Best Of: Crazy Cat Lady Comments & Telling Partners About STIs

**TW: This episode contains discussion of sexual assault**We're taking a look back at some of our most meaningful conversations. This week:- I'm a single woman in my late 30s. Since getting divorced a few years ago, I feel content right down to my core. As time goes by however, I'm getting more and more 'crazy cat lady' comments. I feel that I am so much more than my relationship status and a woman who loves cats, but these comments still get under my skin. Do you have any advice on how to respond or manage my feelings? - I contracted herpes when I was 19 and in an emotionally abusive relationship where he intentionally gave me herpes as a way of manipulating/ branding me… it has affected my ability to see my value as a sexual partner, 7 years on and I’m still just not quite sure how to navigate that conversation and shame when I’m trying to meet new partners.If you have a question you'd like answering, send an email to [email protected] omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.