Herpes & Dating: The Truth Nobody Talks About
Seeing Other People
Ilana Dunn
4.5 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Allie Mazur, founder of Beyond Herpes discusses the importance of normalizing conversations about genital herpes, to overcome the associated shame and stigma. She shares her personal journey, contracting herpes at age 23, and the emotional impact it had on her. Allie delves into how herpes reshaped her dating life, leading her to pursue higher-quality relationships and adopt a healthier lifestyle. She emphasizes the significance of open communication in relationships, offering advice for both those with herpes and their partners. She underscores the need for mutual responsibility in sexual health discussions and how faith played a role in her healing journey.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:04.8 | Hey guys, it's Alana and you're listening to Seeing Other People Unfiltered. |
| 0:09.8 | It's Thursday, so that means real-life daters are coming on to share their real, sometimes shocking, and always unfiltered experiences. |
| 0:17.8 | Think you're alone out there? |
| 0:18.9 | Think you're the only one whose ex hooked up with your mom or whose last date ended up being a catfish? Think again. Think you're alone out there? Think you're the only one whose ex hooked up with your mom |
| 0:21.5 | or whose last date ended up being a catfish? Think again. I'm Ali Mazer and I am here to talk about |
| 0:28.2 | all things herpes. So yes, HSV, herpes, genital herpes, whatever you are calling it these days. |
| 0:36.5 | Let's just say it a million times to, like, |
| 0:38.4 | get it out of people's systems if they're afraid to, like, hear the word, say the word. Like, we're talking about herpes. We're here today to talk about genital herpes. Amen. And Alana, it is literally one of the best things to do to, like, overcome the shame and stigma is I tell clients. I'm like, stay it in front of the Mara. Say herpes. Say herpes. Oh, herpes isn't so bad. Herpes is |
| 0:57.0 | just a minor skin rat. shame and stigma is I tell clients, I'm like, say it in front of the Mara, say herpes, say |
| 0:54.4 | herpes. Oh, herpes isn't so bad. Herpes is just a minor skin rash. Like, whatever you have to do. |
| 1:00.6 | Yep. And it's not, listen, it's not like the most glamorous topic, but nothing we talk about here is |
| 1:05.9 | glamorous. It's all realistic. And it's a reality of modern dating. And it's something that I so appreciate |
| 1:13.4 | what you're doing and the work that you're doing and we'll get into all that. But it's something |
| 1:17.1 | that is so needed and it's not talked about enough. There are not enough people out there |
| 1:23.2 | doing what you're doing. And so I just, I really appreciate you being here and us getting into it. |
| 1:29.8 | Yay. Me too. I'm excited. Okay. So I want to start at the beginning. I feel like that makes |
| 1:35.5 | sense because I imagine you didn't grow up aspiring to create a business out of herpes. |
| 1:43.2 | Yep. No, no, not at all. I wanted to be president when I was |
| 1:47.1 | growing up. I can see that. I love it. Madam President. Yeah. It's funny. It's actually, |
| 1:54.5 | that was the thing. So herpes for me came into my life when I was 23. Yeah, I'll share my story and I think I won't |
| 2:04.0 | the short version, but I think it'll be helpful. So I was dating in New York City. I was living |
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