Dear sweeetestttea:

You are in a 9 month relationship. Recently you got tested positive for chlamydia. During these nine months the only person you had sex with was your boyfriend.

cdc. gov on this bacterial sexually transmitted disease (STD), reads:  “Chlamydia is transmitted through sexual contact with the penis, vagina, mouth, or anus of an infected partner. Ejaculation does not have to occur for chlamydia to be transmitted or acquired”-

– this means that your boyfriend was sexually active recently with another person. Like you suggested, it is indeed a yikes situation. I suggest that you tell him in a simple, straightforward, no drama way: I got tested positive for Chlamydia, which means that one of us had sex with a third person. I didn’t. Is there anything you want to tell me?

You may need to give him a few moments/ half an hour before he is ready to answer you.

anita