Success Stories
Real People. Real Love. After HPV.
These are real people who found real love after their HPV diagnosis, not despite it. Their stories are proof that your best chapter may still be ahead.
80%
of adults will have HPV at some point
1 in 4
Americans currently living with HPV
1000s
of couples navigating HPV together
100%
of our stories are real and unedited
Their Stories
Stories That Might Sound Like Yours
I Was Convinced I Would Have to Settle. I Was Wrong.
I found out I had HPV about three years ago, and for the first six months after my diagnosis, I basically stopped dating. Not because I made a conscious decision to, but because the fear of having to tell someone felt completely paralyzing. I would get close to someone and then find a reason to pull back before things got serious.
Sar....03, 31
Austin, TX · Together 2 years
The Disclosure Conversation Made Us Closer, Not Further Apart.
I had been living with HPV for about four years before I met my now-fiancee. In that time, I had the disclosure conversation maybe six or seven times. A few of those went badly. Most of them went fine. One of them led to the relationship I am in now.
Marcus, 38
London, UK · Now engaged
For Months I Felt Like My Love Life Was Over. It Was Not.
When I was diagnosed with HPV at 24, I felt like the floor had dropped out from under me. I was not in a relationship at the time, and the thought of having to tell someone, of watching their face change when I said the words, felt unbearable. I genuinely believed that my love life was over.
Priya, 27
Toronto, Canada · Dating with confidence
I Thought HPV Had Closed the Door on Love at 43. It Had Not.
I was 43 when I was diagnosed with HPV, and I had been divorced for two years. I was just starting to think about dating again when the diagnosis landed, and it felt like the universe was telling me to give up.
Jam....33, 44
Chicago, IL · Married 1 year
My HPV Disclosure Was the Most Honest Thing I Had Ever Done in a Relationship.
I have always been someone who keeps things close to the chest. I grew up in a family where you did not talk about health stuff, and definitely not about anything related to sex. So when I was diagnosed with HPV, my instinct was to bury it and hope it never came up.
Aisha, 33
Atlanta, GA · In a committed relationship
Finding a Community of People Who Understood Changed Everything for Me.
I was 26 when I was diagnosed, and I spent the next two years feeling completely alone with it. None of my friends knew. I had not told my family. I was carrying this thing entirely by myself, and it was making me smaller in ways I did not even fully recognize at the time.
Dan....25, 29
Seattle, WA · Dating happily
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