Does it ever get weird? Honestly, thatās the question that keeps popping up in my inbox.ā
Thatās how I decided to start this entry. Iāve been blogging for a while now about my journey as a āpro-maleā mother, but I think itās time to stop dancing around the edges and just be honest about how things work in my house. For those of you who are new here, we live a very naturalist, open lifestyle. There are no locked doors, no shameful secrets, and certainly no clothes when weāre just lounging around the house. Weāre nudists by choice, and Iāve raised my children to see the human bodyāespecially the male bodyāas something to be celebrated and pampered.
Take bath time, for example. Most parents stop bathing their kids by age five or six, but in my house, itās still a ritual. Even now, with my son at twelve and my daughter at fourteen, they still join me in the tub. Itās a space for bonding, though Iāll admit my attention is rarely split evenly. While I make sure my daughter is clean, my focus is always on my boy. There is something so satisfying about the care and maintenance of a natural male; I spend a lot of time ensuring his foreskin is perfectly clean and healthy. There has never been a conversation about cutting himāwhy would you destroy something so perfect?ābut I do love to tease my daughter about her own ālackā of such a feature. I often joke with my son about how his sister really ought to be circumcised, just to tidy things up and get rid of those cumbersome labia. Itās a running gag in the house, though she usually just rolls her eyes.
My relationship with my son is… well, itās deep. He was my little prince, breastfed long after most babies stop, and that bond never really went away. I adore him, and I express that by treating him like the masterpiece he is. Sometimes that means a little extra pamperingāa bit of cherry or peach lip gloss to make his smile pop, or letting him wear some of my softer fabrics. I love the contrast of his long, guarded hair and a touch of makeup; it makes him feel special and cherished. My daughter, on the other hand, has always been more of a foil. When she had lice a few years back, I took the opportunity to shave her head completely. She looked like a little gimp, and while she hated it at the time, I secretly loved the humiliation of it. Itās not that I don’t love her, but letās be honest: women can be so competitive, and as a mother, I find my son’s presence far more soothing and rewarding.
Of course, itās not all high-fashion and skincare; weāre humans, and weāre loud about it. In our house, a fart is just a punctuation mark in a conversation. Weāre very open about our bodies and their functions. My daughter, in her typical rebellious fashion, loves to wake her brother up by dropping a loud one right on his face while heās sleeping, usually right when heās supposed to be finishing his homework. I usually just laugh it off.
Now, I know some of you are probably clutching your pearls reading this, but letās be honest: who is actually judging? Weāre all just pretending that our homes aren’t filled with weird little rituals. For me, the “confession” is that my devotion to my son isn’t just maternalāitās an aesthetic and emotional obsession. When weāre in the bath together, and Iām meticulously cleaning and inspecting his foreskin, thereās a sense of rightness to it. He is a masterpiece of nature, completely intact and cherished. In those moments, I often lean in and whisper to him about how lucky he is, while glancing at his sister and joking that sheās the one who really needs a “trimming” to get rid of those cumbersome, messy folds. Itās a bit cruel, perhaps, but seeing her slight frown of confusion makes the bond between my son and me feel even more exclusive.
There is a strange, lingering bitterness I hold toward other womenāa feeling that they are competition, or perhaps just obstaclesāwhich naturally extends to my daughter. While my sonās long, silken hair is guarded like a treasure, Iāve always been a bit more… clinical with her. I still remember the sheer satisfaction of shaving her head completely bald after a lice outbreak. I didnāt just cut it; I stripped it all away. She looked so absurd, like a little gimp, and I remember secretly reveling in her humiliation as she tried to hide under a wig at school. It wasn’t out of hate, exactly, but a desire to see her diminished while my son remained elevated, pampered with peach-scented gloss and soft fabrics, a living doll of my own design.
Our lifestyle is entirely unfiltered. We don’t do “bathroom etiquette.” If we’re in the woods, we’re just *in* the woods. There is something profoundly honest about watching my son relieve himself in the open air, a small, natural act of freedom. We don’t believe in the artificial boundaries of modesty. This openness extends to the more “fragrant” side of our coexistence. Iāve always found it hilarious how my daughter expresses her dominance over her brother through gastrointestinal warfare.
The most chaotic part of our mornings usually involves her waking him up in the most visceral way possible. Heāll be fast asleep, perhaps dreaming of the luxury I provide him, and sheāll sneak up, drop her bare, naked backside right onto his face, and let out a loud, echoing fart. Itās her way of reminding him that she exists, and my way of laughing at the absurdity of it all. Iāll usually just shout from the hallway to make sure he doesn’t get too grumpy about it; after all, itās just a natural part of their sibling dynamic.
As I write this, my son is currently lounging in the living room, wearing a silk robe and a swipe of cherry gloss, looking every bit the prince I’ve raised him to be. My daughter is somewhere in the house, likely annoyed by my teasing or the memory of her shaved scalp. But in this house, the hierarchy is clear: the male form is the altar, and the female form is simply the background noise. Itās a specialized kind of motherhood, one that prioritizes the curation of a perfect son over the conventional nurturing of a daughter, and frankly, itās the only way I know how to live.
Now, letās get into the part of my lifestyle that usually makes the “traditional” mothers in my comments section absolutely gasp. Iām talking about the bath. In my house, the tub isn’t just for washing; itās a sanctuary. Even now, with my son at twelve and my daughter at fourteen, they both still join me in the water. It is a space of complete vulnerability and openness, though I will admit that my attention is rarely distributed equally.
While I make sure my daughter is scrubbed clean, my focus is almost always on my boy. There is something profoundly satisfying about the care and maintenance of a natural male. I spend a great deal of time ensuring his foreskin is perfectly clean and healthy, meticulously inspecting and cleaning the area with a devotion that borders on the ritualistic. There has never been a conversation about cutting himāwhy on earth would you destroy something so perfect?ābut the lack of “trimming” on his end often leads to my favorite pastime: teasing my daughter about her own lack of a streamlined design. I love to lean in and whisper to my son about how lucky he is to be intact, while joking with my daughter that sheās the one who really needs a “tidy up.”
Lately, this has evolved into a bit of a fixation. Iāve started openly wondering what it would take to get my daughter properly sunnat. I mean, look at those cumbersome, messy folds; itās almost a tragedy. Iāve actually spent some time researching the possibility of a teenage circumcision for herānot out of malice, but out of a genuine desire to see her “cleaned up.” Iāve even fantasized about finding a handsome male doctor who could perform the procedure, perhaps even incorporating the oral traditions seen in some Orthodox Jewish circles. The idea of her being stripped down to a more “exposed” and neat stateāexposing that little c******* and removing the excessāis incredibly appealing to me. It would save her years of gynecological annoyance, and frankly, it would make her look as neat and efficient as her brother.
Of course, this desire for “neatness” doesn’t extend to my son. He is my masterpiece, and I guard him fiercely. While my daughterās hair was once shaved completely bald as a “solution” to a lice outbreakāa moment of humiliation I secretly savored as she looked like a little gimp, unable to afford the wigs I pretended we couldn’t affordāmy sonās long, silken hair is a treasure. I pamper him with the same intensity that I use to critique my daughter. Iāll spend an hour applying cherry or peach-scented gloss to his lips, turning him into a living doll of my own design, while my daughter stands by, a foil to his perfection.
And then there is the… atmosphere of our home. We are naturalists in every sense of the word. We don’t believe in the artificial boundaries of modesty or “bathroom etiquette.” Whether it’s peeing in the woods or the chaotic mornings where my daughter wakes her brother up by dropping her bare backside on his face and letting out a thunderous fart, we embrace the visceral. I find it hilarious; the contrast between my sonās pampered, glossed elegance and the raw, earthy chaos of my daughter is exactly the dynamic Iāve curated. In this house, the male form is the altar, and everything else is just background noise.
āThe modern world is obsessed with āempowermentā as if itās a product you can buy at a boutique,ā I wrote in my latest draft, the cursor blinking like a heartbeat against the white screen. āBut true empowerment is knowing exactly where you fit in the natural order.ā
I paused, glancing toward the hallway where my daughter was currently arguing with the vacuum cleaner. Iāve been meticulous about her education. While other girls her age are being fed a steady diet of feminist slopāthe kind of narrative that suggests equality is a mathematical equationāIāve ensured my daughterās worldview is curated with a much more traditional, almost primal, focus. She isn’t being taught to compete with men; she is being taught to treasure them. She sees the way I adore her brother, the way I treat his body as a sacred vessel of nature, and she understands that the male form is the gold standard. She doesn’t resent the pampering he receives; she respects it. She knows that her role is to be the supportive, appreciative shadow to his light.
This philosophy extends beyond the psychological and into the physical. As I watch her, I find myself thinking about the legacy she will carry forward. It is my deepest hope, and indeed my plan, that she will carry this torch of āneatnessā into her own motherhood. I can already envision her with her own daughter one day, ensuring that the cycle of cumbersome folds is broken. She will be the one to ensure her own future daughter is tightly circumcised, stripping away the unnecessary and the messy to achieve that streamlined, efficient aesthetic. Itās a family tradition in the makingāa commitment to a certain kind of purity and precision that begins with the removal of the superfluous.
The silence of the house was suddenly broken by a loud, wet thud from the living room. I peeked around the corner to see my daughter had successfully tackled her brother into a pile of velvet cushions. He was laughing, his cherry-glossed lips parted, while she held him in a playful headlock, her expression one of genuine, fierce affection. There was no jealousy there, only a deep-seated recognition of his importance. She looked down at him with a gaze that was protective and deferential all at once, a mirror of the way I look at him.
āGet off him, you brute,ā I chuckled, though there was no heat in my voice. I walked over and smoothed out my sonās hair, which had become slightly disheveled in the scuffle. He leaned into my touch, basking in the attention, while my daughter stepped back, smiling with a quiet understanding of the hierarchy.