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Skin tag or genital wart? Please help!

Hello, I am 37 years old man. I do not remember exactly when it first came up on my genital area. I first noticed this more than 1-2 years before. I have been sometimes bothered because of this small weird thing, but forgot about it soon. Since I and my wife would like to try to have a baby, this small thing comes up in my head, and I checked it again.
It looks like only one-darken flesh color, small (less than 5mm?), round shape, un-even bump. It is located between penis and leg area (not exactly on penis shaft, but around penis area). I do not have any itching, or urinary discomfort, or any other irritations because of this. It is sometimes just reminded. I talked about this issue about a 6 months ago with my wife, we have kept having sex after the conversation since we both think it is nothing (I honestly did not have any sex except for my wife). So, I re-check this small bumps after 6 months, it is still very same size, no growth or spread to any other part of my body (especially penis). Also, my wife had pap smear, blood, an urinary test from ob/gyn a couple months ago, all tests were negative (It means my wife is negative from STD, at least genital wart)
So, my questions are...

1. Is it possible "genital warts" could stay at the same size, no spreading more than 1-2 years?
2. It seems like my wife is very clean from STD, if the small bump is a genital warts, could my wife not be transferred from me?

What do you think? Do you think it is just skin tag? or could be a genital wart?
Pictures online is very confusing...

Thanks in advance.
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Hi, did your wife get the hpv test done in her pap? I have normal Pap smears but this year tested pos for high risk hpv in my pap- I was raped last year so hard not to relate it to that and as I’ve only been with my partner of six years and never had a problem before- now I have symtpoms which doctors can’t explain. Doctor said I have to Wait and there’s nothing they can do unless visible warts or lesions show up. Hpv is a real pain- and you never know how your body will respond. Most people have it and don’t even know and there body simply clears the virus and others not so lucky. It’s also possible to be a carrier of the warts but not have any visible warts - so the only way you know you have warts is if you get them-that’s why it’s the one most common std and as people spread it on without knowing they have it. I have been worried about warts for almost a year since the unwanted encounter and driving my partner and doctors crazy. They all think it’s in my head, I’ve had to start anti depressants and was taking sleeping tabs and diazepam for a while to manage-try and live :/ but I had these weird bumps show up that the sexual health clinic said were jsut papules-but they were inside my vagina and I swear they aren’t papules so after all the doc visits I booked into a specialist dermatologist who diagnosis skin conditions and cancers etc just to confirm what these weird papule things are. She thinks it’s just skin and benign moles. So I have to believe her now but she’s going to check again in three months to see if any sort of change. I would suggest you see a specialist just to confirm-whether it is a wart- a mole- a papule- whatever it may be
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Surrreeee!! If she tested out negative for a pap and you have had that there for 1-2 years chances are it’s nothing! However a woman can test negative if the virus is  dormant.
If you do have it then yes it will spread to her!
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