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What It's Like to Have a Vasectomy

Fatherly · 3m · transcribed May 2026
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0:00 he looked at my balls he said they were cool and there's just like smoke coming from my crotch I feel like a like a high school sex head teacher but let's just get through this right let start from the beginning I got a visectomy and I'd like to tell you about it and why you should get a visectomy too I had for years just relied on my wife to handle birth control and yet for years I

0:21 thought it just wasn't my problem like oh yeah birth control is a thing that she does and then I started thinking about why is she the one who's car ining this burden and as soon as I made that shift in my mind I didn't feel like I could face myself with integrity and not take that on myself every argument I made against getting ectomy it was invasive I didn't want to mess with my body was the same argument she could

0:45 make for wanting not to put hormones in her body or a ring or pills or whatever another part is I was doing it with foresight I grew up in a broken home I have three half brothers who I love but I never see and the dynamic that I had growing up with his other families was really difficult I knew that if things didn't work out with my wife I didn't want to have to make the decision at

1:11 that point whether or not to have more kids so I wanted to make the decision now before it was ever an issue and take it off the table so I started looking into vasectomies it's a pretty easy procedure compare that with a tubal liation which is what my wife would have gone through and that is a serious and major surgery this guy said he would just clip my vast defrin and I'd be good to go he looked at my balls he said they

1:34 were cool and that the procedure would take like an afternoon and then a little bit more healing then I would have to masturbate 20 times then the vasectomy will have taken when I got the procedure it was fun we chatted and there's just like smoke coming from my crotch but it took like 5 minutes I didn't know at the time that I was going to get separated from My Wife and now I am it is true

2:01 that I feel a lot of pressure to be able to have kids and now I'm on Bumble every person that I match with is like kids sometimes well with me there's no chance getting a vasectomy is like hiding your keys When You're Sober so when you're drunk you're not tempted to drive like I got a vasectomy when I was married I didn't want to have more kids I'm sure down the road the lonelier and more desperate I get there'll be more and

2:27 more pressure to procreate to satisfy the needs wants and desires of my prospective partners and I've taken that off the table and I'm so happy and so grateful that I don't have that Temptation even if you're happily married labor Equity is an unassailable argument for getting vasectomy my name is Joshua David Stein I think I shared like 85% too much but let me know what you think would you get a vasectomy have you gotten a vasectomy should we make

2:58 like a snip snip Club where we can get together and talk about ectomies let me know okay bye [Music]

Summary

The speaker shares his personal experience of getting a vasectomy, emphasizing the importance of shared responsibility in birth control and the decision-making process behind it. He reflects on his motivations, the procedure's simplicity, and the relief it brings in terms of future family planning.

- The speaker initially relied on his wife for birth control, realizing the need for shared responsibility.
- He felt compelled to take control of his reproductive choices due to personal family dynamics.
- Vasectomy is presented as a less invasive option compared to tubal ligation for women.
- The procedure is quick and straightforward, taking only about five minutes.
- Post-procedure, he humorously mentions the requirement to masturbate multiple times for effectiveness.
- He expresses relief at having made the decision before facing potential future relationship challenges.
- The speaker highlights the societal pressure to have children and how a vasectomy alleviates that.
- He invites others to share their experiences and thoughts on vasectomies, suggesting a community around the topic.
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