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Originally Posted by SteveHd  To all: Since the O/P was born well after ~1970, one or both of his parents certainly had to sign a consent form which was separate from the other forms. Hence, they would have thought about it, for at least a moment, whether or not to do it. It wasn't "automatic" nor a "custom" in the early 1980s. One or both definitely knew he was to be circumcised, unless the hospital messed up. |
Sort of. Even as of 2005, in the hustle and bustle of a delivery and all the various and sundry paperwork you have to sign (usually while you're in active labor) it can be something that gets missed unless you're pretty set on not doing it before you go into the hospital. This is why discussing circumcision long before you have a child is important.
With that said, and all due respect to the OP, I don't see what you'd get out of interrogating your parents. No amount of information can take back the past, and I'd venture that obsessing over it is going to be unhealthy for you. I think some better questions would be to ask yourself why all this information and why your circumcision status is so important to you. If it keeps coming up and you can't settle with it and move on, it may point to some more serious issues that you have with yourself or your sexuality.
I didn't circumcise my son for various reasons that I've gone into great detail about on this forum elsewhere. I don't know how many young men have PMed me about how they are so unhappy with their circumcision status that they are extremely angry at their parents and can't enjoy sex to its fullest. Those emotions are destructive and self-fueling. The truth is, your parents probably didn't think all that much about it since it's still a standard procedure in the US. They did what they thought was right, and I imagine what they thought was that circumcision was both normal and somewhat inconsequential. I don't agree with that myself, but 20+ years ago that's just how things were.
You can belabor all these points with your parents, but I don't know that it's going to fix anything or make you feel any better about your penis. I'd concentrate less on what happened and more on what you can do to feel good about the equipment you have.