Good morning gorgeous. How are you ladies doing this morning? I hope you're all doing wonderful for those of you who are here for the first time

Welcome to the Dr Dab show today. We're answering questions that you ladies submit to me and we have a question from Melanie who asks about

how she can navigate the dating world after contracting a venereal disease from

her ex-husband. So go ahead and sit back, relax, get something to drink, get something

to right with, and let's talk about this. First and foremost, Melanie, I'm so sorry that this happened to you. this

first and foremost Melanie I'm so sorry that this happened to you I can't imagine what it's like to

trust and be in a loving marriage and then have not only infidelity happen but contract a disease.

So I'm so sorry that you've experienced this.

However, you did mention that there were red flags

that you did not pay attention to and you sort of overlook them which caused you to have to experience this and that's something ladies that's just so important that you do not overlook even when you're married, but especially when you are

dating are the red flags of certain things that can point to possible issues in the future.

I do have a video on red flags and dating that I hope you can watch to help guide you with that.

Now in terms of your question when it comes to dating, it sounds like you're dating these men and then you tell them that you have this disease and they start treating you differently.

So my first question to you would be, how soon are you revealing this information?

Because when you're dating it's important

that you sort of conceal anything that's personal until you know it's someone that

you truly are going to form a relationship with. There really is no point in revealing this

about yourself if it's just going to cause you to feel hurt, shame, dishonor, or for people to just sort of throw you to the wayside who you weren't serious

about in the first place. You don't know them, but you're having random strangers hurting your feelings.

So I do think it's important,

and of course this is my personal opinion,

to wait until you know that this person is

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