Yeah.. my girlfriend. lol.. That's really the only way you can get it, saliva swapping, lol.
A lot of people get infected as babies, like when they're born. When you're a baby, you don't get any symptoms, and you become immune, but you still carry the virus. When you get infected as a teenager, thats when you get sick. But like I said, once you get it.. you're immune. lol..
put me down for about 2 weeks.. apparently that's about minumum, can be up to 4 weeks. swollen lymph nodes in neck, swollen tonsils/throat.. mine hurt so bad I could hardly swallow/couldn't eat, and the worst part.. fever.. lol.. went to the doc thinking I had bad strep.. Nope..
Worst part about that was that he just told me I had to go home and wait it out.. I wanted medicine, damnit. lol