragement to others on here that love is not only possible, post-diagnosis, but that it can blossom into something deep and intimate. If this is helpful at all to this community, I'd love to post more updates in the future. Let me know!