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AIBU? Circumcision?

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Poppygirl96 · 03/04/2020 19:17

Me and my ex have recently split up and we have a 5 month old son. He told me when I was pregnant that he wanted to get our son circumcised due to his religion and that it was really important to him. I was heavily pregnant tired and not really thinking much about it so I blindly agreed. However I have been thinking about it a lot and really don’t want our son to get unnecessarily cut even if it is for religious reasons.

My ex says it’s also to keep him clean but I don’t see the point. We haven’t found anyone to do the surgery as our son was prem so we couldn’t and now there’s COVID-19 so we can’t go now. If I bring it up and go against him, I know my ex will be pissed and it will cause a huge argument especially as it’s so important to him, his mother and his religion.

I don’t want to ruin co-parenting with him and cause issues so I’m not sure what to do/say. AIBU in saying I don’t want to go ahead with it?

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Xenia · 05/04/2020 10:42

Just refuse and then he will have to get a court order to get it done presumably unless he sneaks the baby off and has it done without you knowing. Say the boy can choose himself when a teenager.

Thelnebriati · 05/04/2020 15:25

Can we put aside the it is/isn't like FGM argument?

Can people stop saying its like FGM?

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