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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I regret what I did to my newborn son. It's 22 years too late to change it, but as an atheist with an atheist son, I should have done better.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If it helps, I'm circumsized and I'm glad my parents made that decision. Not sure how your son feels, but it's really not a big deal assuming it was done well.

The reason I'm glad is because the woman I've dated happened to all all prefer cut to uncut.

Queue the "REEEE" from the anti-circumcision folks...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Jesus Christ get a grip.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Were you at atheist at the time if circumcision? If so; why did you go along w it when they asked you if you wanted to circumcise your son? Did the fact that insurance didn't cover since they deem it medically unnecessary ring any alarm bells at all?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

From the people I know who I've heard explain their reasons, the hospital staff just presented it as a thing that's normally done and they were pretty much like "yea whatever" because it was done to them. I haven't talked to a ton of people about this because it's a weird thing to have come up in a conversation in person but that's what they've all said.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Went from a fair question to assumptions and bad vibes. Classic ml JAQ

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Not the commenter, but in the US insurance covers it if it's done initially; I think that's been the case even when I was born. What's weird is it's practically the default, and you almost just say yes without a second thought (I only questioned it thanks to posts like this, lol).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

They REALLY tried to push it on my son. Must have asked 4 times!!! I'm lucky my mom is a total hippie and educated, so I was spared even decades ago when it was less talked about.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Beyond wild . Casual infant genital mutilation

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

It's so barbaric and gross. And I guess nobody questions why their god has a fucking fetish for the skin from infants' genitals.

Totally not weird.