Why should you join a site like MPwH to date and socialize with other people who have herpes or HPV? People tend to choose others having similar interests and backgrounds, so having herpes or HPV might not seem to be a factor that would draw people together.

MPwH works for all the following reasons:

Many people living with sexually transmitted diseases (also known as STDs) such as herpes or HPV have been afraid to start dating again, for fear of rejection, or simply for fear of passing herpes or HPV to their new partner

Fair or not, many people in the dating world work from "deal-breakers" rather than "deal-makers." On MPwH, herpes dating and HPV dating are the standard, not the exception, so there is no STD stigma, no uncomfortable "talk" to give

MPwH.net allows you to remain anonymous while you're getting to know a potential partner, with an on-site message system that allows upgraded members to initiate "Psst" messages to others they find interesting, without giving out any personally identifiable information, such as a Yahoo Messenger or AOL Instant Messenger account name