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Anonymous wrote:I did not circ my 3 boys. I think they wish we would have done it so I have some regrets. All teens.

Why do they wish you did? How do you know?

It is not culturally the norm where we live to be uncirced. And I was in a major hippie stage in my life when I made that call. My (now) exh just went along with it.

Are girls like making fun of them or something?

2 boys, neither circumcised. Both DH and I think it's unnecessary and are happy with the decisions. No issues for either. But I do get a pit in my stomach when I hear American rhetoric about equating uncut with unclean. Case in point the posters on here who have said "his gf was happy" that he was circumcised. Or the other who said he didn't want the girl to run away if he was uncircumcised. It's just so...low IQ. I mean, if we have to respect you for what many now agree is genital mutilation without consent then why can't you show a little respect to those who choose the opposite. Just bums me out. Anyway, we stand with the Europeans.

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Anonymous wrote:I did not circ my 3 boys. I think they wish we would have done it so I have some regrets. All teens.

Why do they wish you did? How do you know?

It is not culturally the norm where we live to be uncirced. And I was in a major hippie stage in my life when I made that call. My (now) exh just went along with it.

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Anonymous wrote:Did not circumcise my older son, will not circumcise the son I am pregnant with. It is genital mutilation! I was ten when my baby brother got circumcised and I will never forget his agony as an infant. No thank you.

I cant even remember any agony from mt newborn so rhar is weird that you think you remember it as a child...

Maybe I am more sensitive and have more empathy than you do.

Boy I’m getting a lot of smoke for a very innocuous comment.

Lol your innocuous comment was, and I quote, "It is genital mutilation!.... I will never forget his agony!"

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Anonymous wrote:Did not circumcise my older son, will not circumcise the son I am pregnant with. It is genital mutilation! I was ten when my baby brother got circumcised and I will never forget his agony as an infant. No thank you.

They let a child watch the procedure? Weird.

After he came home.

And you're positive it was from .... the circumcision? Not just because he was a newborn and newborns cry a lot? Seems like a stretch to me.

You think it’s a stretch that a baby would cry from pain after getting their skin cut off?

No I think it's a stretch that this poster is so sure why the baby was crying later that day at home! Did your newborns never cry?

Anonymous wrote:I did not circ my 3 boys. I think they wish we would have done it so I have some regrets. All teens.

Why do they wish you did? How do you know?

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Anonymous wrote:Did not circumcise my older son, will not circumcise the son I am pregnant with. It is genital mutilation! I was ten when my baby brother got circumcised and I will never forget his agony as an infant. No thank you.

They let a child watch the procedure? Weird.

After he came home.

And you're positive it was from .... the circumcision? Not just because he was a newborn and newborns cry a lot? Seems like a stretch to me.

Are you trying to say it is unlikely that this newborn baby was crying from pain? So you’re saying that cutting off a piece of your skin (forget that it’s a particularly sensitive area with insane amounts of nerve endings, let’s just say any skin) would not be painful?

It’s just as painful for babies to get the tip of their genitals chopped off as it is for anyone. They just can’t communicate how painful it is and they don’t remember it later.

I’m not even anti-circumcision really but I hate that we pretend it is not an intensely painful ordeal for a human being to go through.

No i'm saying this poster was a child, and didn't see the circumcision happen, but says the baby was crying a lot that day. Babies cry a lot sometimes, unrelated to medical procedures. That's all I meant. She was acting like she had this insider knowledge that a baby she saw when she was in 4th grade was crying and had been circumcised a day ago. Like, ok.

I did not circ my 3 boys. I think they wish we would have done it so I have some regrets. All teens.

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Anonymous wrote:We did not. I left it up to my husband who is, and thinks it's brutal and unnecessary.

Kid has only asked "why am I not and dad is" and told us he appreciated our choice and asked why his grandparents thought otherwise.

But really, you won't think about it.

So your husband would rather be uncircumcised?

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I didn’t know it was a controversy until I read DCUM. My DH chose to have it done for our sons, and I don’t really give it any thought anymore.

Anonymous wrote:We did not. I left it up to my husband who is, and thinks it's brutal and unnecessary.

Kid has only asked "why am I not and dad is" and told us he appreciated our choice and asked why his grandparents thought otherwise.

But really, you won't think about it.

So your husband would rather be uncircumcised?

Anonymous wrote:Boy is 17, uncircumcised, happy with decision. It’s a non-issue.

+1000

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Well we're European, and we think circumcision is mutilation, and what's more, done at an age where consent cannot be given.

Well, except for all the European Jews, who of course disagree.

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Anonymous wrote:Two boys. Did not circumcise. They can decide to get circumcised when they’re older. My mom’s in medicine and says it’s barbaric and the babies cry a lot. She said no adult would sign up to get skin cut off with just a little numbing.

My ob-gyn would not do it for ethical reasons. She said if we wanted it, she would need to refer us elsewhere.

I had two different ob-gyns who circumcised my two sons. No issues.

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Anonymous wrote:Did not circumcise my older son, will not circumcise the son I am pregnant with. It is genital mutilation! I was ten when my baby brother got circumcised and I will never forget his agony as an infant. No thank you.

They let a child watch the procedure? Weird.

After he came home.

And you're positive it was from .... the circumcision? Not just because he was a newborn and newborns cry a lot? Seems like a stretch to me.

Are you trying to say it is unlikely that this newborn baby was crying from pain? So you’re saying that cutting off a piece of your skin (forget that it’s a particularly sensitive area with insane amounts of nerve endings, let’s just say any skin) would not be painful?

It’s just as painful for babies to get the tip of their genitals chopped off as it is for anyone. They just can’t communicate how painful it is and they don’t remember it later.

I’m not even anti-circumcision really but I hate that we pretend it is not an intensely painful ordeal for a human being to go through.

You clearly don't get what it is. It is not cutting off the tip of their genital. It is cutting off extra skin that isn't necessary.

Sort of like your labia? Who needs 'em!

This is so outrageously false and stupid comparison.

It’s actually an extremely apt comparison. Inner labia are just extra skin.

Yes, please PP, explain how it is an outrageously false comparison. Maybe a better comparison would be removing the clitoral hood in newborn girls?

Of the three, increasingly brutal and drastic forms of FGM, hood removal is the least severe.

But it’s completely unnecessary and cruel. It should never be allowed.

Male genital mutilation (aka circumcision) is never necessary and should only be allowed for religious purposes.

You aren't in charge lady.