I went out with this very nice girl and hooked up (kissed, massaged one another, and spooned) all night. I asked her out on a second date and she had an open cold sore on her upper lip.
Now, she is really cool, but I have only dated her once prior to the cold sore. Should I stay, or should I go?
I really don't want to hurt her, she's really nice, but I don't want a cold sore (I hope I didn't catch it; I didn't kiss her when she had it). So I figure that if I drop her now with a white lie, she'll be better off.
Please help!
Update: I'm really sorry for sounding like a jerk. I'm just very ignorant about this whole thing and am, thus, seeking help on the matter..the truth is that I am very scared, confused, and don't know what to do (all my guy friends tell me to drop her..)
A month ago
are you serious a cold sore ... that's not a very big deal they go away ... as long as she didn't suck your d*** your fine to date her ... just don't let her go down there when she does have a cold sore because you could get herpes!
The important thing to know is that a cold sore is a form of herpes and that it can be passed by kissing. If she gives you oral, you can get herpes. Or if you gave a girl oral who had herpes you could get a cold sore. BUT that's only if it's an active outbreak. Cold sores are contagious if they are weeping and open. My husband gave me my very first cold sore before we were married and neither of us have herpes or anything down there so it's not like it's the plague. You just have to use your head and educate yourself instead of listening to your friends.
Lol. were do you think she got it from blowing anougher guy, and she caught something. cold sore I get them now and then usally cause of a cold, so I would relax. Maybe she had a little cold over the week so she could have been comeing down with out. But I wouldn't drop her cause of a stupid cold sore, and of coruse your guy friends are going to tell you to drop her. You got a mind of your own use it.
Just because it is called a "cold" sore doesn't mean it is caused by a cold. Please wake up. You have HERPES. The reason it shows up when you have a cold is because your immune system is weakened during that time and stressed thus the virus is more prominent and a outbreak occurs. You're diseased, deal with it. - A month ago
Um, almost EVERYONE gets them. If they don't nearly everyone carries the HPV1 or whatever but never show signs. It's nothing to be ashamed of the sh*t just happens.
Also, different things can cause them with different people yes it's still herpes, but with me salt and citrus fruits are usually the cause. Don't be ignorant. You can get it from sharing a drink with someone, so someone should not feel ashamed or feel 'diseased'. Stop adding to the stupid stigma. - 23 days ago
thats really funny I must say but you probly don't know much about cold sores do you? ok I get cold sores from time to time, I get them usually when I'm sick. I've probly had one once this year.
I think this is stupid of you to do, she's a good chick so you say you like her an there's nothing wrong with cold sores its not like she's gona have a cold sore on her face forever it goes awa.
its herpes and its in your genetics if you have the virus or not. you probly don't have it an you could kiss her an not even get one. its not good for her to kiss guys cus it might spreed on her face. , just say babe I want you but go buy some coldsore cream. problem solved.
Just because it is called a "cold" sore doesn't mean it is caused by a cold. Please wake up. You have HERPES. The reason it shows up when you have a cold is because your immune system is weakened during that time and stressed thus the virus is more prominent and a outbreak occurs. You're diseased, deal with it. - A month ago
Why wouldn't you at least try to help him understand? Just saying that is not helpful at all. - A month ago
Answerer
Ok. well cold sores are caused by the herpes virus. but they aren't caused my STDs. and if people are smart, they won't cause any STDs. people naturally have herpes and it's not something to judge people on...unless you find warts in their pants, then you can respectfully decline. - A month ago
you need to look up herpes. nearly EVERY human being on the planet has the herpes virus in their body. just because she gets the occasional cold sore, doesn't mean she has raging oral or genital herpes. those sorts of herpes are completely different from the sort that give you common warts on your fingers or cold sores. yes, it's contagious, and no it's not a good idea to snog someone with a cold sore. but in all likely hood, you've got herpes as well, but your body doesn't show signs of it. it's not something you break up with someone over because a significant percentage of people get cold sores at some point in their life. however, don't let her give you a blowjob while she has a cold sore, because then you can get genital warts. in a few days, that cold sore will be gone and you'll have nothing to worry about, just be smart about it. but it doesn't mean she's promiscuous or has warts elsewhere on her body, it probably just means that her mother has that strand of herpes and she inherited it in the womb, just like her mother probably did her mother.
I don't know the name of the med, it was some sort of chap-stick and she told me it was for the breakout (she was very bothered by the fact that I saw it when we were in there)..I know she is not promiscuous, I just assumed she got unlucky. I am just paranoid, the internet searches I did were not helpful, and my friends are just as ignorant as me on the matter)... - A month ago
Answerer
The medicine is meant to heal the sore. once the sore is gone, it's not contagious. but even you are saying to you occasionally get cold sores. NEWS FLASH, that means you have herpes as well! when she has cold sore, don't let her go down on you; likewise, when you have a cold sore, don't go down on her. because then you have genital herpes which IS indeed a problem because it can cause cervical and penal cancer. but as long as you two are smart, it won't be a problem. - A month ago
Answerer
But remember, almost everyone on the planet is born with herpes, tell your friends that. - A month ago
I was ashamed for so long and told this guy I started seeing (first boyfriend ever really) and he's like, "okay.. I carry the same thing I just don't get them, it's not a big deal."
Don't leave her because of a cold sore! I have a cold sore right now, and it's not from any kind of std or sti. One of my friends has cold sore looking things all the time because he's on accutane, and another of my friends gets frequent cold sores because she has a vitamin B deficiency, and almost everyone gets the occasional cold sore. Why don't you just ask her about it before assuming stuff?
I'm really sorry for sounding like a jerk. I'm just very ignorant about this whole thing and am, thus, seeking help on the matter..the truth is that I am very scared, confused, and don't know what to do (hers looked really bad and all my guy friends have told me to drop her..)
I don't want to go further if the cold-sore thing is serious, because I could hurt her more.. - A month ago
Is the medicine you saw "Herpecin H?" it's common cold sore treatment with a bad name. she's probably conscious of it and doesn't it being there. I get a cold sore maybe once every year or so. it has nothing to do with STDs. - A month ago
Answerer
Ha, what a dumb name for cold sore medicine. I would really just ask her about it, and see what she says. I've gotten really bad cold sores, and have had to put medicine on them too. - A month ago
Well, would a girl be justified in dumping you as soon as she saw you with a cold sore? I think your guy friends are jackasses if they think that her cold sore means anything different that yours or their cold sores. it's just something that people have sometimes. you can't pass judgements because of them. - A month ago
Answerer
I completely agree. - A month ago
Question Asker
I really don't want to drop her because of something that's outside of her control. But I have had nothing but negative feedback from the people around me (they don't know much about it I guess). And that is exactly my fear, I would really not care; but I have a feeling that girls (my age, 18) care more about something that superficial (most of the negative feedback came from my girl friends, telling me that if a guy had that and they where not attached yet, they would drop him)... - A month ago
Answerer
Well, your friends have no idea what they're talking about, so don't listen to them. - A month ago
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