How is staying with one sp cutting down the risk factor? As a std warning poster once pointed out, if one of you has multiple partners, you are basically having sex with all their partners. I only see 2 sp's, but God knows what they get up to the rest of the week.One of the many reason I try to stick with one SP. Cuts down on the risk factor, but I understand for some the fun part about the hobby is the variety.
The outbreak is ongoing. Four sores/lesions which are very uncomfortable (more of a burning/stinging than actual pain). They are starting to heal. I was diagnosed at the HFC and was told that anti-virals were not necessary. Thanks to info provided by SchlongConnery and others, I now realize that this was probably not great advice, but seems to be consistent with how the HFC minimizes the importance of herpes. I will now be seeing my family doctor and asking to get on anti-virus to suppress any recurrence and reduce shedding.What happened during the outbreak? Lesions? Pain? How long did it take to go away and what medications did you use?
Well either you got rimmed or got pegged...Imagine if you got rimmed - how do you explain to your doctor your got ass herpes.
I generally feel the same way about this entire hobby. I'm not married, so can't fully understand the mindset, but I've never participated in the hobby while dating. I think it's unfair to do so even before a situation like this one arises.I feel bad for you, the girls who you were with before you knew who have now possibly been exposed, but I really really feel bad for the wife.
We take on this risk as sex workers, you guys take the risk as well, but the wife, who was probably thinking she has a good marriage and good sex life, is the biggest victim. She thought she was being safe because she was married and trusted her husband, and now she may have an STD for life.
Which would really fuck things up her going forward if she decides to leave the OP.
Sorry, I know. I’m the downer here, but I just can’t help but think of her in all this.
How is staying with one sp cutting down the risk factor? As a std warning poster once pointed out, if one of you has multiple partners, you are basically having sex with all their partners. I only see 2 sp's, but God knows what they get up to the rest of the week.
Was thinking the same thing - you've been hobbying a long time, but how often were you going to get tested? You could have been infected a long time ago, but have been asymptomatic until very recently.Thanks to everyone who posted words of support and provided links to information in this thread and by way of PM's. In response to many questions I received, I will notify the spas and agencies I visited in the weeks prior to my outbreak. I got a lot of messages asking me to secretly and privately name names and I'm not going to do that. As others have pointed out, it is technically possible that I was infected a long time ago and didn't realize it and this outbreak has nothing to do with who I saw recently, so no point tainting several providers and agencies with pure speculation.
I can't disagree with you. She's a great wife, but has never had the sex drive to keep up and is slowing down even more as she approaches menopause. I know it's impossible to tell for certain, but I really do think I acquired this recently and have had no intimate contact with my wife since, so I really hope she has not been infected.I feel bad for you, the girls who you were with before you knew who have now possibly been exposed, but I really really feel bad for the wife.
We take on this risk as sex workers, you guys take the risk as well, but the wife, who was probably thinking she has a good marriage and good sex life, is the biggest victim. She thought she was being safe because she was married and trusted her husband, and now she may have an STD for life.
Which would really fuck things up her going forward if she decides to leave the OP.
Sorry, I know. I’m the downer here, but I just can’t help but think of her in all this.
I have been tested periodically for other STI's, but herpes is not part of the standard screening so I have never been tested for it before.Was thinking the same thing - you've been hobbying a long time, but how often were you going to get tested? You could have been infected a long time ago, but have been asymptomatic until very recently.
You seem like a real descent guy who got the crap end of the stick in this hobby. I hope for your sake of guilt, that your wife is STD free. I feel this would weigh heavy on your conscience if she is not.I can't disagree with you. She's a great wife, but has never had the sex drive to keep up and is slowing down even more as she approaches menopause. I know it's impossible to tell for certain, but I really do think I acquired this recently and have had no intimate contact with my wife since, so I really hope she has not been infected.
All points I'm sure the wife's lawyer will use to take the house, the car, the shirt on @Regret's back... if she chooses to leave him. It is why many married men spend money on escorts right? Because it's cheaper than a divorce?I feel bad for you, the girls who you were with before you knew who have now possibly been exposed, but I really really feel bad for the wife.
We take on this risk as sex workers, you guys take the risk as well, but the wife, who was probably thinking she has a good marriage and good sex life, is the biggest victim. She thought she was being safe because she was married and trusted her husband, and now she may have an STD for life.
Which would really fuck things up her going forward if she decides to leave the OP.
Sorry, I know. I’m the downer here, but I just can’t help but think of her in all this.
Your math makes sense initially - until you add in the multiplication of all the partners the clients that see your reduced amount of chosen SP/SPs. Seeing just one SP (put aside for a moment your individual choice of a semi-retired SP) that SP's client base over the last 6 months? 12 months? and add in all the partners and their partners-partners - still will come to a few thousand in let's call it a 'pool' of partners.ummmm okay, so if your seeing 2 SP's that have 10 clients each, your risk factor is 20. Now if your seeing 4 SP's with 10 clients each.. what's the risk factor???
Kind of basic math bro.
Not to mention, if you stick with one SP who lets say is semi-retired (like mine) doesn't take on a new clients and only kept a few after she stop advertising, cuts down the risk, wouldn't ya say???
I didn't accuse anyone and, if you had bothered to read the thread, would already know that I won't name names specifically because of what you mentioned. That said, in my case, unless it had been dormant for 20+ years, I either got it from my wife (which I'm almost positive is not the case) or from a SW, so it's really not that bold for me to say I likely got it from a SW. I'm not saying which one, but a SW is almost definitely the source in my case.I didn’t read entire thread, but it’s very bold for OP to accuse a SW of giving him herpes when:
Herpes can lay dormant (sort of like it's in hibernation) for years without causing any noticeable symptoms. Because of this, many people don't know they have it and may have trouble figuring out how or when they got it. When symptoms do occur, they often appear as small blisters on or around the genitals.