Marston, 49 - Warwickshire
Where were you born?
Northamptonshire.
When did you first become aware of circumcision?
I’m not sure that I can remember a time when I wasn’t aware of it. I was circumcised at a young age, and so always remember being different from my father and brothers. I shared baths with my brothers, and my father would walk naked around the house, so I was knew that I was different. I think the first time I heard the word was when I was about 8 or 9. My brothers and I had had our bath, and my youngest brother was pulling his foreskin back, revealing a very shiny and purple glans. I thought it looked weird, and said so. My father then went on to explain that I had had “a little operation” called circumcision, and so didn’t have the skin that my brothers had. He said that the end of my penis was “always out to play”.
Are any members of your family circumcised?
When I was growing up I was the only circumcised member of my family. In later life my grandfather was circumcised because of repeated infections. More recently, my father has been circumcised for the same reason.
At what age were you circumcised?
2.
What is the main reason you were circumcised?
For medical reasons. According to my mother, the family doctor thought my foreskin was too long, and might cause problems in later life. My mother was sceptical, but the doctor was determined that I should be circumcised. My mother says that my foreskin was no longer than my brothers’ foreskins, but as that doctor had retired by the time they were born the issue never arose with them.
Northamptonshire.
When did you first become aware of circumcision?
I’m not sure that I can remember a time when I wasn’t aware of it. I was circumcised at a young age, and so always remember being different from my father and brothers. I shared baths with my brothers, and my father would walk naked around the house, so I was knew that I was different. I think the first time I heard the word was when I was about 8 or 9. My brothers and I had had our bath, and my youngest brother was pulling his foreskin back, revealing a very shiny and purple glans. I thought it looked weird, and said so. My father then went on to explain that I had had “a little operation” called circumcision, and so didn’t have the skin that my brothers had. He said that the end of my penis was “always out to play”.
Are any members of your family circumcised?
When I was growing up I was the only circumcised member of my family. In later life my grandfather was circumcised because of repeated infections. More recently, my father has been circumcised for the same reason.
At what age were you circumcised?
2.
What is the main reason you were circumcised?
For medical reasons. According to my mother, the family doctor thought my foreskin was too long, and might cause problems in later life. My mother was sceptical, but the doctor was determined that I should be circumcised. My mother says that my foreskin was no longer than my brothers’ foreskins, but as that doctor had retired by the time they were born the issue never arose with them.
Are you happy about being circumcised?
Yes. I did go through a phase in childhood and early adolescence of being embarrassed about being different from most other boys, and sometimes wondered what it would be like to have a foreskin. But even then I liked my penis, and would enjoy looking at myself naked in a mirror and admiring my nice large glans that looked so handsome and prominent, especially when I was erect. I’ve always liked the look of it, and it has been admired and commented on by girlfriends and boyfriends over the years. I’ve had a lot of fun with my lovely circumcised cock over the years, and wouldn’t want it any other way.
What is the best and worst thing about being circumcised?
As a teenager I found masturbation difficult. Other lads talked about jerking off as if it was a quick thing, but for me it seemed to take for ever. I knew that other guys wanked by hand, but I found it hard to reach orgasm that way, and didn’t find it particularly satisfying when I did. I found that masturbating prone (humping my mattress or pillow) was far more satisfying. I later learnt to jerk off by hand more satisfactorily after someone mentioned using baby oil as a lubricant, and that opened a whole new world to me. But it still took me a while to get there.
By forming a ring with my thumb and forefinger, and rubbing that very fast back and forth over my oiled-up glans, I can reach a very intense orgasm very quickly. However, I found the orgasm from doing it like that almost too much, so I haven't often done it that way. But I do wonder if that is similar to what some guys experience if they masturbate by moving their foreskin back and forth. If, however, I use my whole hand and rub the whole length of my oiled-up shaft and glans I find that I build up much more slowly. I can take 20 minutes or more to come that way. But masturbating that way is far more satisfying than trying to do it dry by hand. Sometimes I would vary things by oiling up my hands and then holding them still whilst I thrust my cock into them.
Later in life, I was grateful that I took longer to cum, as I found that girlfriends enjoyed the fact that I lasted so much longer. So what was the worst thing at one point in life became the best thing later in life.
Yes. I did go through a phase in childhood and early adolescence of being embarrassed about being different from most other boys, and sometimes wondered what it would be like to have a foreskin. But even then I liked my penis, and would enjoy looking at myself naked in a mirror and admiring my nice large glans that looked so handsome and prominent, especially when I was erect. I’ve always liked the look of it, and it has been admired and commented on by girlfriends and boyfriends over the years. I’ve had a lot of fun with my lovely circumcised cock over the years, and wouldn’t want it any other way.
What is the best and worst thing about being circumcised?
As a teenager I found masturbation difficult. Other lads talked about jerking off as if it was a quick thing, but for me it seemed to take for ever. I knew that other guys wanked by hand, but I found it hard to reach orgasm that way, and didn’t find it particularly satisfying when I did. I found that masturbating prone (humping my mattress or pillow) was far more satisfying. I later learnt to jerk off by hand more satisfactorily after someone mentioned using baby oil as a lubricant, and that opened a whole new world to me. But it still took me a while to get there.
By forming a ring with my thumb and forefinger, and rubbing that very fast back and forth over my oiled-up glans, I can reach a very intense orgasm very quickly. However, I found the orgasm from doing it like that almost too much, so I haven't often done it that way. But I do wonder if that is similar to what some guys experience if they masturbate by moving their foreskin back and forth. If, however, I use my whole hand and rub the whole length of my oiled-up shaft and glans I find that I build up much more slowly. I can take 20 minutes or more to come that way. But masturbating that way is far more satisfying than trying to do it dry by hand. Sometimes I would vary things by oiling up my hands and then holding them still whilst I thrust my cock into them.
Later in life, I was grateful that I took longer to cum, as I found that girlfriends enjoyed the fact that I lasted so much longer. So what was the worst thing at one point in life became the best thing later in life.
"I would enjoy looking at myself naked in a mirror and admiring my nice large glans that looked so handsome and prominent, especially when I was erect."
Have you had any memorable conversations about circumcision with mates?
Yes, lots! At school we all had to shower after games, and there was plenty of comparing going on in the showers – we weren’t subtle about looking at each other’s cocks and commenting on them. The talk of who had a big one and who didn’t, and who was circumcised who wasn’t was so constant among us that even the girls in our year knew who had what. One particularly loud guy liked to announce who were “the circumcision boys” on all sorts of occasions. I was one of seven circumcised boys in our year group, which meant that, although we were a minority, there were enough of us that I didn’t feel really weird or unusual.
However, once I left school, it seemed that many were unfamiliar with circumcision. Immediately after leaving school I had a temporary job in a warehouse, and the banter between the guys was often sexual. One day the subject of circumcision came up (I can’t remember how), and one guy asked “How would you have a wank without a foreskin?” There was then some banter about whether guys wank with their foreskin or not, which first alerted me to the fact that for some guys the ability to manipulate the foreskin is a big part of masturbation. I didn’t know any of the guys well enough to feel able to tell them how I wanked.
After that, conversations about circumcision involved sexual partners. I’m bisexual, and during my late teens and early twenties I found a number of men and women were surprised to have a circumcised partner, and in some cases really fascinated by it.
One boyfriend claimed never to have seen a circumcised cock before, despite having shared showers with other boys at school and having slept with several guys before me. He was fascinated by me and referred to me as his “circumcised wonder boy”.
Another was surprised to find that I was circumcised, and took it upon himself to explain to me how to handle a foreskin. That was actually quite useful, as I have often thought that uncircumcised penises look complicated and delicate, and I have sometimes worried about hurting a guy by being too rough. That was a particular concern with him as he sometimes had trouble pulling his foreskin back over his glans after orgasm, and that seemed to be uncomfortable for him.
Another boyfriend was fond of performing oral sex, and really enjoyed sucking my penis with its large glans always on display. “You have got a lovely cock” he said to me after one memorable session.
My encounters with other cut men have varied. The first encounter I had with another cut guy was a bit disappointing. I jerked him off quite quickly, but when he tried to wank me off it was taking a while and he gave up saying that he had arm ache. However, sometime later I had a much more satisfying encounter with another cut guy. He and I were introduced by a mutual friend who told me that I would like this guy as he was bisexual like me. In fact, as soon as I met the guy I liked him because he was blond and cute! But we clicked straight away. The fact that we were both openly bi meant that we could talk about the guys and girls that we fancied without there being any awkwardness. He and I ended up staying at the mutual friend's place, and we spend ages cuddling, stroking and massaging. When we got to the stage where we were both completely naked it was clear that we were both cut, and there was no uncertainty about either of us knowing what to do with each other's cock. Despite the fact that a previous boyfriend had tried to teach me about how to handle a foreskin, I've never really been entirely confident about handling an uncircumcised penis. However, that wasn't an issue here. He grabbed my cock and held it against his and then started wanking us both together. We went on to have the most wonderful frot session as we rubbed cocks together for what seemed like hours. We spent the whole weekend together, mostly rubbing our cocks against each other as we held each other very tightly and kissed very passionately. It was a very intense, fun weekend as we both felt so easy in each others' company, but we never saw each other again after that.
One girlfriend was also very keen on oral sex, and expressed a definite preference for sucking circumcised penises. She was Jewish, and had experienced a number of circumcised penises before. However, she was surprised that she could handle my penis quite roughly and it didn’t hurt me. When I said that that must be because I’m circumcised she responded by saying that the Jewish guys she had been with before were much more sensitive than me. I can cum from oral sex, but it tends to take persistence and skill from a partner. I've discovered that a really good blow job is great whether given by a guy or a girl! That was the first time that I wondered if there were different ways of circumcising boys, and I now realise that my circumcision must be quite a bit tighter than some other guys. I find that I have a bit more skin movement now than when I was younger. However, when I was young there was very little skin movement on the shaft when hard, though there has always been a bit of loose skin bunching up behind the glans when I'm very soft.
My wife had only known uncircumcised penises before we got together, and she has commented on the “pronounced head” of my penis, which she admires. I once asked her what she thought of having a circumcised husband, and she said that she liked the fact that I had a “special willy”.
If you had a son would you circumcise him?
Probably. I’m aware of problems that can occur with foreskins, with my grandfather and father both having to be circumcised because of recurrent infections. My father found the recovery painful and difficult, and I’m glad that I was done in infancy and have no memory of it. And part of me would like any son of mine to be like me - if nothing else, it would mean that I would never have to give advice on looking after a foreskin, advice that I would struggle to give.
But I’m also aware of the arguments about infants not being able to consent, and I realise that with the circumcision rate falling anyone being circumcised as an infant now is likely to be in a small minority. I was lucky that there were several others like me at school so I knew I wasn’t alone. I’m unsure that would be the case now.
Yes, lots! At school we all had to shower after games, and there was plenty of comparing going on in the showers – we weren’t subtle about looking at each other’s cocks and commenting on them. The talk of who had a big one and who didn’t, and who was circumcised who wasn’t was so constant among us that even the girls in our year knew who had what. One particularly loud guy liked to announce who were “the circumcision boys” on all sorts of occasions. I was one of seven circumcised boys in our year group, which meant that, although we were a minority, there were enough of us that I didn’t feel really weird or unusual.
However, once I left school, it seemed that many were unfamiliar with circumcision. Immediately after leaving school I had a temporary job in a warehouse, and the banter between the guys was often sexual. One day the subject of circumcision came up (I can’t remember how), and one guy asked “How would you have a wank without a foreskin?” There was then some banter about whether guys wank with their foreskin or not, which first alerted me to the fact that for some guys the ability to manipulate the foreskin is a big part of masturbation. I didn’t know any of the guys well enough to feel able to tell them how I wanked.
After that, conversations about circumcision involved sexual partners. I’m bisexual, and during my late teens and early twenties I found a number of men and women were surprised to have a circumcised partner, and in some cases really fascinated by it.
One boyfriend claimed never to have seen a circumcised cock before, despite having shared showers with other boys at school and having slept with several guys before me. He was fascinated by me and referred to me as his “circumcised wonder boy”.
Another was surprised to find that I was circumcised, and took it upon himself to explain to me how to handle a foreskin. That was actually quite useful, as I have often thought that uncircumcised penises look complicated and delicate, and I have sometimes worried about hurting a guy by being too rough. That was a particular concern with him as he sometimes had trouble pulling his foreskin back over his glans after orgasm, and that seemed to be uncomfortable for him.
Another boyfriend was fond of performing oral sex, and really enjoyed sucking my penis with its large glans always on display. “You have got a lovely cock” he said to me after one memorable session.
My encounters with other cut men have varied. The first encounter I had with another cut guy was a bit disappointing. I jerked him off quite quickly, but when he tried to wank me off it was taking a while and he gave up saying that he had arm ache. However, sometime later I had a much more satisfying encounter with another cut guy. He and I were introduced by a mutual friend who told me that I would like this guy as he was bisexual like me. In fact, as soon as I met the guy I liked him because he was blond and cute! But we clicked straight away. The fact that we were both openly bi meant that we could talk about the guys and girls that we fancied without there being any awkwardness. He and I ended up staying at the mutual friend's place, and we spend ages cuddling, stroking and massaging. When we got to the stage where we were both completely naked it was clear that we were both cut, and there was no uncertainty about either of us knowing what to do with each other's cock. Despite the fact that a previous boyfriend had tried to teach me about how to handle a foreskin, I've never really been entirely confident about handling an uncircumcised penis. However, that wasn't an issue here. He grabbed my cock and held it against his and then started wanking us both together. We went on to have the most wonderful frot session as we rubbed cocks together for what seemed like hours. We spent the whole weekend together, mostly rubbing our cocks against each other as we held each other very tightly and kissed very passionately. It was a very intense, fun weekend as we both felt so easy in each others' company, but we never saw each other again after that.
One girlfriend was also very keen on oral sex, and expressed a definite preference for sucking circumcised penises. She was Jewish, and had experienced a number of circumcised penises before. However, she was surprised that she could handle my penis quite roughly and it didn’t hurt me. When I said that that must be because I’m circumcised she responded by saying that the Jewish guys she had been with before were much more sensitive than me. I can cum from oral sex, but it tends to take persistence and skill from a partner. I've discovered that a really good blow job is great whether given by a guy or a girl! That was the first time that I wondered if there were different ways of circumcising boys, and I now realise that my circumcision must be quite a bit tighter than some other guys. I find that I have a bit more skin movement now than when I was younger. However, when I was young there was very little skin movement on the shaft when hard, though there has always been a bit of loose skin bunching up behind the glans when I'm very soft.
My wife had only known uncircumcised penises before we got together, and she has commented on the “pronounced head” of my penis, which she admires. I once asked her what she thought of having a circumcised husband, and she said that she liked the fact that I had a “special willy”.
If you had a son would you circumcise him?
Probably. I’m aware of problems that can occur with foreskins, with my grandfather and father both having to be circumcised because of recurrent infections. My father found the recovery painful and difficult, and I’m glad that I was done in infancy and have no memory of it. And part of me would like any son of mine to be like me - if nothing else, it would mean that I would never have to give advice on looking after a foreskin, advice that I would struggle to give.
But I’m also aware of the arguments about infants not being able to consent, and I realise that with the circumcision rate falling anyone being circumcised as an infant now is likely to be in a small minority. I was lucky that there were several others like me at school so I knew I wasn’t alone. I’m unsure that would be the case now.
Now, hit The Showers with Marston and see for yourself.