Your evening longread: Why my vasectomy was the kindest cut

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The hilarious actor and comedian Rob Delaney writes about having a vasectomy – from his reason for it to what it was like physically.

(The Guardian, approx 10 mins reading time)

I love Leah and I hope we die within minutes of each other in 2071, but if she left me or got hit by a meteor, all other women within a few miles of me need to know that I shall not sire (stud) again. We can go to the movies together and even attempt coitus after I’ve grieved for a sensible period (not less than three weeks), but I know my limits, and raising one brood as well as I can is all I have in me.

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Your evening longread: Why my vasectomy was the kindest cut

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