To say I was shocked by this article would be an understatement!

Check it out for yourself and email the author your comments, I have
already emailed mine!

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Emily's Post : Love in the time of herpes

First posted 09:18pm (Mla time) Aug 13, 2005
By Emily A. Marcelo
Inquirer News Service

Editor's Note: Published on page H3 of the August 14, 2005 issue of the
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MY best friend has quite a problem. She asked me recently if I would
want a guy with STD (sexually transmitted disease). I told her if I
loved the guy, it wouldn't matter and I would still want him. I
honestly believed what I told her. But was I right? I do not want her
to make a mess of her life. What do you think about having a
relationship with a guy who has STD, specifically herpes?

SAM

There was a joke that went: "What's the difference between love and
herpes?" Answer: "Herpes is forever." The way love comes and goes
like a train in an MRT station, your friend better think twice, five
times, and even a thousand times before going to bed with this guy.

Herpes is no joke and there are a myriad complications that go with it.
There are no two ways about it-she will get it and she'll get a
life sentence even after love has flown away-if ever. Isn't that
tragic?

It's interesting that you say it's okay with you if your boyfriend
has STD. If you absolutely know what herpes is and can still accept him
regardless-I can only gasp at such devotion.

But, remember, it's not like your boyfriend is paraplegic or totally
blind! Herpes is highly infectious. Depending on the type, it can
manifest itself immediately all over your body like the fireworks on
Independence Day. Or it can lie dormant for years without your knowing
about it. And, once you have it, it's yours to keep. That's like
playing Russian roulette all your life.

Unless you're Mother Teresa's clone and you got her forbearance for
pain and suffering, I suggest you rethink your views on this one. You
were possibly just being cute-thinking your belief will never be put
to a test.

Yes, yes-love is something nobody can fully explain. Others are
willing to die for it and many actually kill for it. But unless a guy
is worth every atom in the herpes virus, you better think hard before
approving something with such dire consequences.

By the way, if your friend asked you that supposedly hypothetical
question after she'd gone to bed with the guy, what else is there to
say?

"Take an aspirin and call me in the morning" will not cut it.

E-mail the author at emarcelo@inquirer.com.ph, Subject: Lifestyle, or
send your letters to Inquirer. Listen to Ms Marcelo co-host the program
"Kalikasan Vigilante," 7:15-8:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, on dwBR 104.3
FM.