Did you circumcise?

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No, we had the doctors do it.

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Anonymous wrote:No, I’m not barbaric.

Oh F all the way off. You’re as ignorant as you are arrogant.

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Anonymous wrote:No, we had the doctors do it.

Love you!!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Uncircumcised is yuck. I ended up not sleeping with a guy in college because it turned me off.

“There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which can not fail to keep a woman in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation."

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Anonymous wrote:The main argument to do it is “I think uncirc’d penises are gross” which is…Freudian at best.

It's less "I think uncirc'd penises are gross" and more "most women (and teenage girls) think uncirc'd penises are gross, and I don't want my son to ever have to worry about getting rejected or laughed at because of a decision I made." The fact that I personally think uncircumcised penises are gross is completely irrelevant.

Yes, I know in Europe, or American neighborhoods with large Latino populations, most women don't think foreskin is gross, but considering my son is going to Langley, that's absolutely something I considered.

You have a cynical view of women if you think they're all so shallow. What if your son was born with big ear or a big nose? Would you send him to a plastic surgeon?

My mom had my brother's ears pinned back when he was a teen. Heck, even Brad Pitt had his ears pinned back (check out the pics on line from his teen years. before he had them done and before he dyed his hair blonde and whitened his teeth.) Several Jewish girls in my high school had their noses done in the summer between 11th and 12th grade.

Our bodies, our freedoms. Have you noticed all the high school kids with tattoo these days? I hate them but I will not clutch my pearls.

Our 2 boys are circumcised. Looks better and normal. I had one boyfriend early on who was not and it was gross.

You should think about this sentence….

But of course it is OK to abort them the day before they are born, "my body my choice" but not OK to circumcise a child the day they are born. Strange lines you draw!

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Anonymous wrote:We cirmcumsized. When my son gets his first blow job I don’t want the girl to run the other way

Was that your experience when you first blew an uncut penis?

I'm not the person you're replying to, but honestly? Pretty much. I don't want to break any fourm rules so I'll try not to be graphic but it wasn't a good experience. My first and only sexual experience with an uncut penis was a boy I took back to my dorm after a party my freshman year of college. I was gonna suck it, but when he pulled it out and I saw the extra real estate hasn't been snipped off I decided to just use my hand, he made me feel bad about not sucking it so I started to, but the feeling of wrinkly skin in my mouth was just foul, so after about thirty seconds I stopped, made up some excuse about my roommate coming back soon, stopped, and made him leave. I then laughed about how gross it was with all the girls in my dorm, who all made it very clear they now had zero interest in ever getting with this guy.

So yeah, I think uncircumcised penises are gross, but what I really was thinking about when I decided to get my son circumcised wasn't that i personally find uncut gross, but that whole conversation I had with my friends after that hook up. I just couldn't bear to ever have girls talking about my son that way. Sorry if that's shallow.

NP my friend had this same experience. She was so grossed out that she just left and never went out with the guy again.

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Yah no way.

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Anonymous wrote:White, wealthy, no we didn’t do it.

White, wealthy, of course we did.

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Anonymous wrote:We cirmcumsized. When my son gets his first blow job I don’t want the girl to run the other way

Was that your experience when you first blew an uncut penis?

I'm not the person you're replying to, but honestly? Pretty much. I don't want to break any fourm rules so I'll try not to be graphic but it wasn't a good experience. My first and only sexual experience with an uncut penis was a boy I took back to my dorm after a party my freshman year of college. I was gonna suck it, but when he pulled it out and I saw the extra real estate hasn't been snipped off I decided to just use my hand, he made me feel bad about not sucking it so I started to, but the feeling of wrinkly skin in my mouth was just foul, so after about thirty seconds I stopped, made up some excuse about my roommate coming back soon, stopped, and made him leave. I then laughed about how gross it was with all the girls in my dorm, who all made it very clear they now had zero interest in ever getting with this guy.

So yeah, I think uncircumcised penises are gross, but what I really was thinking about when I decided to get my son circumcised wasn't that i personally find uncut gross, but that whole conversation I had with my friends after that hook up. I just couldn't bear to ever have girls talking about my son that way. Sorry if that's shallow.

NP my friend had this same experience. She was so grossed out that she just left and never went out with the guy again.

Same with a buddy of mine. He was so grossed out by some chick’s roast beef curtains he ghosted her.

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My mother didn't get my younger brother circumcised and seeing what she ended up having to go through raising him made me pretty adamant that when my son was born he would leave the hospital without his extra real estate (thank you pp that used that phrase because that's all I'm going to call it now).

Up until my brother was in high school, he had pretty terrible hygiene (which is to be expected of boys) so from like kindergarten onwards, my mother had to nag him about everything: "have you brushed your teeth?" "have you taken a shower?" "have you put deodorant on?" "did you wash your hair" etc, over and over, until she became almost demented. Of course, the other thing she had to ask was "did you pull it back?" which once he was a pre-teen was absolutely mortifying to hear from your mom, but was necessary to ask because just like the other questions the answer was usually no.

Over the years he had infections and phimosis, and almost needed to get circumcised when he was thirteen, but chickened out at the last minute. It's obviously been years since he's been young enough for me to be in the loop about what's going on down there, and while he seems to have fine hygiene as an adult now, for all I know he's still having issues with it.

When I was pregnant with my son, my mother told me she really regretted not doing it and that I should consider it. I told her I was way ahead of her.

I see so many moms on here say "oh I'm not gonna get my son circumcised, I'm just gonna teach him to clean himself." Teach him all you want, doesn't mean he'll actually do it, at least not until he's older.

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I was really stressed by this decision. I finally broached the topic with a bunch of people I knew…as neutrally as possible with no expectation that they would share such a personal choice. I was shocked that only about half circumcised even in my pretty staid neighborhood (Georgetown). I get the aesthetic preference and religious issues but the trend seems to be skewing toward “intact” and ultimately that feels more humane. I chose that route and have occasional doubts but the guilt would be stronger the other way around

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Anonymous wrote:My mother didn't get my younger brother circumcised and seeing what she ended up having to go through raising him made me pretty adamant that when my son was born he would leave the hospital without his extra real estate (thank you pp that used that phrase because that's all I'm going to call it now).

Up until my brother was in high school, he had pretty terrible hygiene (which is to be expected of boys) so from like kindergarten onwards, my mother had to nag him about everything: "have you brushed your teeth?" "have you taken a shower?" "have you put deodorant on?" "did you wash your hair" etc, over and over, until she became almost demented. Of course, the other thing she had to ask was "did you pull it back?" which once he was a pre-teen was absolutely mortifying to hear from your mom, but was necessary to ask because just like the other questions the answer was usually no.

Over the years he had infections and phimosis, and almost needed to get circumcised when he was thirteen, but chickened out at the last minute. It's obviously been years since he's been young enough for me to be in the loop about what's going on down there, and while he seems to have fine hygiene as an adult now, for all I know he's still having issues with it.

When I was pregnant with my son, my mother told me she really regretted not doing it and that I should consider it. I told her I was way ahead of her.

I see so many moms on here say "oh I'm not gonna get my son circumcised, I'm just gonna teach him to clean himself." Teach him all you want, doesn't mean he'll actually do it, at least not until he's older.

I'm from a culture that doesn't circumcise, and this isn't really a thing that happens. You do you, but your anecdote is not a common occurrence.

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Anonymous wrote:We cirmcumsized. When my son gets his first blow job I don’t want the girl to run the other way

Was that your experience when you first blew an uncut penis?

I'm not the person you're replying to, but honestly? Pretty much. I don't want to break any fourm rules so I'll try not to be graphic but it wasn't a good experience. My first and only sexual experience with an uncut penis was a boy I took back to my dorm after a party my freshman year of college. I was gonna suck it, but when he pulled it out and I saw the extra real estate hasn't been snipped off I decided to just use my hand, he made me feel bad about not sucking it so I started to, but the feeling of wrinkly skin in my mouth was just foul, so after about thirty seconds I stopped, made up some excuse about my roommate coming back soon, stopped, and made him leave. I then laughed about how gross it was with all the girls in my dorm, who all made it very clear they now had zero interest in ever getting with this guy.

So yeah, I think uncircumcised penises are gross, but what I really was thinking about when I decided to get my son circumcised wasn't that i personally find uncut gross, but that whole conversation I had with my friends after that hook up. I just couldn't bear to ever have girls talking about my son that way. Sorry if that's shallow.

NP my friend had this same experience. She was so grossed out that she just left and never went out with the guy again.

Same with a buddy of mine. He was so grossed out by some chick’s roast beef curtains he ghosted her.

Men aren’t that easily grossed out. Nobody is required to sleep with you, sorry it makes you mad.

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Anonymous wrote:My mother didn't get my younger brother circumcised and seeing what she ended up having to go through raising him made me pretty adamant that when my son was born he would leave the hospital without his extra real estate (thank you pp that used that phrase because that's all I'm going to call it now).

Up until my brother was in high school, he had pretty terrible hygiene (which is to be expected of boys) so from like kindergarten onwards, my mother had to nag him about everything: "have you brushed your teeth?" "have you taken a shower?" "have you put deodorant on?" "did you wash your hair" etc, over and over, until she became almost demented. Of course, the other thing she had to ask was "did you pull it back?" which once he was a pre-teen was absolutely mortifying to hear from your mom, but was necessary to ask because just like the other questions the answer was usually no.

Over the years he had infections and phimosis, and almost needed to get circumcised when he was thirteen, but chickened out at the last minute. It's obviously been years since he's been young enough for me to be in the loop about what's going on down there, and while he seems to have fine hygiene as an adult now, for all I know he's still having issues with it.

When I was pregnant with my son, my mother told me she really regretted not doing it and that I should consider it. I told her I was way ahead of her.

I see so many moms on here say "oh I'm not gonna get my son circumcised, I'm just gonna teach him to clean himself." Teach him all you want, doesn't mean he'll actually do it, at least not until he's older.

I suppose it makes sense for families without a culture of cleanliness to circumcise. I had never thought about it that way before (I find the procedure barbaric), but if you come from a family with a history of not knowing how to keep bodies clean or not placing a high value on personal hygiene, maybe it makes sense. Thanks for posting; I have an understanding of the pro-circumcision people that I didn’t have before.