A poll about partners - Page 2

[trmpetplaya]

Intact! Born in California to a wise mama in 1983

love and peace.

[ColinsMommy]

DH is circ'ed but we didn't know it until we were looking at his baby book! He has a lot of foreskin and we didn't realize it.

DH's conversation with MIL: "But Mom, I've seen the pictures...I look like picture A!"

Apparently they left him intact b/c FIL is, but then he "had problems peeing" and had to be circ'ed around 2 mos. old.

So, I guess it's good that they left as much foreskin as possible even though it was probably an unnecessary circ. DH likes to say they just "took a little off the top." On the plus side, it made it easy to convince him not to circ DS, because he always thought he was intact!

[paquerette]

I voted "other" because he's circ'ed but "going to start restoring one of these days." Lazy.

[moppity]

Intact

[treemom2]

DH is circ'd and not happy about it. He has read all about restoring and has started the process somewhat--that means he does it when he thinks about it or when I mention it.

[~Kira~]

Intact DH, Chinese, born in Hong Kong. I asked him to describe in one word how he feels about baby boys being circumcised and his response was: "sad".




- Kira

[mntnmom]

Mine's intact. New England Catholic born in '70. I guess his mom had to almost threated the doc with physical violence! Thank goodness she's NOT easily intimidated!

[onelilguysmommy]

circ'd
he sees no problem with it and yelled at me when i told him our son wasnt missing any body parts (we were in different states when he was born...) when i finally got him to realize what i said. especially his influence now, he thinks im crazy for not doing it, she also has him convinced theres something wrong because babies are supposed to be retractable at ...BIRTH!! gah!! : (oh shes got 2 circd teen sons, she knows *so* much abot intactn toddlers!! ) but then he also doesnt sit around saying our sons penis is ugly or anything, he just has a bro 5 yrs younger who is intact (i still wish i could find out why :sigh: ) and they sent their whole lives teasing each other, and theyre one of each, so he thinks it looks better.
but the good thing is, he hasnt mentioned doing it to this baby yet, maybe hes given up? i dunno

[2tadpoles]

DP is circed, wishes he wasn't, but doesn't have any ill feelings towards his parents for doing it.

[ErikaLeigh]

I voted other as my partner is a female. But, we are both very anti circ.

[Lizzardbits]

Intact! My hubby was born and raised in the UK

[zannster]

Intact. He's from Germany.

[Mommiska]

Intact - dh is British. He also summed up his reaction to infant circumcision with the word 'sad'.

[jorismom]

Originally Posted by 2tadpoles

DP is circed, wishes he wasn't, but doesn't have any ill feelings towards his parents for doing it.

Mine too. He is not interested in restoration, but he has admitted that some issues he has are clearly circ-related and wishes that it hadn't been done. He has not expressed to me that he has any anger towards his parents, and I don't get that vibe from him, but who knows.

At least he is on-board with me that if we ever have sons, they will be intact.

[New Mexico Beach]

My dh is circ'd and doesn't seem to have any problems with it (physically or emotionally) and when I mentioned restoration he seemed pretty uninterested. He does realize now how unnecessary and cruel circ is. All 3 of our boys are intact.

[Amber Lion]

Circ'd, bitter about it, but has no interest whatsoever in restoring.

[Greg B]

I answered for my wife. I was circed as an infant. I am currently restoring and it has made a wonderful difference. After 40 I started gradually losing feeling and sensation. I wouldn't have thought anything of it if I had not restored. Just normal aging, it seemed. And it happened so gradually, that it just snuck up on me. Having to take rest breaks when masturbating or having intercourse. Having to really concentrate on fantasies to get off.

But I am now mostly restored and it is amazing. It have the feelings I had when I was 20. I have the ease of stimulating myself as if I was 20 again. I can relax and enjoy making love. No lube needed. And I have feelings from the skin movement that i cannot describe, but are markedly different than I ever had before. Someone who has experineced all three conditions said:

sex with a foreskin = 10
sex circumcised = 3
sex restored = 7

I believe it based on my experience so far. The problem is that sex without a foreskin is soooo gooood, that it is impossible to believe it can be any better. I know, that was how I felt too. All I can say is that it has been well worth the time and tedium of restoring for me. I am happy to answer any questions and provide help if any one wants more information about restoring.


Regards,

[DahliaRW]

Dh is, and has said he wished the decision was made to him. I would add him to the "too lazy to restore group". Interested, but not committed. Fortunately he thinks circ is stupid (said so before I ever brought it up when I was pregnant with ds), so no issues there.

I did recently find out that my dad is intact. Born 1953 in Oregon. I was rather surprised.

[Beating Earth]

Dh is circ'd but until I started researching when we got pregnant he thought nothing of it.
We now know that he has massive discoloration scarring. Thanks goodness thats the worst of it.
I dont think he resents it being done tho. We have talked about restoration but Ill leave it up to him to decide.
Misha

[UberMama]

Circ'd. Born in the late 60's to a mama that didn't know any better at that time. He wishes he weren't circ'd now though.

My Dad is intact as well, born in the 40's. He told me his Dad was intact as well. We had a conversation about circ'ing when I was pregnant with my DS.