Did you circumcise?

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Anonymous wrote:No b/c you can always do it later but you can’t undo it.

This precisely.

It’s much, much more difficult a procedure later in life.

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Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t circumcision prevent penile cancer, utis, lower risk of stds etc? I have girls but those seem like fair reasons to get it done.

I'm no urologist so I don't know anything academic, but I've always wondered if those numbers had any statistic significance, and if so why wouldn't circumcision be recommended in all of the other developed countries? Why is the rate so high only in the US?

Honestly I think it’s because a lot of Americans are filthy and don’t have strong personal hygiene. I think a lot of people favor circumcising because they genuinely don’t understand bodily hygiene. If you don’t understand how to teach your children the importance of cleaning themselves, circumcision makes sense. (Obviously this reasoning does not hold for people who do it for religious reasons.)

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Anonymous wrote:No b/c you can always do it later but you can’t undo it.

This precisely.

It’s much, much more difficult a procedure later in life.

Yeah, because your patient can tell you to go suck it.

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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.
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I have sons and terrible hygiene is not to “be expected” of boys. My boys play hard and get dirty but the expectation in this household is that you will take a bath or shower before you go to bed. There is no nagging because there is no negotiation. Have higher expectations and expect them to be met.

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Anonymous wrote:No b/c you can always do it later but you can’t undo it.

This precisely.

It’s much, much more difficult a procedure later in life.

Yeah, because your patient can tell you to go suck it.

NP. I don’t even know where to begin with this comment.

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Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t circumcision prevent penile cancer, utis, lower risk of stds etc? I have girls but those seem like fair reasons to get it done.

Yes, and mastectomies prevents breast cancer. Your point?

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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.
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I have sons and terrible hygiene is not to “be expected” of boys. My boys play hard and get dirty but the expectation in this household is that you will take a bath or shower before you go to bed. There is no nagging because there is no negotiation. Have higher expectations and expect them to be met.

Agree, but I think terrible hygiene IS expected in families like the PPs. They don’t know any better and don’t teach hygiene to their kids. There is nagging because expectations for hygiene are low. Of course this is not the norm in other families.

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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.
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I have sons and terrible hygiene is not to “be expected” of boys. My boys play hard and get dirty but the expectation in this household is that you will take a bath or shower before you go to bed. There is no nagging because there is no negotiation. Have higher expectations and expect them to be met.

Agree, but I think terrible hygiene IS expected in families like the PPs. They don’t know any better and don’t teach hygiene to their kids. There is nagging because expectations for hygiene are low. Of course this is not the norm in other families.

This makes sense. I learned on this forum that many parents don’t expect their children to bathe daily. I had no idea. I just assumed the kids at school who were “scented” played hard that day. I had no idea they may not have had a bathe the day/night before 😂

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Anonymous wrote:No b/c you can always do it later but you can’t undo it.

This precisely.

It’s much, much more difficult a procedure later in life.

Yeah, because your patient can tell you to go suck it.

Because you know it’s correct. MY body, MY choice. Suck it.

Few males would allow this invasive and unnecessary surgery if they had a choice.

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My son was circumcised when he was 8 days old because I'm Jewish. So for the first 7 days I had to look at it. And yes, to me it looked weird. I had never seen an uncircumcised penis before having my son and I was really curious. When I finally saw it I was a little shocked. It just didn't look anything like a penis... I actually thought it looked more like a little elephant trunk. When I saw it for the first time, I honestly thought it was deformed and they wouldn't be able to do it because it looked so weird. Turns out that's just what they look like. Eight days later he got it done and now it actually looks like a penis. I'm pretty sure I would laugh if I ever got into a sexual encounter with a man and I saw that. Sorry...

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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.

Lol.

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Anonymous wrote:No, totally unnecessary in the modern world and contributes to ED due to decreased sensitivity over time.

Bingo.

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Anonymous wrote:I know this is a topic that some moms get really passionate about, so I'm gonna preface this with a request for everyone to please be civil, in fact if someone says something you don't agree with, just don't even respond to them.

If you're a boy mom, did you get him circumcised? And why or why not? I'm just trying to get an idea of what the current trend here is.

I personally didn't do it for my son, but I'm still not sure if I made the right choice.

No you did not.

Why because it is a health issue
because girls will think he's gross and clearly you did not read one book on the subject

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Anonymous wrote:I know this is a topic that some moms get really passionate about, so I'm gonna preface this with a request for everyone to please be civil, in fact if someone says something you don't agree with, just don't even respond to them.

If you're a boy mom, did you get him circumcised? And why or why not? I'm just trying to get an idea of what the current trend here is.

I personally didn't do it for my son, but I'm still not sure if I made the right choice.

No you did not.

Why because it is a health issue
because girls will think he's gross and clearly you did not read one book on the subject

Liar. Christians and atheists in Europe simply don’t it. They’re all fine. And their wives aren’t complaining either.

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Anonymous wrote:Cleaners, less cancer risk and easier to care for. Aesthetically pleasing is a bonus.

Exactly, making sure my son didn't have a penis that looks like a wrinkly anteater was just a bonus.

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