Today, I once again had to explain that my husband's vasectomy was because we really don't want children, and that, "but you can always adopt or try to undo the vasectomy" isn't an appropriate answer. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out that the reason I hadn't gotten pregnant yet was because my husband had a vasectomy after the birth of his son. He even had the nerve to continously tell me, "it'll happen soon, baby" and let me believe we were trying. FML
Today, I found out that the reason I hadn't gotten pregnant yet was because my husband had a vasectomy after the birth of his son. He even had the nerve to continously tell me, "it'll happen soon, baby" and let me believe we were trying. FML
Today, I found out I'm pregnant. My husband had a vasectomy several years ago. I've been faithful the whole time, but he wouldn't believe me, even after I showed him that vasectomies can reverse themselves. FML
Today, I found out my wife is pregnant with our third child. This wouldn't be a problem but we only want two kids and I had a vasectomy 6 weeks ago (they take 3 months to be effective). We weren't careful only one time, and since it was difficult to conceive the two we wanted, we didn't think it would be a problem. FML
Today, I explained to my boyfriend that I want to get my tubes tied, because I don’t want kids and can’t stand the fear of getting pregnant by accident, despite contraception, which has happened before. He summarized: “So, the main point is to preserve your fertility, right?” Wrong. FML
Today, five years after the birth of our last child, my husband still hasn't gotten the vasectomy he swore he would get. He wouldn't let me get my tubes tied, because it was "the least he could do," but when I ask about it, I'm a nag. FML
Today, I found out my wife is pregnant. The problem is she convinced me to get a vasectomy two years ago. FML
Today, eight months into our marriage, my husband decided to let me know he never wanted kids so he had a vasectomy years ago. He seemed surprised he hadn’t mentioned it before, like ever. I love him but I don’t like him very much right now. In fact, I don’t like him at all right now. FML
Today, my husband told me he'd changed his mind and no longer wants children. We already have two kids. FML
Today, I asked my boyfriend if he might want kids one day, and he most definitely does not. In fact, he even thanked me for reminding him we need to stock up on condoms when we go shopping, plus he’s even considering a vasectomy just to make sure. I’m already pregnant. FML
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andrewgr 4
Yeah, I got my vasectomy around 20 years ago, in my early 30s, right after I got married. My family has never reacted poorly, but I've been surprised by how much it's prevented my wife and I from making friends in certain social groups. Like, twice we've moved to a nice neighborhood with sidewalks and manicured lawns, met neighbors who initially seemed friendly, and then been left out of all social activities and given a polite cold shoulder. We don't have that problem in other contexts, and based on little clues we've collected over the years, it really seems like our decision to not have children makes us social pariahs in our neighborhood. It's strange.
49_Donuts 15
Besides your spouse, NO ONE ever needs to know you had a vasectomy. For the super pests, I just quietly say ‘ this is really personal, but I can’t have kids’ and ask to not discuss it anymore.
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Comments (6)
RichardPencil 32
To whom are you explaining? I hope you're not discussing your husband's vasectomy on the bus or in the grocery store check-out line.
Plop 17
With very high probability, to friends and family. Retarded friends and family, stuck in the mid-19th century apparently.
andrewgr 4
Yeah, I got my vasectomy around 20 years ago, in my early 30s, right after I got married. My family has never reacted poorly, but I've been surprised by how much it's prevented my wife and I from making friends in certain social groups. Like, twice we've moved to a nice neighborhood with sidewalks and manicured lawns, met neighbors who initially seemed friendly, and then been left out of all social activities and given a polite cold shoulder. We don't have that problem in other contexts, and based on little clues we've collected over the years, it really seems like our decision to not have children makes us social pariahs in our neighborhood. It's strange.
ChipBoundary 9
My ex-wife and I had made the same decision. When discussing it with a coworker, another one overheard and said, "What's the point of your life, then?". This person was dead serious.
49_Donuts 15
Besides your spouse, NO ONE ever needs to know you had a vasectomy. For the super pests, I just quietly say ‘ this is really personal, but I can’t have kids’ and ask to not discuss it anymore.
Warp1978 15
I got yelled at for getting a vasectomy on the sly, I have three kids and didn't want anymore. The person doing the yelling... My sister who cat sat for us while we were out of town on holiday. She took a call from my GP following up with my fertility results. She's the only one bothered by this.
SalamanderSlick 1
lie and say you're infertile due to ovarian cancer so that they feel like complete assholes for even bringing up the subject.
kilobravo 12
That’s exactly what my partner would say to those people and it worked like a charm. More for our entertainment to see their heads explode <<poof>>
kilobravo 12
That’s exactly what my partner would say to those people and it worked like a charm. More for our entertainment to see their heads explode.
diraven 15
Start carrying around his testicles in a jar
phybreawptic 13
Damn anti-vaxxers.