Savannah Francis

It's that time of year again ladies and gentleman! The beginning of each year marks the beginning of the prom planning season for many U.S. teenagers and their parents. The senior prom is a once in a lifetime event, and although many schools also have a junior prom - there is something extra special about the last formal dance of your high school career.

The likelihood of rejection is very much real when you have genital herpes and are interested in dating someone that does not have herpes. The social taboos associated with the virus are too many to count. Herpes is demonized and the large majority of the population, even those with the virus - are mostly misinformed about what it is and how it is contracted.