How do you react when adult diapers are brought up in an everyday conversation? (2025)

I used to be weirded out or offput. Would mainly act like someone never said anything.

My mom, sister, and I all work in a residential home as of last year so we talk about diapers on a daily basis. Resident we care for wears to bed and we have two other guys coming in soon that are both incontinent(wearing 24/7). This job has helped me feel more comfortable talking about diapers, fortunately. Basically getting the thought out of my head that when I’m talking about diapers, it doesn’t mean my family thinks I like to wear them(although my sister is aware I’m a little lol).

scutarosie said:

I've learnt to play it off cool. I say what anyone outside the DL/AB/IC sphere would say. Adult diapers never really came up in conversation aside from a joke here or there or a comment regarding the price of adult diapers, (Something like "Can you imagine actually needing these and being forced to pay this much?"). Internally though I get a bit nervous, still a bit freaked out to hear talk of them.

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Yeah that's basically exactly how I feel!

I've had a few moments that got a little awkward:

The first one is anytime I'm over at a friend's place watching the fights and or games on TV there will be a depends for men's commercial come on and I can't help it but go silent

And the other one was one time at work I was wearing a boosted medical diaper and my good friend/ other stores manager walked up behind me and patted me on the back side( thank God I was wearing snowpants and long underwear over my diaper) then he continued to walk over to a price sheet for parts for a scissor lift, then out of the blue he said holy cow diapers are expensive ( diapers for a scissor lift are sized to fit mats that attach to the underbelly of the machine to prevent oils and grease leaking on to the floor of building) i immediately got nervous and went quiet.

When I was working in a large office, I used to count my day a success if I heard a woman say 'diaper.' Call me shallow, but that entertained me.

I cannot recall a single instance of someone discussing ABDL, but I'm always interested in any discussion of diapers. I don't participate much - if at all - but my mental recorder is always alert for something I might want to replay again at some point.

sbmccue said:

When I was working in a large office, I used to count my day a success if I heard a woman say 'diaper.' Call me shallow, but that entertained me.

I cannot recall a single instance of someone discussing ABDL, but I'm always interested in any discussion of diapers. I don't participate much - if at all - but my mental recorder is always alert for something I might want to replay again at some point.

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Just tell people it,s a medical condition

Usually it's followed quickly by the diaper stigma
causing a significant negative connotation about diapers

but i just smile & nodd
knowing inside if only they knew there were better products

and yes I've brought up suggestions before it always goes poorly so now I say nothing

MudPuppy said:

I remember when my wife was expecting our first kid and a colleague was hosting a baby shower for us. Colleague had toddler triplets at the time, and one needed a change. She offered to show me how to change a diaper; I just smiled and said "I'm good."

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Ha ha if they only knew

Like @Edgewater, my family and friends have known of my issues for more than 20 years now. Sure, there's the off color jokes but ball busting goes both ways and I've been a HUGE ball buster my entire life. I mean, fuck-it! You only spend a very short, finite period of time on this blue marble. May as well enjoy as much of it as you possibly can.

Now, I've been approached by A LOT more people with questions regarding IC products than I EVER imagined possible. I've given away CASES of diapers & pads. Being a disabled veteran, I get my supplies through the VA which meant I had to go through EVERYTHING on their formulary, leaving me still buying my own diapers/booster pads UNTIL I got through everything that was essentially useless to me overnight and often while awake and believe me, NO CLUE how easy these things were to give away to people I know or am one person removed from (one of my best friend's Father-in-Law) and believe me, to be given products VASTLY SUPERIOR to the garbage they bought @ Wally world (or wherever) was truly satisfying.

CptKirk