No, no, no… this is not a nag about STD’s and dating today, people! This is a guest post from my favorite Relationship Columnist, and dear friend, “Miss Matchmaker” herself. She has worked as a social worker, therapist, and has been a professional Matchmaker for the largest Matchmaking company on the Gulf Coast for the past 13 years, and her advice is always spot on. When I heard this story, I was baffled and asked her to share it at the kitchen table. Frankly, your health condition is no one’s business but your own, and if you are privileged to be privy of someone’s health condition you should never gossip about it, nor scapegoat it. Please respect confidentiality with the same professionalism that doctors, nurses and HCPs everywhere kindly maintain thanks to The Hippocratic Oath which I highly recommend everyone in need of a little inspiration reads.

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