Circumcision status same as father's?

Yes, For me it was religious reasons but I am so glad that it was done. I only know one man who was circumcised and wish that he weren't but many who were not who wish they were. Somebody responded that they can do it later in life if they want. When you are born the nerves in the penis have not fully developed making it psychologically and physically less painful. Although all babies are sensitive to the circumcision I don't know anyone who can remember if it was painful being done. Doing it in later life? I wonder how many men would chose to become circumcised if all they had to do was take a pill and the foreskin would fall off and it was a painless experience. I know, the conversation on circumcision will go on until men disappear 😃

I'm cut, so's my dad, brother-in-law, and great-nephews age eight and four. My niece works in obstetrics, but I never heard her bring up the subject in conversation as to why she had her sons circumcised. Probably she was convinced of the health and hygiene benefits.

I'm cut but curious about the cons and pros of NOT being cut... GO!

I'm cut but curious about the cons and pros of NOT being cut... GO!

That is discussed on many other threads. We will not be also discussing it here.

I am circumcised as was my father and my brother as well. Both my brother and I were born in the 50's (US) and I think circumcision was common in those days. Although I did not really start seeing other boys naked until junior high school all of which were circumcised, I had never seen an uncircumcised penis until a ran across one in porn magazine. I was confused as to what I was seeing until one of my friends explained circumcision to me. Up until that time, I thought I was born with a penis that looked the way it did which was circumcised.

ProV1: Interesting. I thought people would learn about it by hearing about the circumcision of Christ in the Bible (in Europe one may come across it by visiting a church and seeing a stained glass window where baby Jesus is attended to).

ProV1: Interesting. I thought people would learn about it by hearing about the circumcision of Christ in the Bible (in Europe one may come across it by visiting a church and seeing a stained glass window where baby Jesus is attended to).

Very few people understand what they are seeing when they look at medieval stained glass windows. Most don't know the stories and artistic clues that explain the images. And that goes for Catholics as well as most Protestant denominations.

The cathedral in the city where i live used to have (one of the many) relics of Christ's foreskin. It was brought back after one of the Crusades and set up in its own ornate chapel. Of course it was probably just an ordinary foreskin, aged and dried and all wrinkled up, sold by an enterprising and convincing merchant to some gullible Frank in the Levant. The foreskin disappeared in 1576 during what is called 'the Spanish Fury' when Spanish occupation troops went on a rampage of pillaging and rape and arson after not being paid for 2 years.

Anyway, mention the chapel of the foreskin or the relic of the holy foreskin today and people's mouths will figuratively fall to the ground. Huh? What in the world are you talking about? You're kidding, Right? No one really knows or remembers or could decipher a scene painted according to medieval canon. And in truth, even after being told and shown by a guide, to me such scenes could be of very many things.

Besides, from what i remember from American catholic schools and their extensive catechism and religion classes, the circumcision of Christ wasn't really even mentioned. probably because it was too Jewish a custom.

I feel almost embarrassed at saying that I do not know 100% whether my status is the same as my father's.

The reason for this is that my father never got undressed in front of his three sons, so I never had the chance to see that, nor we ever talked about the topic.

Personally I needed to undergo a surgery as I had a slight phimosis that was a bit annoying. I did it when already adult and when my father had already passed away.

As I have never talked to my father on this topic I can only guess that he did not see any reason for circumcision on his children and so I guess that he also was not circumcised himself.

Had I not had my problem that led me to the operation (that only circumcised partially, as proposed by the surgeon and gladly accepted by me), I would have never considered circumcision, but I am happy to say that after the operation uncovering my glans was way easier than it had been before!

Although I did not really start seeing other boys naked until junior high school all of which were circumcised, I had never seen an uncircumcised penis until a ran across one in porn magazine. I was confused as to what I was seeing until one of my friends explained circumcision to me. Up until that time, I thought I was born with a penis that looked the way it did which was circumcised.

I knew the word “circumcision” from Bible study as a school aged kid and knew it had to do with removing some skin from the penis but did not understand exactly what was removed. I had not seen many penises until I was in seventh grade and started showering in open group showers after gym class. All the penises I had seen prior to that time were circumcised. There were a couple of boys I saw with foreskins which prompted me to start reading about circumcision. It was fascinating to me that so many men had had their penises altered to expose the glans.

An addendum to my response: I'm pretty sure my two nephews were also cut, though I've never seen theirs.

They're both proud new fathers, anyhow.

An addendum to my response: I'm pretty sure my two nephews were also cut, though I've never seen theirs.

They're both proud new fathers, anyhow.

Cut or not cut, penises do a very good job of impregnating women. Why should there be any difference in impregnation ratios between the two? Another pro-circumcision myth perhaps?

There are enough accounts to read here where parents made the argument to circ with: 'we want to have grandchildren'... as if an uncut penis has a dismal failure rate ... sheesh ... ha ha.

My father, born in the 50's is cut, and I'm not. I figure my mother or both parents didnt see the need to operate on their new baby. Never asked as to their reasoning.

For the longest time I thought I was just born different than the other boys I saw, until a boy I knew had a circumcision when I was 10-11ish. A girl we both knew explained what he had had done and that all baby boys got it and it finally clicked for me.

I’m circumcised, my father was not, my brother is not. It is not a tradition in my family, I was circumcised due to medical reasons, I suppose for a phimosis, but detected very early, I was a baby. I never heard that I had other problems.

My Dad who was born in 1939 in England, and myself born in 1969 in the United States are both circumcised. Until I was 10 and had sex ed class in the 5th grade, I thought that I was born with a circumcised penis. All the males that I had seen naked from my Dad, to male cousins, to friends, to my classmates at YMCA swim classes all had penises that looked exactly like mine. I learned about circumcision as a 10 year old and saw an image of a penis with a foreskin in the textbook that we used. It would be another two years before I saw a foreskin in person when we did swimming in PE in the 7th grade and one of my classmates had not been circumcised.

I was circumcised in October 2018.

I thought I was the only one in the family.

However, this January my mother had urgent surgery (gallbladder removal), so we should take care of of my father -who couldn't manage by himself due to his many illness- until we made some arrangements.

To my surprise, I discovered he was circumcised and looked very similar to mine, low and loose. Of all our 4 brothers, I'm the only one that matches 100% my father: same health, same baldness, same face, same skin colour... and now,.... same penis.

I still have to ask about it to my mother, as my father died end of May and I daren't to ask her about such a sensitive subject.

But I undernstood what mother said when my wife told her last year about my circumcision. (I wanted to keep it private, but in the end, thanks to my wife, everybody in the family, even all the neighborhood, know about my penis and how "wonderful" looks now, for instance, I was asked by the bakery girl when buying a bagette: "By the way John, everything's right?. Your wife told me that the outcome is awesome". I replied to her "do you want to see it right now?", and left the bakery suspecting my penis would be the main conversation topic of the other -female- many customers ).

Well, returning to the subject, when I explained to my mother she agreed with everything and found quite normal to have this surgery at 52 yo.

Now, I think my father was circumcised either very young in the military service/before marrying or when in his sixties due to his diabetes.

Anyway, both we have our respective surgeries unaware of the other status, but with the same low and loose result.

BMJ: I read that some old people's homes suggest some older males to get circumcised because it eases hygiene (for older men that cannot take care of their hygiene). Also read it's advised particularly in case of diabetes. I don't know why exactly (I know diabetes causes blood circulation problems in the extremities, there may be a link).

Father born at home in 1920; not circed. Me, born in hospital in 1944 and Dr.'s just assumed that all mothers wanted their boys snipped.

BMJ: I read that some old people's homes suggest some older males to get circumcised because it eases hygiene (for older men that cannot take care of their hygiene). Also read it's advised particularly in case of diabetes. I don't know why exactly (I know diabetes causes blood circulation problems in the extremities, there may be a link).

I read that too so I googled for places and prices for adult circumcision. There were none within 500 miles of me which seems strange as I'm about 200 miles of NYC and I can't believe there none there. It also said the cost for adult mutilation is $7500 and up.

I've been thinking about it because my elephant's trunk is getting longer while my dicky is shrinking. Sitting is the norm for me now and I'd prefer to be able to stand.

I've been thinking about it because my elephant's trunk is getting longer while my dicky is shrinking. Sitting is the norm for me now and I'd prefer to be able to stand.

Uh... you have heard of retraction. Right?

Uh... you have heard of retraction. Right?

😁 😁 😁 That's like trying to put the tube over the toothpaste now.

As a friend who thru hiked the AT in 2002 and was looking forward to something worth seeing wrote in her journal when she met up with the famous naked hiker in Maine, he was a middle aged fat guy with a little wrinkly one.

😁 😁 😁 That's like trying to put the tube over the toothpaste now.

It can't be that difficult.

Roscoe: It may be less costly to do it abroad, then, even factoring the cost of traveling - and you can do tourism at the same time. Prices in the US are overinflated.

https://www.circoncision-marseille.fr/Tarifs.html give prices in the hundreds of euros...

It can't be that difficult.

Yeah? Well you come over here and try it. On second thought, bring Susie with you and you can watch. There's a reason I have all girl doctors.

Yeah? Well you come over here and try it. On second thought, bring Susie with you and you can watch. There's a reason I have all girl doctors.

No thanks - strictly women only. But if you can see what you are doing, it shouldn't be the problem you are making it out to be.

It also said the cost for adult mutilation is $7500 and up.

That can't really be a serious and actual price.

Reading a Pacific War veteran's memoirs (I think it was in 'Helmet for My Pillow' but am not sure) when he volunteered for the Marines Corps after Pearl Harbor, he had to be circumcised before being accepted by the Corps. He went to his/a doctor, who upon hearing he was volunteering waived his normal fee - which was $100 - for a circumcision.

My math is not to be trusted, and even if am wrong about a circ now being 75x more expensive than in 1941, the cost of living has certainly not gone that high.

I couldn't believe that $7500 either or none within 500 miles. I was looking at my local doctor consortium and they list what each doctor does. Not mentioned about the urologist so I searched for adult circumcision and got none within 500 miles of me with a range of prices nationally. Maybe I'll ask my doctor in person the next time I see her.

The practice locally that specializes in circumcisions has adults listed as $1875. That's the foreskin removal type, not the cosmetic that takes the lower shaft skin.

USA medicine is incredibly expensive.

Here in Europe cost is under 750€.

Mine was done in Barcelona, in a brand new clinic by a very skilked doctor with laser CO2 for 400€.Price included even 3 post op controls

In Paris, dr. Marc Galiano performs cosmetic curcumcision for 1.050€.

Father and I both uncircumcised.

I dont know about my father, but I am.

Just don't know why I've been circunsized.....but I like the appearance of it!!!!

😃

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