I'm trying to recall the moment when I realized that being in diapers as a kid wasn't that common. I was a prolific bedwetter and my parents, mom specifically, didn't see diapers as the stigma they were back in the 70's. I guess it was the height of family shame if you had a kid in diapers past 2 back in them days. I just thought it was normal. It wasn't until kindergarten perhaps when I found out that wearing diapers for bedwetting at that age was taboo.
Now I do recall quite fondly the day I found adult diapers in my local pharmacy. I was maybe 12 or 13 and I was in there buying who knows what. I just happened to pass by the incontinence aisle and there was a glorious bag of Attends 'Briefs'. It was as if the clouds parted and a ray of sunshine bathed those diapers in a heavenly glow. From then on I knew what to look for and what to order out of the Sears catalog. Attends had a scent to them back in the day and I can still recall that quite fondly too.