Could a guy be circumcised and not know it?

LegacyUser

This is a strange question, I know.

I've had a few boyfriends in the past. Mostly Irish, all uncircumcised.

I'm been seeing a new man for the past couple of months. While we're both in our early thirties, I am the first woman he has slept with.

I noticed the very first time we had sex that he was circumcised - not that it bothered me one way or the other. I just noticed it, didn't bother saying anything though.

However a few nights ago, I commented on it, I just said something to the effect that not many Irish guys get circumcised.

His reaction was, well, sort of confused. He said he hadn't been circumcised, definitely not.

But there's no skin on the "head" part of it, so that means that he was, right?

Considering he's a bit of an innocent country sort of guy, and it's quite possible/probable that he's never seen another man's penis, is it possible that he may have been circumcised as a baby for some reason and never been told about it?

Or am I wrong? Maybe the guys I've been with just had a lot of "skin" there in comparison. But this guy has none at all!

Again, I don't have a problem with it. I just find it weird that he doesn't seem to know about it.

Wibbs

The length of the foreskin can vary a bit. I knew a woman who was in the same boat as you. Her guy hadn't been, it just looked like it. He even asked his folks in case he didnt remember and they said no. Indeed they were quite anti the whole circumcision thing. People vary and so do the willies attached to them

LegacyUser

Wibbs wrote: »

The length of the foreskin can vary a bit. I knew a woman who was in the same boat as you. Her guy hadn't been, it just looked like it. He even asked his folks in case he didnt remember and they said no. Indeed they were quite anti the whole circumcision thing. People vary and so do the willies attached to them

But from what I can see, there is no foreskin at all!

I'm looking in Google images at pictures of circumcised and uncircumcised ones - not going to link, for obvious reasons.

But his looks pretty much exactly like the pictures of the circumcised ones.

Would it be possible to be born circumcised? Or to be born with a foreskin so small that it looks that way?

Victor

mavelle wrote: »

Would it be possible to be born circumcised? Or to be born with a foreskin so small that it looks that way?

I think that would be unlikely.

Through, err .... use, a lot of mens' penises vary from droopy to I suppose stunted.

Wibbs

In the variability that is the human body? Then yes, it's well possible. I would imagine that a circumcision would show a scar of sorts, a line of different coloured skin, where the foreskin was removed.

cafecolour

As wibbs says circumcision generally leaves a darker scar ring, an uncircumcised penis that just had almost no foreskin would not have the darker ring.

I had a friend who was uncircumcised but had almost no foreskin. It would cover maybe the bottom third of the head at best.

milod

Only a qualified urologist can tell for sure if a circumcision has occurred.

Foreskins come in many sizes, as does the penis.

Some foreskins are fully retracted while the penis is erect, some still cover the glans (head).

Some circumsized men still have enough foreskin remaining to cover the glans when they are not erect.

Normally the part of the foreskin that is turned-in and covers the glans is moist and designed to be so, to protect the glans, so that when erect, there is be a difference in colour and texture between the two skin types.

Sanjuro

Wibbs wrote: »

In the variability that is the human body? Then yes, it's well possible. I would imagine that a circumcision would show a scar of sorts, a line of different coloured skin, where the foreskin was removed.

As someone who's circumcised, I have to agree with this. You would notice a difference in skin tone, and what not. From the fellas I've seen... not that I look much... *cough*... and one of my exes who, let's just say, had seen quite a wide range of different shapes and sizes... you would definately know if a circumcision had taken place. Something like a circumcision leaves it's superficial marks. No marks, then I'd hazard a guess that it's just natural.

Geeze, that's one of the weirdest paragraphs I've ever written!

Overheal

Its possible to grow up without ever exploring the concept of circumcision and still be circumcised. Maybe it was something done for a medical reason at birth (theres one or two complications that can arise, which require a circumcision to remedy) and he was simply oblivious to the topic.

Of course if he really wanted to know that, he could just ask his parents over sunday breakfast