I can't quite believe I'm writing this here but I don't have anyone close I feel I can turn to. I'm a single mother of three children, the thought of dating has always been daunting to me because of this. The last time I dated I was child free and I worry sometimes that a lot of people may not accept what comes with dating a mother of three. I have now recently been diagnosed with genital herpes. My heart is broken as I always followed all the rules, I used all the protection and have never been intimate with a person who told me they had this. I feel deceived, and cheated in a way. Now I have a fear that I now have too much baggage for anyone to accept, like, who will want me now? Am I damaged goods? I've never been married and now I think that's something that is just no longer an option for me.
Has anyone got any words of wisdom, or experience with this themselves? I feel a little lost, and very very low.