Reference no: EM133293789

Case: My male friend and Shirley had a mongamous relationship for the last 5 years. Recently, things have been a little hectic. Life and its stressors have placed tolls on the relationship. He complains, "I do not know how to make you smile anymore!" Shirley complains, "It's not you. Mom passed; I lost my job; my cat died!" It's just life. I just need you to be there for me.

They talked about marriage but Shirley felt like he was running backwards. SCARED! due to his ex-wife's infidelity.

Recently, Shirley saw her doctor and found out she had herpes. She was furious! She knew her boyfriend of 5 years gave her this virus; herpes cannot be cured with antibiotics, because she was ALWAYS faithful! Even-so, the doctor explained that herpes can lay dormat for years; it could have came from a previous relationship twenty years ago. Still, Shirley was adamant . . . the boyfriend had to go.

Remember, a cold sore also be also a herpes virus and cannot be cured. However, all cold sores do not contain the Herpes virus.

After coming to her senses, Shirley confronted her partner. He said that he did not have herpes and he did not want to use condoms because anything she had, he probably already had it too. Hmmm!

A 21 year old student explained that his girlfriend of 3 years recently told him that she had full blown AIDS! She was not HIV positive; she had AIDS! The student was furious because she allowed him to have unprotected sex knowing she was infected with AIDS.

Of course, research has shown that HIV is a virus and the infection is for a lifetime. Hmmm. How does this differ from the theory of Dr. Montagnier?

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Discussion/Prompt

Comment of the following:

1. How would you or would you tell your partner you have herpes and/or HIV positive? Explain.

Would you marry someone who previously had a cold sore.

3. Would you knowingly marry someone who had herpes and/or HIV positive. Why or Why not?

4. If so, would you use condoms throughout the marriage? If you would not marry this person, would you have sexual relations with your next male/female friend after you had unprotected sex with the previous partner who was infected with HIV positive/herpes.