Captain Nemo

Okay, my two cents. I have always had cold sores since I was a little kid (Herpes Type 1). I hadn't had an outbreak in close to 20 years but a few years ago I had one. A couple of weeks later, I noticed that I was starting to get small little sores on the underside of my penis. I went to the doctor who confirmed that it was Herpes (Type 1). She figured that I had somehow transferred it down while the mouth sore was active. She said it is rare for type 1 to be found in the genitals, but she also said that stranger things have happened.

Well, my fiance, while initially horrified, came to accept it. Now the weirdest thing is, is that after that initial onset, I did not experience one again for a couple of years. However, my fiance got it (and no you do not need an active sore to be infectious) and she gets it all of the time (6 to 7 times a year, and it's active for between 1 and 2 weeks).

Here's the really strange thing, she gets her active sore region on the upper part of her left ass cheek. No, we haven't had anal sex (well, I haven't given't it to her, infer what you would like) so the area in this case wasn't the point of direct contact (unless we were doing some Twister induced position that I don't remember).

Her outbreaks usually make her feel like she has a touch of the flu, and the entire area is extremely sensitive the entire time. The sores (in her case one sore, always one) are usually large and inflamed, and it lasts like I said before, between a week and two weeks. Stress also seems to make her more succeptible to having an attack.

My outbreaks happen about once every year to a year and a half. The sores are extremely small (the size of a head of pin) and appear on the underside of the front of my penis. They last approximately 2 to 3 days.

Another interesting fact, she is on daily medication to suppress it (which doesn't seem to be helping), and I take nothing for it. When she has an attack she has further medication to take as well as a topical ointment. Me, I take nothing when I get it.

We have learned to live with it, but it can be a huge pain in the ass (literaly for her).

Anyway, I just wanted you to get some information from someone who lives with it and it is a part of our relationship. The funny thing is you should look at that girl adoringly (as opposed to running away as most have suggested) because the guts she had to tell you this is admirable. As far as intimacy with her, no one on this board can offer you an opinion, it is solely yours. I'm sure at first glance, if my wife had asked anyone, they would have probably responded as most here did. She didn't run, though, nad we have been together for the past 6 years, and look forward to many more.