The "pre-disclosure" before the herpes talk

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There's a there's an opportunity for meta conversation you know what meta conversation is like the disclosure before the disclosure um there's a way to just like uh you know notice a someone's receptivity or notice someone's openness without actually disclosing herpes specifically right you can actually have a meta conversation around like hey I'm like I'm curious about us and if we have like a a connection I I feel like we have a friend connection but I I am actually curious if we have something more but I'm also really clear that I don't want to have sex right quick I don't don't want if we start kissing right now I'm really clear on my boundaries of not wanting to have sex maybe you know definitely not today but probably not even in the next few weeks right whatever whatever feels authentic and like and and actually having that conversation before even kissing right that's a that's a ...

... disclosure unto itself that is that is a way of being vulnerable of letting him know without letting him know the details of it like I just don't feel like having sex anytime soon but I would love to kiss you

A lot of us feel a lot of resistance around "the talk." And that's because they are considering opening up to this person that they haven't developed enough trust with yet. It might be helpful to think of building up to having the talk with someone as steps toward deeper trust, instead of a shock of diving into a deep, frigid pool.

Here is an example of how to have a "meta conversation" to test out the waters of trust and intimacy before diving right into a super-vulnerable talk.