Genital Warts 20+ years later and still concerned

[cindog59]

Hi All,

This may seem like a silly question or maybe I'm just looking for some reassurance.

Here's my story:
I contracted genital warts when I was 25. I'll admit I was not very diligent about practicing safe sex back then, young and dumb I guess. Unbeknownst to me I pasted these onto to my girlfriend who later became my wife. We dealt with it at the time, both got treated and moved on with our lives.  We had some re-occurrences but after about a year they seemed to disappear and I never really thought much more about it.
    Well fast forward 28 years and 2 kids later. I am now 53, my wife and I separated about 6 months ago. I have been seeing another woman for about a month now. We had sex 3 times but always used a condom. I never told her about my genital warts and wasn't planning to as I knew this would scare her away.  Recently she asked me if I would have a problem with not wearing a condom the next time as the latex apparently irritates her and she doesn't like using them, and honestly neither do I, but my mind went immediately to the genital warts. All I could think about was could I give this woman genital warts after all these years. She would be devastated and never  speak to me again but on the other hand if I tell her about them I'm sure she would not want to have sex with me again and would break it off with me.
   I've spent hours perusing the internet for info about HPV and warts and there is so much conflicting info out there I don't know what to believe. The renowned STD expert Dr H. Hunter Handsfield stated that after 6 months of no re-occurrence there is no need even to mention it to future partners, but other sites like the CDC make no mention of this that I could find. I would like to believe Dr. Handsfield's stance but in the back of my mind I'm just not sure what to believe.
Has my body cleared this virus or at least kept it in check all these years?

Is it safe to have unprotected sex with this woman?

I'm afraid I'm never going to find the answer I'm looking for.

[veryworried420]

After all of these years, do not worry. Go have unsafe sex IF your partner has clean paps and all other STD tests are clean Don't listen to what Drifter says anout no sex. He's celibate forever and wants everyone else to be too.

[drifter0213]

are you mentioning hpv or genital herpes? if you have herpes wear a condom if it is hpv do not have sex; i read that hpv goes away after two years three or more for women :)