You are welcome. So here is my personal opinion about this:
I already have cold sores so I can’t really speak as though I don’t.
However, knowing what I know about herpes, if I didn’t have HSV 1 and I was single again (heaven forbid), and met someone who had tremendous potential for me, I wouldn’t hesitate to both kiss and have sex with someone who has HSV 1 and would also receive oral sex from that person. I would certainly test to determine my real status, and for HSV 1, that would probably be western blot, and then was still negative, I would ask my partner to consider antiviral therapy daily to reduce the risk of transmission. Then I wold live as fully, sexually, romantically and emotionally as I could, with an acyclovir prescription filled and available should I become infected so I could treat right away. If I had to make a choice between a life with a loving partner and the risk of getting herpes, that would be a slam dunk.
Terri