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<div>Originally Posted by <strong>Frankly Speaking</strong></div>
<div style="font-style:italic;">People who circumcise their sons do not have this same kind of analytical thinking. They just do it just because the trend setters in their neighborhood buy SUVs. They do it never considering the cost. Fortunately, you can sell your gas guzzling, hard to park, expensive to maintain SUV. There is no market for damaged penises and the son will be stuck with it for life.<br><br>
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That's quite a sweeping generalization, Frank. I am one who circ'ed my first 3 sons. I was young when I had my first and I, honestly, didn't know I had a choice. When asked, I was like, "Well, of course!" I had no idea that some people didn't do it. It was extremely traumatic for me, but the doctor MUST have known what he was doing, right? (Yeah, right...)<br><br>
When my 2nd son was born, I had read a little bit about circumcision and didn't want to do it. I asked my husband and his response was, "We're DOING it!" No discussion. Well, ok, but this time, I wanted to nurse him while they did it. I didn't want him suffering alone. I had to get an x-ray after the birth and I came back upstairs and my baby was gone. Dh said they had taken him for his circumcision. I was so mad that dh didn't go with him. I was more mad that he allowed them to take him without me going along. Dh said he didn't cry at all (he stood outside the room), which helped ease my anxiety a bit, but not completely.<br><br>
When my 3rd was born, I had him at home and I did NOT want him to be circumsized...period! Dh insisted that it WOULD be done. Dh drove us to the doctor's office. They handed me the paperwork to sign...I didn't touch it. I said, "I'm NOT signing that because I don't want it done." My dh took it and signed it and then he took the baby from my arms as I was sobbing. He went with him and I sat in the waiting room for what seemed like hours listening to him scream. I sobbed the entire time and kept asking if the doctor was almost done.<br><br>
My older boys are 12,10 and 7 now and I'm sitting here crying at the memories of it all. It was horrifying and it took me 3 years before I could stop thinking about it constantly and crying every time I thought of it. I was so mad at my dh. He wouldn't even read about it.<br><br>
My boys, on the other hand, talk about how they're GLAD they were circumsized and that it's not a big deal at all. Whenever I talk about how upset I was by it, they say, "Geez, Mom, it was a long time ago and it's no big deal!" Sweethearts.<br><br>
I ended up going through a divorce because my ex was verbally, emotionally and beginning to be physically abusive.<br><br>
I remarried and now have a beautiful, intact son (5 mos. old). My dh didn't even consider circumcision because he knows how I feel about it and understands that there's no medical reason for it, so why put our baby through that?<br><br>
So, Frank, there are people who have it done who DO care and who know exactly what the permanent damage will be.<br><br>
Jodi
