Corsair and Melinda,
I know I have to tell him (he's a paramedic - I don't know if that makes this easier for him or not to understand), but it's the HOW do I bring it up? I've had this for about 15 years (from a cheating bf) and back then we were told you couldn't transmit it unless you had a sore. Now they say you can for a couple weeks of shedding skin after an outbreak. My ex had no problem with it and choose not to use protection and he never got it. To me it's a touchy subject - heck, it's an std! So yeah, I do feel guilty about it because if I had used protection I wouldn't have it, kwim? I'm not the most tactful person in the world so thought maybe someone had ideas of how to broach the subject.