Chip Chick
It’s now been two and a half years that her boyfriend has dealt with his irritating symptoms – namely, itchiness and redness. It hardly threatens his life, but it certainly turns her off. As for her, she remains symptom-free.
They’ve been regularly testing every three or four months, which comes down to five or six texts in the time they’ve been together. Her boyfriend tested positive twice in that time span, while she was only positive one time.
“But every single test round, both of us ended up taking antibiotics, as recommended by doctors, since he still had symptoms and the chance of a false negative with this STD is particularly high,” she said.
“So it took a physical toll on us too. The first year, I did not complain nor blame him at all. STDs can happen to anyone, I thought; no need for the blame game.”
“I went to and paid for my own treatments. After the first year passed and I realized that this is more complicated than I thought, I started being resentful because: 1) He initially did not apologize for having given me [a] STD, 2) He never offered to pay for my treatment or at least go with me to see the doctor, and 3) it took a heavy toll on our [personal] life – he never initiated…and I felt so unwanted.”
Things got so bad they had to literally create a schedule for personal time together, but that didn’t help reignite the flame.
Her boyfriend insisted he was still attracted to her, but he had a mental block now caused by his health problems.
Her boyfriend really is wonderful, and she knows it was solely her choice to keep hanging in there with him, but it upsets her he doesn’t recognize how much she has had to sacrifice to be with him.
Not once did her boyfriend apologize for putting her through this rollercoaster, and not once did he thank her for standing by him.
Well, he did say sorry exactly one time, but that was after she got angry with him and asked if he was actually sorry.
Currently, there’s no light at the end of the tunnel for them, as the doctor messed up the last testing round they went through, and it came back inconclusive, so it looks like they’re facing another one.
