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<blockquote data-quote="hexemaus2" data-source="post: 197087" data-attributes="member: 4560"><p>I've never had to have this discussion with either of my boys. Their father wasn't. He was a German citizen & in his day/culture, this was a religious choice, not a medical one. He didn't see the point in having it done. The way he saw it, you were born with it, it had a purpose, why tamper with it? So we didn't have the boys "done." (I've never had to deal with any of those issues personally, being female and all, so I left the decision to him.)</p><p> </p><p>It's never been an issue we had to discuss. Even recently when I had a similar conversation with difficult child 1 (before we found out she was having a girl) the boys didn't seem to express any interest in it either way. They are the way they are. We've never had to talk about it. They have just sort of always known that some guys are, some guys aren't. They aren't. Period.</p><p> </p><p>We did have some issues with difficult child 3 when he was younger. The pediatrician mentioned the possibility of needing to have him circumsized, but the issues righted themselves. (He was getting frequent infections because he wasn't cleaning himself properly, even after being taught what to do to prevent it.)</p><p> </p><p>I will say, husband always said NOT having it done was better in his mind. Things like jean zippers and whatnot weren't able to rub & desensitize "things." (Geez, I can't believe I'm saying this in "public" lol.) I guess he & "the guys" had talks about that kind of thing in high school & again in the military. He thought not having it done made his "adult life" much better. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/redface.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":redface:" title="redface :redface:" data-shortname=":redface:" /> Maybe now that my boys are older, if I ever have to explain our choice, I'll tell them their Dad was looking out for their later sex lives. lol. (I'm sure that will require some therapy for them. lol.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hexemaus2, post: 197087, member: 4560"] I've never had to have this discussion with either of my boys. Their father wasn't. He was a German citizen & in his day/culture, this was a religious choice, not a medical one. He didn't see the point in having it done. The way he saw it, you were born with it, it had a purpose, why tamper with it? So we didn't have the boys "done." (I've never had to deal with any of those issues personally, being female and all, so I left the decision to him.) It's never been an issue we had to discuss. Even recently when I had a similar conversation with difficult child 1 (before we found out she was having a girl) the boys didn't seem to express any interest in it either way. They are the way they are. We've never had to talk about it. They have just sort of always known that some guys are, some guys aren't. They aren't. Period. We did have some issues with difficult child 3 when he was younger. The pediatrician mentioned the possibility of needing to have him circumsized, but the issues righted themselves. (He was getting frequent infections because he wasn't cleaning himself properly, even after being taught what to do to prevent it.) I will say, husband always said NOT having it done was better in his mind. Things like jean zippers and whatnot weren't able to rub & desensitize "things." (Geez, I can't believe I'm saying this in "public" lol.) I guess he & "the guys" had talks about that kind of thing in high school & again in the military. He thought not having it done made his "adult life" much better. :blushing: Maybe now that my boys are older, if I ever have to explain our choice, I'll tell them their Dad was looking out for their later sex lives. lol. (I'm sure that will require some therapy for them. lol.) [/QUOTE]
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