For those of you whom haven’t circumcised their son, how can I explain to my mom that this is the choice I want to make?
Disclaimer: This is not to say that I feel you shouldn’t circumcise. I am personally making this decision for my son, and I don’t care what you do with yours. I just feel that this is the better option.
I just need some help, because she seems wicked opposed to the idea. Saying it can cause infection, and that they don’t even cut that much off, etc. Which is false. She also says that he’s going to hate me for it later on in life, and it’s going to cause UTI’s and such.
Help?!
Even if he does grow up to regret your choice not to circumcise, the amount of frustration that would create is substantially less than the potentially much greater frustration of being unhappily—and irreversibly—circumcised. And that’s just one of the things that you could say in your defense.
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random-guy-on-teh-interwebz answered:
i just saw the advise to pull the foreskin back to clean it. This is wrong! The foreskin is not movable in early childhood. That’s normal.
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iloveyournudity answered:
Basically she’s trying to scare you into the same destructive and damaging decision she made so she doesn’t feel bad about mutilating HER kid
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chachicast reblogged this from runningtowardswonderland and added:
My husband is not circumcised and he never liked it so he signed the consents while I was taking a nap to get our the...
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mybabycyrus answered:
frankly the only big difference if hes not cut, then you have to pull the foreskin back to clean it, and you have to teach him to. (:
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fuckelle answered:
If al other arguements fail, you just need to enforce that this is your child not hers. It’s harsh, but sometimes…you know.
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france-before-pants answered:
If he regrets being intact, he can get it done as an adult. If you circ him and he regrets it, there is nothing he can do to “fix” it.
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mysticdoe answered:
i give them the info & facts i find, & let them know it’s his body his choice, it’s easier to do one then undo one when he’s older
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elysium-fic answered:
Most of the men in the world are intact, and do not struggle with infections.
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legalizeforeskin reblogged this from ihatealpacas and added:
Even if he does grow up to regret your choice not to circumcise, the amount of frustration that would create is...
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contagiouscognations answered:
My older brother never had his 2 boys circumcised. Both of them are fine. THe oldest is 8 and never had an issue.
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itsanamergencykael911 said:
I follow this blog called uncutting. It has so much information about circumcision and why it’s not necessary to get it done. You should check it out if you’re interested.
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breanna182 answered:
Just tell her “not my body, not my choice”. =]
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impulsivefarmer answered:
Explain that in other countries those circumcised are the minority and they do fine.
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deannasaysrawr said:
Check out birthwithoutfearblog.com she does a lot of posts about why you should keep it uncircumcised
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kitchaos answered:
thewholenetwork.org/14/…
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lifeasparkersmama answered:
although i will be circumcising, just tell her it’s the choice you’re making for YOUR son. and that you love her but it’s not her choice
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amycoffeefemme answered:
skinfore.blogspot.com/?…
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jedijen reblogged this from ihatealpacas and added:
I will be circumcising my son. BUT You just need to tell her it’s your choice. You will teach how to clean it properly...
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ryansmomaly said:
It seems like theres no convincing her that its not necessary seems to be out the window. just tell her the truth, what you want to do. The decision “legally” will be yours.
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