3 years ago (when I was with my ex boyfriend) I had a bad infection in my genital area that no doctors could diagnose. This was because there was no visible sores. It was horrible but ended up clearing up on its own within a few weeks.
Flash forward to now, no outbreaks since then, and I have been dating a wonderful guy for almost a year now. I started feeling like i was getting a uti/yeast infection and took medication to treat both. Didn't work. Long story short, it was my second herpes outbreak and the doctors told me it was genital hsv-1 that i probably contracted through oral sex with my ex boyfriend (he got coldsores all the time).
My boyfriend was more then supportive during the painful experience. I told him, of course, that I would completely understand if he could no longer be with me. Do you know what he did? He laughed and said he wasn't going anywhere. He told me that a virus doesn't change who I am or how much he loves me. Herpes is NOT the worst thing on this planet. In fact, most of the population has HSV-1 and as long as you don't have sex with anyone while symptoms are showing the chances are very low to spread it to someone else. Since he already has HSV-1 virus on his mouth the chances are very very very low to spread it to his genital region.
I'll also let you know that I am 20 years old and so is my boyfriend. While I am very serious about not spreading the virus to him (or others for that matter lol) I'm really not that upset at the fact I have it. And neither should you! So what you get a few sores and it burns when you pee every once in awhile. Those are the cards you were dealt in life.
Anyways, I promise you that you will not have a difficult time finding someone who will accept you and love you. Think about it, this guy gave it to you and now he's leaving you because he's scared he'll get it? This guy sounds like a complete jerk.
Stay confident girl!!