Just like a previous poster I HSV1 on my genitals from my Dh during oral sex (for future reference everyone, don't engage in a little hanky panky when you're both suffering from Swine Flu, it will not end well!).
Coming hot off the heels of swine flu my first and only outbreak was a little painful/irritating, but nothing to write home about. DH suffers worse from his cold sores because not only do they hurt, but they are visible and he gets embarrassed because they look so gross.
I was surprised to learn, after my gyno trip to find out what the hell was going on in my crotch, that the average STD check does not check for Herpes - 1 or 2, because it's so fucking common.
I was panicking, thinking my DH would think I'd cheated (since I didn't know, like many posters on here apparently, how easily interchangeable the 2 forms are). My gyno, was like "meh, most people have it, do you want me to give you sick leave" (she did, she actually wrote leave due to genital herpes outbreak, needless to say I did not use it, thank you stigma).
Honestly, if DH and I were to break up tomorrow I would probably never tell a future lover about it, unless asked directly. HSV1 can't be passed from genitals to genitals because it's not it's "optimal spot" and 80% of people already have it anyway.
Actually I now tell people I'm close to about it as a funny story.