"once a person is infected with herpes, he or she remains infected for life. However, the virus often remains "latent" and does not cause symptoms for long periods of time."

"up to 60% of people who have genital hsv infection show no signs of the disease and are unaware that they are infected."

I know this but do u have to have an inital outbreak?

I think the best thing to do in this situation would be to go and get tested, don't you?