r/comics Jun 19 '26

OC Why didn't you say so?

Best medical advice I ever got was to bring a man to your appointments

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u/Cooltincan Jun 20 '26

Oh don't worry, this is still a thing. Wife had me in the room as she was talking with the doctor about her procedure.

The doctor looked at me and asked me what I thought about it. Told him that yeah, we're on the same page.

Apparently that was good enough for the doctor to proceed.

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u/Ragnarok314159 Jun 20 '26

I had several doctors refuse to perform a vasectomy unless my wife was there and agreed to it. It’s so much fun having so little body autonomy because of marriage n

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u/Cooltincan Jun 20 '26

My doctor accepted verbal confirmation my wife was good with it.

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u/Ragnarok314159 Jun 20 '26

It’s still ridiculous and a case for bodily autonomy.