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Originally Posted by 50sLady  Glad to know you think cold sores on the mouth are not contagious. 
FYI...if you get cold sores, you have herpes. You could be contagious at any time. Your skin may be shedding the virus with no sores visible. |
Once more I’m confused with this cold sore/herpes stigma. If herpes was life treating than I’d say worry. Besides if you saw someone with an open sore you would not have to be in the medical field to use safety.
There are not too many people out there that actually suck oozing sores anymore like back in the crazy 1400’s. It’s just not done any more. This stigma of a cold sore or herpes seems more like the “mark”, you know the mark of the damned. I saw a child of maybe 3 or 4 years old that had a cold sore on her lip. She contracted it from her mother. Was her mother a whore? I don’t think so. The child’s mother contracted herpes from who knows where and just happened to pass it on. Did the “mark” diminish mother and daughter? Not in my eyes or my wife’s eyes. As I said it before, I must repeat myself, its herpes – not the plague. It is not the mark of the devil like some idiot TV evangelist would like to lead his flock astray.
I could care less about this mark of the vengeance of some imaginary god. People, we have to get over it. Herpes is not the end of the world and common sense should be your guide. If there is a sore, stay away or use caution. Just the same for avoiding the flu. Some people have the flu but no symptoms and pass it on while others with symptoms never pass it on. A virus is a virus. The best way to stay healthy is to be healthy. Get some more exercise, be more active, watch your body fat content, be careful of the foods you eat. You will not live forever but the days you do live will be self rewarding if you limit your stress. Having sex is suppose to be a great stress reliever, not a self induced purgatory of fear.
I have two daughters. One is married and expecting her first child. The other who is 24 years old still lives with me. To be very frank in this discussion, I may not know for certain but I can take a very good guess that both of these young women have had sex a few years ago to start. Is that a bad thing? I’d be a hypocrite if I said it bothers me. I’m certain that my wife, if she were alive today would not voice a concern on what her daughters are or were doing. She would never be a hypocrite. Her biggest fear as well as mine would be if our daughters were doing something dangerous. Dangerous as in drinking and driving, buzz driving, speeding, robbing a bank, starting the third world war. These things are bad, sex is always good when done correctly.
My daughters, just like you and me still have our lives ahead of us. Let’s all try to get through this thing together and in one piece please.