Yet another one gone :(

[DocsNemesis]

Well, my friend's sister had her baby yesterday. They are getting him circumcised today. I am sure she will be mutilating her son too (due in two months). No matter what I say, she just doesnt get it...and her sister doesnt like me and will never take any advice I give her (like I told her to take Evening Primrose Oil to help get the baby on his way and she refused because it might be dangerous....but she will go horseback riding throughout her pregnancy, smart!). Yesterday she told me that this 86 year old guy that our friend works with has to go to a urologist because he isnt circ'd and "his foreskin is so tight, he only has enough room to pee." I told her that can easily be fixed with steriod creams and that it seemed rather a bad argument to circ a newborn to prevent one visit to the doctor 86 years later. She said oh, well, I just thought it was funny (What the heck is funny about that?!?). Anyway, I am just sad for that baby boy getting his penis hacked today and my friends babies all being mutilated :
Is it wrong that I hope that my sons expose theirs to the truth and make them realise that their penises are NOT normal and that I hope they hate their parents for it? Cause thats just how I feel at the moment

[Lula's Mom]

aw. I think it's a natural way to feel. They didn't listen to you and little boys will be irreparably harmed despite your best effort to save them. Thank you for trying. I'm so sorry.


What else would an 86-year-old typically be doing with his penis, besides peeing?

[MaryJaneLouise]

I share your grief

[KrystalC]

Originally Posted by NGOTB50

It's just a bit of skin...hahaha.

I hope that was said in sarcasm....?

[Lula's Mom]

Me too.

[eepster]

Maybe when your freind helps her sister change the diaper and sees how sore the wound looks it will sway her, and everything you have told her will start to sink in. Then at least one will be spared.

[lifescholar]

Poor baby!

I haven't dealt with this much, because none of my close friends or family have had boys recently, but I can only imagine....even when I hear about a cut baby on t.v., I feel so sad!!

And yeah, to me it's absolutely ridiculous to remove a part of your son's body just because it MIGHT cause problems later!!! Who is SHE to decide what to do with her SON'S body parts! That's what really gets to me....my son's body belongs to HIM, and I plan to teach him that! So, how hypocritical would it be for me to have removed a part of HIS body??

The saving grace is that is really is becoming less and less common these days...my province no longer covers it, and I'm sure that some parents aren't getting it done simply because they don't want to pay for it....whatever works!!

[enstar780]

Im so so sorry to hear this, so sorry. ((HUGS)). I know you try your best to talk these parents out of this cruel act. We just need to keep on trying to educate as many people as we can and save as many children as we can from this mutilative practice with life long harmful consequences. I think that if we keep doing so and keep recruiting more people into our cause and encouraging others to do so and passing on information from one person to the next, we can get this stopped and children will be able to grow up with whole bodies once again.

[DocsNemesis]

Originally Posted by eepster

Maybe when your freind helps her sister change the diaper and sees how sore the wound looks it will sway her, and everything you have told her will start to sink in. Then at least one will be spared.

Oh, I wish! But she has already circ'd her twins (which are actually biologically mine) and even though she had said she wouldnt do it to the next one, apparently that went out the window when she accidentally got pregnant without help this time. I guess since this baby is "hers," her promise doesnt matter anymore. She is still trying to argue the reasons she did it-but I know the real reason. Its just cause she thinks intact penises are ugly (which I made sure to tell her offended me a lot since my son is intact). Anyway, now her excuse is that the baby's dad had to be circ'd at 16. I dont know the details, but it sounds like he had wanna-be phimosis or something and because it hurt so much, he thinks all newborns should be circ'd. I really wanna smack him...too bad he cheated on my friend and then left her here (in WA) and moved to Texas. Yeah, nice guy. Ok, that was beside the point