Weekend Winddown

Dear Ananya,

I was talking with one of my associates this weekend and the subject of telling your partner or friend or potential date that you have genital herpes came up again.  He brought up how easy it is just let it stay in the back ground and not talk about it.  It was also discussed that some folks my not know they have it and pass it on without knowing it.  He still feels that people judge harshly those who have it.  This whole conversation brought back the main reason for Weekend Winddown, why it has been brought into existence.  So that people can talk with people who not only understand but have the condition or are intimate with someone who has the condition.  Bottom line is people who matter to you need to know you have it.  There is no reason to keep it hidden any longer, I am sure this is a conversation that will be had many time over the next few years.