I do, although I have genital HSV1, which sheds a bit less and causes less outbreaks in general. Never an issue with my negative or positive partners :-) By my age (40's), it clearly loses it's impact of what's important in a relationship. If only all the other baggage that can come with someone was as easy to manage as herpes!
Good that you aren't letting it interfere, and being educated is key, which is what you're doing.
Alright awesome, do you have it yourself? I've tried looking up information on discordant couples and how common it is, but couldn't seem to find anything. Regardless, I won't let it interfere with anything.
It's a shame you seem so worried about this in your relationship. You are doing all the right things and the risk is very low.
I have no idea which doctor comment you are referring to, as to "half of couples eventually sharing it" (still pretty darn good odds if true). Hard to comment on it myself without reading it verbatim, and who stated it.
No, the ~1% risk of transmission is annual, period. It doesn't increase every year.
There are no stats for HSV1 transmission. In adults, HSV1 is transmitted through passionate kissing. As to precautions for HSV1 transmission, well there's not too many work-arounds for kissing someone, aside from abstaining (which surely isn't worth it as kissing is too wonderful!) With genital herpes, there are ways to reduce the risk of transmission that are easy to do: condoms and suppressive therapy. Makes sense to take those precautions, who wants genital herpes?