June 20, 2003. Comment by Trifold:-
It sounds like you talked to the other guys waiting to be snipped. Were they nervous too, or did they act all cool? Did you see any come out after they'd been done while you were waiting, and was that a relief or scary?
June 20, 2003. Comment by Ross:-
Not what I was expecting to be asked I have to admit. I didn't get the chance to talk to the ones I saw leave, as the waiting room was tucked out of the way of the main entrance. But I did chat to those waiting.
None of the others waiting played "Mr. cool". Seemed to me they all had similar circumstances to me. I think they were of a similar age group to me, and I got the impression they were doing it for the same reasons as I did. Chatting to the others waiting helped me, and I think it also helped the others too. Maybe partly because it passed the time, but more likely there was some sort of mutual bond. Yes we were all nervous. Who wouldn't be nervous just before losing his fertility voluntarily? I think it was the first time one of the men there had actually chatted to another man about vasectomy. Talking to others in the same boat was a relief to us all. I don't believe any of the men I was talking to were scared, I'd say we were certainly nervous though.
June 21, 2003. Comment by Webmaster:-
Glad to see you back here! What *did* you expect to be asked about then?
June 26, 2003. Comment by Ross:-
What I was expecting is not so much what happened back then, but how it all worked out. Short answer to that is absolutely fine thanks. I was happy about doing it then, and still am.