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Dating Advice: Confessing genital warts

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The Question:

What's the social protocol for telling a date you have warts? Been out of dating for a while and this holds me up...No joke.

Ask Cam Response:

Thankfully, I cannot answer this question from experience, but the only necessary social protocol for telling someone you have genital warts is to tell them before you engage in any sexual contact with them. But guess what buddy!...This leaves tons of room for spin, rhetoric and there's even a way to avoid that awkward conversation all together! Damn I'm good! Buckle up sunshine, cause I'm about to bring a big tube of Ask Cam Wart Cream into your bumpy little world of gloom.

Breaking into this conversation can easily be the toughest part. First of all, let's completely do away with the term "warts". It's too graphic and harsh. Try, "love bumps." You can also make her associate positive feelings with warts. "That pet toad you got me is so cute! I named him Warty Morty!" Every time you see her give little Morty a kiss you're one step closer to getting blown.

You can also look for a girl with really bad eyesight, or better yet, totally blind. If she can't see them, do they really exist? Tell her you're wearing a "for her pleasure condom" with a special orgasm inducing texture. I wonder if she'll have to use her walking stick to find your penis...I digress.

You have yet another thing going for you as well. Women, unlike men, can fall in love without having sex. Talk about a chink in the armor! If a lass falls for you it will be much easier for her to see past a pesky little virus when her heart has clouded her judgement.

Here's the best part. You don't even have to have the conversation. That's right you can meet plenty of singles with the same STD at www.positivesingles.com. It's like Match.com with VD. How hard do you think it's gonna be to get laid when you both have the heebie jeebies? Good luck, and don't let a few bumps on the shaft slow you down.

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livelonger  says:
3 years ago

love the product recommendations to the right!

honesty  says:
2 years ago

This is a disgusting response. Transfer of genital warts to women can lead to cervical cancer - 95% of cervical cancers are caused by HPV, the virus that causes the warts in the first place.

Best to seek medical advice and get your warts treated, then there's no conversation to have.

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rockinjoe  says:
13 months ago

"bumpy little world of gloom."

Funniest thing I read all day. You have a future in comedy.

Anon  says:
12 months ago

honesty, get your facts straight. there are 40 (ish) strands of hpv. the same kind that causes cervical cancer does not, in fact, cause genital warts, and vice versa. definitely you should get them treated- frozen off/ medicated with a shot (ask the doc for the options). once the visible signs of hpv go away, it is less contagius, but still it can be transferred. in that case, i would wait a little while before doing anything to see if the virus clears your system... but still, anyone you date within 3 years (about) should know that you are a probable carrier. tell them before doing anything related to sexual contact, not just sex. say it is an infection that about 60 percent of thte sexually active population experiences at some point in their life. then discuss ways to best protect her from getting it from you (condom, not doing anything when the warts are there, etc.) and yes, perhaps do not say warts, say sores, or something along those lines. and make it an effort to research WITH her about hpv (and see if she has received the shot, which protects against 2 strands that cause genital warts 90 percent of the time and cervical cancer strands that cause this cancer 70 percent of the time). i'd suggest learning all about it first, then bringing it up with her, but in not a TOO dramatic, doomsday fashion. let her know that you like her, and you hope you can work something out, but you understand if she is alittle freaked out.

Guest  says:
11 months ago

For someone that has this 'warty virus' I found your answer rude and offensive, esp where you mention about a blind girl! I have found it really hard to cope having this virus and knowing there is nothing you can do about it (as the virus aways stays in your body), it hit my hard, worse of all it has put me off of men, I had a more dramatic situation how I got them (and I don't think we need to go into that)... but its now effects me for the rest of my life and there is nothing I can do about it.

THE WAY YOU HAVE SPOKE ABOUT

Thankfully I am not a twat like you.

Guest  says:
11 months ago

For someone that has this 'warty virus' I found your answer rude and offensive, esp where you mention about a blind girl! I have found it really hard to cope having this virus and knowing there is nothing you can do about it (as the virus aways stays in your body), it hit my hard, worse of all it has put me off of men, I had a more dramatic situation how I got them (and I don't think we need to go into that)... but its now effects me for the rest of my life and there is nothing I can do about it.

THE WAY YOU HAVE SPOKE ABOUT HAVING

Thankfully I am not a twat like you.

Guest (again)  says:
11 months ago

AS I WAS SAYING... THE WAY YOU HAVE SPOKE ABOUT HAVING HPV IS AS IF ITS JUST A BIG JOKE. BUT IT IS ONE MORE THE MOST COMMON VIRUS AS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND THEY DON'T REALISE WHAT A CONDOM IS, OR THAT YOU CAN STILL CATCH THEM WHILE USING A CONDOM!

PEOPLE JUST DON'T CARE AND ARE HAPPY TO 'SPREAD THE LOVE'

Ash  says:
10 months ago

I have the warty virus too. But, taking offense to this post is the last thing on my mind. I'm still giggling about love bumps and heebie jeebies. Yea, it sucks to have it but life goes on. I still get mine. =) And I know that I will always be able to.

ROBBY  says:
9 months ago

I was just diagnosed with having genetal warts...I am scared and I worry a lot...how I got them was not my fault...I have only had sex with one guy in my life...but i was raped at one point in time as well and now I have a virus to show it for the rest of my life. I didnt take offense to this post because to be honest....the virus is part of my life...and although it hurt knowing that I have it and knowing that I will have it for the rest of my life...I am also glad that I have it instead of a child. I see the bumps at I feel them..although I honestly have not been to an actual doctor..I have only been to a thearaputic one because she is a friend and was a OBGYN... I am scared...so I do my own treatment...ZINC SULFATE...the pills do wonders..although you have to take one every morning.... but they work..my warts have gotten smaller and less noticable.

Dude guy  says:
8 months ago

Yea the response is a bet offensive...I guarentee if the person writing the response had warts he/she (probably he) would not be as goofy about it. It is probably the best lifelong STD to have (as opposed to herpes or HIV) but it is far from harmless. I have recently been using duct tape treatment along with sallycilic acid and the results have been pleasing, but I am far from cured...I probably will have to deal with this for the rest of my life....it's disgusting and embarassing.

bumpy bill  says:
7 months ago

ya it sucks, but its to late now you have to live with it. just roll with it and be safe. this guy is obviously an insensetive idiot, some day it might happen to him.

Guest  says:
7 months ago

Not that it really matters. But, Anon... Yes, there are many different strands of HPV. But, there is a strand of HPV that causes both cervical cancer AND warts.

Guest  says:
7 months ago

Oh and Anon... You say to wait for the virus to leave your system. I'm not sure where you learned your "facts". But, you need to research better. The virus never leaves your body... That's why this virus sucks so much. In some cases, a person's body can fight off the virus when they're young & their immune system if strong enough to do it. But, most of the time... once you got it... you're stuck with it forever.

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