I'm proposing the "H" sign

Specifically, I want to develop some sort of non-verbal communication so that we can distinguish each other (because some of us don't get cold sores, and some get cold sores but still think that HSV2 is the antichrist) when we're walking down the street, or at a bar, or whatever. Somehow, I also want those without herpes, but don't mind dating people who do to also pick this up.

Recently, I told someone who didn't take it so well. And by not taking it so well, I mean stopped talking to me. I'm still upset, the waterworks just will not cease. It would have been nice to know where he stood on the issue definitively before I dropped the H-Bomb on him, but hindsight is always 20/20. And basically I'm never telling another person who I care about for as long as I live. Unless they know this:

Here's what I think. Since it can be such a bomb to drop on someone you're dating/interested in/can tolerate for 5 minutes, let's use American Sign Language for the letter H, and the word "bomb". Sure, it may offend some, but getting shot down because of something a) I didn't ask for and b) something that I was nice enough to share makes me care a little less about offending people.

So here we go:

The letter H

http://www.handspeak.com/spell/index.php?abc=aslh

and the word Bomb

http://www.handspeak.com/sign/b/indexBO.php?sort=bomb.

In case you were wondering, I did look for the word "herpes" in there, but couldn't find it.

So start spreading the news. One H Bomb at a time.