days and I can't help the tears because I know that any day this person whom I'm really starting to like can walk away.. I know that the right guy would see past the herps but after getting hurt time after time and seeing all my friends in relationships it was nice to finally have somebody and I don't want it to end. So I guess the point of this post is to see how many couples have made it work when one person is h+? And for the people who inspite of their partner's positive status still stayed how did you come to terms with it? How long did it take for you to come around? What did your h+ partner say to you to make it easier for you? Your experiences, stories, advice or anything you can share with me would really be appreciated. His doctor gave him the wrong figure - the figure is more like 3% per year for female to male transmission and using antivirals. And that is unprotected. Protected, you are talking a risk of less than 2% per year. I've been with my boyfriend for 3 years, I have genital hsv-1, and it has never been an issue. I didn't tell him for a year, and we'd been having unprotected sex, but when I did tell him it was great. We have unprotected sex and he never seems remotely concerned about it. But people react differently. When he told me what his doctor