DH's Mum was a bit surprised too, I have no idea why though, maybe it's a 'virility' thing that makes people get so precious about it. DH decided it would be him to get it done because for men it's a simpler process with a shorter recovery time than it is for women to get their tubes done, which requires a few days in hospital and for him it was a few hours.

It was the best thing we've ever done and if you are 100% certain you are finished, then it's really the only option so you don't have to muck about with other contraceptives and I loathed the thought of taking the pill for so long. Not one single person of DH's mates said anything though and it turned out that nearly all of the men that he works with have all had it done (about 20 blokes), so it's quite common I would think.

Alister was only 8wks old when he had his first consultation about it, so there were no 'restrictions' because of baby's age and he was 4mo by the time it was done. It sounds like you were both 100% convinced it was the right thing until you told people and they started saying stuff about it, so I would just not say anything more (and whatever you do don't tell his mother ) and just get it done.