For background, I'm the middle of 3 children. I'm 20, my sister M is 15 and my brother C is 28, and married with two daughters. I posted before about how my brother and his wife are devoutly pro-circ 
Well, today my sister and I were talking about how awful it is when little baby girls have their ears pierced. It's painful, piercing with a gun is a big no-no, and they very well might not want their ears pierced but will never have a choice. M is one of those girls who doesn't have pierced ears and never will, she hates them.
Anyhow, she was saying how she wouldn't get her future daughter's ears pierced because she couldn't stomach the thought of causing her baby pain. I asked if she would circ any sons she had. She gave me this slightly horrified face and said "NO!" I asked if she knew what it was, and she said "kind of, but I know it hurts them." I quickly told her exactly what it was, and she was absolutely disgusted and said she'd NEVER do it to her sons
To make things better, I asked what she'd do if her husband was convinced that they needed to circ. She said "I'll tell him that I was the one who carried the baby and delivered it naturally and no WAY is he doing that to my son." I grinned and told her I'd help sway her husband if he was pro-circ.
I just can't say how happy this makes me. Mainly because my sister has probably heard about circumcision maybe twice in her life. She's never talked to me about it, and seeing as the only living intact man in our family is our grandpa (and she doesn't even know that), intactness is not the "norm" in our family. It's so great...here's a girl who barely knew what it involved, and still knew it was bad! There's hope! It makes me so happy to know that my future boys will have some intact cousins to run around with, and that 2 of 3 kids will raise intact children. I'm just so excited, and knew you ladies and gents would understand
Well, today my sister and I were talking about how awful it is when little baby girls have their ears pierced. It's painful, piercing with a gun is a big no-no, and they very well might not want their ears pierced but will never have a choice. M is one of those girls who doesn't have pierced ears and never will, she hates them.
Anyhow, she was saying how she wouldn't get her future daughter's ears pierced because she couldn't stomach the thought of causing her baby pain. I asked if she would circ any sons she had. She gave me this slightly horrified face and said "NO!" I asked if she knew what it was, and she said "kind of, but I know it hurts them." I quickly told her exactly what it was, and she was absolutely disgusted and said she'd NEVER do it to her sons
To make things better, I asked what she'd do if her husband was convinced that they needed to circ. She said "I'll tell him that I was the one who carried the baby and delivered it naturally and no WAY is he doing that to my son." I grinned and told her I'd help sway her husband if he was pro-circ.
I just can't say how happy this makes me. Mainly because my sister has probably heard about circumcision maybe twice in her life. She's never talked to me about it, and seeing as the only living intact man in our family is our grandpa (and she doesn't even know that), intactness is not the "norm" in our family. It's so great...here's a girl who barely knew what it involved, and still knew it was bad! There's hope! It makes me so happy to know that my future boys will have some intact cousins to run around with, and that 2 of 3 kids will raise intact children. I'm just so excited, and knew you ladies and gents would understand
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