Dude, you just told me the story of my boyfriend (also Turkish, but had it done at age 7). The thing is, families are sooooo freaking obsessed with their sons here, and they treat them like princes. The circumcision ceremony (Sunnet) is like the best thing ever for a Turkish family, because their son will be doted on by tens or hundreds of people, given gold, and danced with. It's like the presentation of their son to the wider family or village and it is so effing important it makes me sick. I had to watch my boyfriend's on video also, and it made me want to vomit.
Another Moroccan guy I know has a picture of himself crying on his day (age 8), with tears streaming down his face hanging in his parent's living room above the dining table. ****ING CREEPY
Circumcision is also something I'm passionately against, Fluffy. We can bond about it for days if you want.
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