DH's logic lol - Page 2

[Carlyle]

YAY!!! Here's a good resource: http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=129378

[jenP]

It's really awesome that your husband is being so open-minded!
He is kind of on the right track to say that "the only way to know which is 'better' is to leave it alone and see how it goes." But unfortunately there are so many, many doctors who will be pushing you to circumcise for any and every reason out there. You could be at baby's six-month well-check and the doctor could say his foreskin is "too tight" and he'll HAVE to have a circumcision. And there you go - husband can say, "see, we gave intact a go, but he had problems and has to be circumcised."

Truly, the only way to know "which is better" is for men who have grown up and experienced sex intact, to then get circumcised and see "which is better."
I know a man whose quack doctor convinced him to get circumcised at age 60 for a fungal infection that did not respond immediately to a mild topical antifungal. (If I had known then what I know now!! They didn't even try a high-strength topical, let alone an oral antifungal....just want straight to cutting... typical U.S. doctors!) Anyway, his verdict now ten years down the road, "Sex went WAY downhill. Just not the same at all. Not as comfortable and gratifying. Very sad."

And, the other way to know "which is better" is for a circumcised man to restore. They virtually unanimously report that even a partially reconstructed ersatz foreskin makes sex astronomically better.

And then there are the few men out there who grew up and enjoyed their adult lives intact, then got circumcised, THEN restored. I think I saw one post on here once. I think his assessment was, if intact was a ten, circumcised was about a 4, and restoration brought it back up to about 8.


So will your son ever really know which is "better"? I'm guessing he will be happy enough with being intact that he won't ever choose to get himself circumcised just to see if it is "better." But on the off-chance he does, well then, he will be in the position to judge for himself which was better.
Meanwhile, your husband might consider restoring to see which is "better" for himself.

All the best for you in your pregnancy and delivery and all! Glad to hear the big stressor of arguing over circumcision is not an issue for you now! So awesome your husband is open-minded, caring, and supportive!

Jen