Adult Circumcision

[gh0ti]

it's not much more important to them than the shape of their breasts is to us guys.

THEY CARE THAT MUCH??

[small]I mean...thank you.[/small]

Hah, yeah.

The point I was trying to make is that we all have our preferences, but if you're attracted to someone, then find out that in that one respect they aren't perfect, you aren't going to stop being attracted to them.

 

[II Scarecrow II]

I know what you people are thinking. "Pala, you sly dog. Trying to get rid of new controversy by bringing up old ones?"
Actually no, but you can still thank me for that.

I'm here because maybe I want a bit of sympathy, or maybe I just want to see how people's old opinion's are swayed by this example.
Today I visited my urologyist to check up on something that runs in my family to see if it'd be a problem. This problem being having a tight foreksin. Turns out, it is, and will need to be fixed. Bad news it, my case is too extreme for stretching to be an option, so I'll need a circumcision.
Obviously, I'm going to do this, because my only other choice is pretty much to never have sex. I'll need to take a week off of uni, and when I do have sex, it won't be as pleasurable as otherwise (you may argue this point if you feel need, but I shall rebuttal edit: This has been laid to rest).
Apart from the obvious I'm a bit worried since, from previous threads, it turns out girls can be quite opinionated about what they prefer, so it makes me anxious, living in England, a place where it isn't much of a tradition to do at birth.

I'm hoping for some interesting applicaitons of people's opinion to this situation, maybe some "know that feel, bro", and maybe hopefully some females reassuring me that a lot of them don't care instead of "It looks better cut anyway".

Edit: I'm suprised at the supportiveness, and and very thankful of it. And it seems this thread has diffused the usual storm of opinion. All those that thought it would still happen either abandoned thread, or quickly prepared their suprisingly angry remarks. This thread has served it's purpose I guess. Both making me feel better, and experimenting what happens when a thread like this is phrased like this.

Well an interesting (and horribly private) fact is that I had the same procedure done for the same reasons less than a week ago. The good news is that sensation to the glans isn't that reduced, but by god, when the local anesthetic wears off it hurts like holy hell, and stays like that for at least until the stitches come out.

It's a pretty simple procedure so you don't have much to worry about. The biggest part is that you obviously can't have sex or wank for about six weeks after surgery, but sleeping is so damned difficult in those first few days. Expect to be up every couple of hours because men get an average of around seven erections every night in their sleep, and it pulls quite painfully at the stitches. Make sure you stock up on some hardcore painkillers as you will need them.

But most people genuinely won't care, and obviously only whoever sees it or you tell will know about it and I very much doubt any girl who you would be stripping for would care. The tight foreskin is a far far greater problem during sex than being circumcised. Good luck mate, it's not that big of a deal as far as surgery goes.

 

[manic_depressive13]

As a woman, I can assure you that I could not care less about whether or not a man is circumcised. It simply isn't something that matters to me. It's not like I would get close enough to a man to want to have sex with him, then turn around and judge the appearance of his penis.

 

[EclipseoftheDarkSun]

You do not understand the male perspective.

Yes I do. The majority of my friends are men who shower with other men several times a day. I've never heard of anyone gossiping about the state of someone foreskin. In Britain, if you approached someone and said "Hey, did you see X's dick in the shower? He was circumcised!" they'd think you were a total poof. It would be you who got picked on and gossiped over - it wouldn't be the guy with the circumcised dick. Spying on someone and gossiping over their dick is a much higher crime than being circumcised is.

You're either an eight year old, or you hang around weirdos. You're talking tripe.

Yes, that sounds pretty strange - once fully healed, they wouldn't know it happened as an adult vs as a baby, nor would they be gossiping like stereotypical cheerleaders. Most men don't stare at each other's members when they share a urinal, so why would they do it in the shower? Maybe at a certain age, but not adults.

 

[Jonluw]

Well, this explains a lot, I feel.

Good luck and everything.

Don't think there's much I can tell you other than that. It's not like I'm holding a lot of wisdom on the subject.

Edit: There's one thing though. The foreskin acts as a sliding mechanism, so you might have to use more lube during sex (or masturbation) than you would were you uncircumcised.

Fortunately all the other skin can also act as a sliding mechanism, so hopefully it won't be too different.

How in the world would the skin covering a circumcised penis work as a sliding mechanism in the same way the foreskin does?
You could probably pull the skin back and forth a bit, but we're talking about something like 1 cm here.

 

[Imthatguy]

I think I need to talk to my psychiatrist. My snipped-at-birth junk leave me feeling... unwhole.

 

[cobra_ky]

Well, this explains a lot, I feel.

Good luck and everything.

Don't think there's much I can tell you other than that. It's not like I'm holding a lot of wisdom on the subject.

Edit: There's one thing though. The foreskin acts as a sliding mechanism, so you might have to use more lube during sex (or masturbation) than you would were you uncircumcised.

Fortunately all the other skin can also act as a sliding mechanism, so hopefully it won't be too different.

How in the world would the skin covering a circumcised penis work as a sliding mechanism in the same way the foreskin does?
You could probably pull the skin back and forth a bit, but we're talking about something like 1 cm here.

I don't know, maybe it's not the same. i don't have an uncircumcised penis to compare to. that's why i said "hopefully".

 

[Jadak]

The important thing is, after you're all healed up and have put it to use, be sure to settle all arguments about which is better in whatever aspects. The "more pleasurable" thing is meaningless from people who have only ever been one or the other.

 

[Weaver]

Women care what your penis looks like as much as you care what their vagina looks like. If you're in love, it really doesn't matter.

 

[Jonluw]

Well, this explains a lot, I feel.

Good luck and everything.

Don't think there's much I can tell you other than that. It's not like I'm holding a lot of wisdom on the subject.

Edit: There's one thing though. The foreskin acts as a sliding mechanism, so you might have to use more lube during sex (or masturbation) than you would were you uncircumcised.

Fortunately all the other skin can also act as a sliding mechanism, so hopefully it won't be too different.

How in the world would the skin covering a circumcised penis work as a sliding mechanism in the same way the foreskin does?
You could probably pull the skin back and forth a bit, but we're talking about something like 1 cm here.

I don't know, maybe it's not the same. i don't have an uncircumcised penis to compare to. that's why i said "hopefully".

Ah, well the thing about uncircumcised penises is that they can slide back and forth within the foreskin sort of like a piston.
Because of this, uncircumcised men can masturbate aided by nothing but their own hand effortlessly.

 

[cobra_ky]

Well, this explains a lot, I feel.

Good luck and everything.

Don't think there's much I can tell you other than that. It's not like I'm holding a lot of wisdom on the subject.

Edit: There's one thing though. The foreskin acts as a sliding mechanism, so you might have to use more lube during sex (or masturbation) than you would were you uncircumcised.

Fortunately all the other skin can also act as a sliding mechanism, so hopefully it won't be too different.

How in the world would the skin covering a circumcised penis work as a sliding mechanism in the same way the foreskin does?
You could probably pull the skin back and forth a bit, but we're talking about something like 1 cm here.

I don't know, maybe it's not the same. i don't have an uncircumcised penis to compare to. that's why i said "hopefully".

Ah, well the thing about uncircumcised penises is that they can slide back and forth within the foreskin sort of like a piston.
Because of this, uncircumcised men can masturbate aided by nothing but their own hand effortlessly.

Yeah uh, some circumcised men can do this too.

 

[Jonluw]

Well, this explains a lot, I feel.

Good luck and everything.

Don't think there's much I can tell you other than that. It's not like I'm holding a lot of wisdom on the subject.

Edit: There's one thing though. The foreskin acts as a sliding mechanism, so you might have to use more lube during sex (or masturbation) than you would were you uncircumcised.

Fortunately all the other skin can also act as a sliding mechanism, so hopefully it won't be too different.

How in the world would the skin covering a circumcised penis work as a sliding mechanism in the same way the foreskin does?
You could probably pull the skin back and forth a bit, but we're talking about something like 1 cm here.

I don't know, maybe it's not the same. i don't have an uncircumcised penis to compare to. that's why i said "hopefully".

Ah, well the thing about uncircumcised penises is that they can slide back and forth within the foreskin sort of like a piston.
Because of this, uncircumcised men can masturbate aided by nothing but their own hand effortlessly.

Yeah uh, some circumcised men can do this too.

Maturbate with nothing but their hand, sure, but not without some substantial friction on the dick. I highly doubt any circumcised man would be able to move his penis back and forth through the skin covering it.

 

[Froggy Slayer]

This thread has a lot less controversy than I expected from a circumcision thread.

 

[The White Hunter]

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I'd hate to have it done. I'd take more than a week to, a friend of mine had it done a few years ago and it took more like 3 or 4 to be tolerable again.

You could also ask about partial circumcision as well, I remember that being a thing but can't remmeber what.

Anyway, you have my sympathy, it's not something I ever wish to experience.

Captcha: it hurts

No, having one of the most sensitive parts of the body removed is likely entirely painless Captcha. /sarcasm.

 

[Brutal Peanut]

As a woman I don't really care.

Also if it's a medical procedure that would end up helping you or making you more comfortable in the long run, I'd say it really doesn't matter what a lot of other people say about it, nor even what female partners would say about it. If your partner loves you and wants you to be comfortable they should probably be supportive of the procedure. Even so, sex is still probably going to be pretty awesome feeling, because...well,...it's sex?

If you were just doing it to do it, then...I dunno man,...I dunno.

 

[Smooth Operator]

I object when people get chopped up without reason and consent, but a medical procedure is a medical procedure and hell even then they have to have your consent.

As for the ladies, if a bit of skin on your penis is the deciding factor for them then consider yourself lucky, you just discovered a wackjob that you should not ever go near with your penis.

 

[The White Hunter]

damn dude, My advice is get nice and drunk after. It will take your mind off it.

The painkillers they give you aren't to be taken with alcohol dude.

So glad I haven't gone through this.

 

[Calibanbutcher]

snip

I see what you did there.
Cut it out, will you?

 

[Muspelheim]

Yeah...no. I'll only be there for a little while then I'll spend my week at home, feeling painfully sensitive in the pants.

I'm not sure bathing my loins in ice cream would be pleasant for recovery, and I really doubt helpful to consume it.

Well, it's always something, maybe it could've been useful for a last resort?

And that bit about females reassuring me was me hoping for people with that actual opinion to show up, since from past threads they seem to only as a response to posts of females saying they'd have it done to their child because it looks better and they wouldn't want girls to reject them since apparently they know of people who balk at it.

But again, the type of people who have that sort of standard aren't the type of people you'd like to stick it in anyway. Not the biggest loss in the world, either way.

Snipples

Oh... Dear. I'm going to have phantom pains for ages now. ._.