Will Modern Life Create More Abdls?

[robert_dl]

Back in ye olde days when I was young diapers were strictly for babies and I never heard of an adult wearing them until going online at age 13ish

But now kids are brought up with parents leaving them in diapers longer, and the new solution to bedwetting is to ditch the plastic sheets and use drynights which may as well be diapers.

College pranks and initations have probably always involved diapers, but now the usage seems to be increasing and more to the point the diapers are no longer homemade, people can buy them from supermarkets even if they are depends 'underwear' which is far more real than a sheet or towel folded into a diapy.

You have only to look at webshots to see that the amount of photos invovling students wearing diapers for parties and fun has increased dramatically, at least since I started monitoring it.

The way things are going more people will have more experiences with wearing diapers compared to yesteryear whether its in pre-teen or adult life, or even if they dont wear them they learn about adult diapers on tv / internet / magazine

Its not realy a question of will more abdls be created but at what rate % wise and how can this be monitored or found out about by us? Sure all the above things have only really started happening so by the time we see real effects it will be years at least and will abdl / diaper play be accepted as a mainstream sexual fetish just as popular (or more so) than bondage for example? I just hope I havent gone gray and wrinkly before lots of hot 20something chickas are abdl!

Imagine the scene X years from now where you can not only buy babyish diapers from the supermarket you can also get abdl porn from the adult shop! Meet people easily through personal ads, sex workers add a tasty treat to their line up of adult pleasures "diaper love"

[Sarevor]

I think this whole thing with using Diapers in initiations is just a Fad and it won't last long. It's usually used to show if the wannabe members would do what it takes to be part of the group. I don't think that hearing they have to wear a Diaper is something that would make them excited, but rather ashamed. That's what initiations usually involve, things that are hard to do, to show whether or not you are worthy for their group.

Do I think this will CREATE ABDL, not really. If anyone is "made" will be the ones who already enjoy Diapers but have repressed it for many years, and are not honest with themselves. Doing something like that in the open may make them think about it. There will also be those people who just think it's something cute, and those that don't look down on it. Doesn't mean they're necessarily ABDL, just means if you were their BF/GF and you introduced them to a Diaper they wouldn't freak out. They may not have as strong as a desire as us wearing a Diaper as we would, but it would open their minds to a point that they won't think we're touched in the head, and may think its sweet and like us for it.

[melbubs]

I dont think this will create many more abdls either, but anything that raises the profile of adult diapers in public has to be a good thing. There must be many, many abdl types who never realise their fetish - havent we all felt as if we were the only one in the world at some stage?

If greater knowledge of and access to diapers means more potential abdls can become what they want then great!! And even if its not sexual there may be more adults out there in the future wearing for comfort or convenience.

Maybe the more "normal" such things become to the public the easier it will be for an abdl to tell their gf/bf about their desires and so they will be less likely to suppress them.

[dldad]

Part of what we are learning now is due to the computer age, where information not found easily before is readily found. That could also allow some who have had the yearning, to better explore. Products are more easily found, with more people coming out on how they use them in occupations where we never ever thought about them being used. Groups are more easily formed, this one included. More people are not afraid to come out and speak their minds, consider their desires, and able to partake of their desires due to the availability of products available to order of the internet. More people who have to use some sort of protection are able to talk about their problems, as well as others willing to come forward to talk of their desires, feelings, wants, and being able to fulfill them easier and without being confronted directly. The computer age is probably the main reason we know so much more about the AB/DL community and thus helping contribute to it's expansion. Our society is becoming more sexually aware and experimentive. We just have more resources now available and are using them. More power the this organization and others like it who make it easier to communicate.

[tndyperboy]

I hope so:)

[diaperedpuppy]

Part of what we are learning now is due to the computer age, where information not found easily before is readily found.

[Guest diapered469]

I just saw the film 'Kinsey,' and I agree with everything everyone's said in this thread thus far. While I think that, on a whole, American culture is still evolving toward a more enlightened, liberal sexual attitude (including embracing, or at least ambivalently acknowledging us), I think that we have a long long way to go until complete the public understands us. I think it's possible that maybe 1 in 1000 "hot, 20-something sorority girls" maybe be turned to our side by wearing a diaper during an initiation (especially if they wet it and feel how good that feels).

Another side thought to this thread: How long do y'all think diaper-wearing-for-fun/sex has been around? Do you think Kinsey's inquiry into sex (for those who've seen the film) gave rise to more sexual exploration, including diapers? for as far as i can tell, it seems that we (abdls) have only been around since the 1940s/50s.

[babagogo]

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[messyman]

I definantly think the internet will create more AB/DLs in the future. It would be a pretty big step to go from thinking about wearing diapers to buying some if you didn't know that others had the same desires. I know that people did it for decades but am always suprise by the numbers. And with the aging population the quality and availibility of adult diapers will improve, that could help the curious out a lot too.

[Choos]

I would be suprised if modern life & the internet didn't help liberate people that are inclined to actually be comfortable enough to be who and what they are in comparison to what has happened in older generations.

[Baby Bethany]

I don't think modern life will necessarily create more AB/DL's, but I think it is a lot easier to be one now than say 20 years ago, mainly because of the Internet.

Believe me, it's not a new thing. I've been into diapers since about 1975, and it took until about 1988 for me to find another one. When I did, some of them were already in their 50's and had been doing it long before me. The fact that it was 13 years before I found another proves we were pretty much doing it in secret.

Beth

[zombieg]

i do agree that the internet will help develop more ABDL's. I used to think that I was the only person in the whole world into pants wetting until I went online & it helped open up a whole array of learning and discovery. Learning that there are other people around the world into the same interests as you and not feeling "weird" or singled out really helped in trying me. It definately encourages those that have thought about being an AB or wanted to try diapers. I don't think it neccessarily creates it since those people have already had that thought in their heads first.

The sorority diapered thing will defiantely encourage those who have the thought or tendancy already, but I don't think it will create one out of nowhere.

[Necare]

Well, as I see it, the world is full of infantilists. They may not wear a diaper, they may not bounce about in a onesie, they may not prefer their drink from a baby bottle or suck on a paci, but infantilistic in nature they surely are most of them. Some cling to their almighty father God for comfort and protection, some need their social group for recognition, for the building of identity etc. And who said that the world had a serious lack of infantilists? They are all around you, the dependent, needy, comfort-seeking people. The infantilists entertaining their illusions, the infantilists in adult clothing.

[turtlepins]

great thread robert! looking back thirty-eight years i have to wonder if what you say is indeed true. there were kids in junior high and high school who asked what it was like to wear diapers, and i suspected some of them longed for the experience. i have an autistic friend who still wears diapers because it was part of his routine and he can't abide changes in his routine. back then not many people were diagnosed with autism, though i suspect there were many. we kept our kids in diapers until they were ready to put them aside. they were all about three when they made that decision. even though they had to know i was wearing them they never asked for diapers after that. i have heard three and four year old children plead for a diaper and felt sorry for them. mom's reaction was always a curt no!

i do believe that the faster pace of life is taking its toll on every generation. i see it more and more too, but i put it down to the "moving picture" craze where everybody, including me, rolls a cam corder or digital camera. we certainly are under more stress and the downturn of the economy, at least here in california, is going to take its toll. my psychologist says she's never been busier and she feels like she is always teetering on the learning edge to help her patients. I gotta say, i love her for her help. don't know where'd i'd be if she wasn't a weekly part of my life.

as the impossible pace, increased financial burdens, and gas prices go up i think many people will snap, and in that position look for comfort from old and trusted memories. great thread dude!

[turtlepins]

Well, as I see it, the world is full of infantilists. They may not wear a diaper, they may not bounce about in a onesie, they may not prefer their drink from a baby bottle or suck on a paci, but infantilistic in nature they surely are most of them. Some cling to their almighty father God for comfort and protection, some need their social group for recognition, for the building of identity etc. And who said that the world had a serious lack of infantilists? They are all around you, the dependent, needy, comfort-seeking people. The infantilists entertaining their illusions, the infantilists in adult clothing.

You're picture is frightening and your comments seem condescending to me, as if you are smarter than the rest of us somehow. I could be wrong, but that's the way you come off. You obviously don't know what true infantilism is, but then you're not alone. The word you seem to be looking for is "nurturing." I think that is almost a lost art anymore. I'm one of those lunatics who clings to Christ, or Almighty God, and my love language is encouraging words, so I do need the support of my social group. In my closest friends there is a member of the Outlaws motorcycle gang with tattoos everywhere. A Tennessee backwoods boy who shoots first and doesn't bother with questions is also a good friend. One of my best friends is a serious workaholic. Another friend who is close is a true cowboy. Their wives are as unique as they are and though our "social group" is a bit strange, we get along famously. I don't have illusions as an infantile, I have real needs for nurture, and I wear diapers as much because of that as the incontinence. And if I misjudged you on being condescending I'm really sorry. Just let me know. Maybe its the picture.

[Necare]

My picture is frightening? Yes, it surely is. I think humanity in general is quite infantilistic in nature. Mankind need certain confines, it needs systems, it needs multiform truths to cling to, it needs to feel a certain sense of belonging, it needs reassurance, be it from their social group, their parents, or a godfigure. Mankind needs praise for good behaviour, and it takes the punishment for the bad. I think mankind is the eternal toddler clinging to mommys skirts, and not knowing where to turn, what to do, if mommy suddenly ceases to be. Or if you want, if we one day found out that neither our language, our traditions, our institutions, our religions, our truths, gave us any reassurance at all. How would we know how to navigate in a void? Outside the crafted and cozy confines? But to call me condescending? No, I`m just being the old critical me. Cheers!!

[anned]

With gas prices as high as they are i have to drive two hours then take a metro train for a hour then run to the bus stop to catch the first of two buses to get to the VA hospital i go to.

This gives me no time between the train and the buses and between the buses and the train station i start at they have the restrooms locked till later in the day.

This gives me no place for a restroom stop for about 3 1/2 hours without missing a bus or train connection.

The diaper is very convenient.

Plus i have fibromyalgia and neurological problems one of the problems is when i have to pee it comes on suddenly and gives me little time to look for a restroom.

If others have the same type travel problems i see more people wearing.

and more people liking to wear because they like the feeling of diapers.

You see this with a lot of ab/dl that were bed-wetters that become ab/dl's long after they no longer need diapers for bed-wetting.

I can remember many times i was trapped on the freeways in LA Cailf driving at 5 mph or less and wetting my diaper and thinking how much time i saved not having to get off the freeway to look for a restroom then get back on the freeway.

Or watch some body pull over and try to find a place in the freeway landscaping to relive there bladder.

i also see a few parents putting the kids back in diapers for trips around town on the buses.

[BabyZangoose]

Well, as I see it, the world is full of infantilists. They may not wear a diaper, they may not bounce about in a onesie, they may not prefer their drink from a baby bottle or suck on a paci, but infantilistic in nature they surely are most of them. Some cling to their almighty father God for comfort and protection, some need their social group for recognition, for the building of identity etc. And who said that the world had a serious lack of infantilists? They are all around you, the dependent, needy, comfort-seeking people. The infantilists entertaining their illusions, the infantilists in adult clothing.

I agree with what Necare said, but differ in the fact that i think it is part of human nature to want, at least to some degree, that security and safety we felt when we were a child. The only difference is how we obtain it, some strive for excellence in all they do so that they can drown their insecurities in a sea of accomplishments, others strive for money so as to provide for themselves a sense of security they lost from childhood, while others develop anything from destructive habits such as biting nails and fidgeting in order to deal with their unfulfilled need for comfort and security. Infantalism is the utter incarnation of this basic human desire, satisfied in the most literal sense possible. If you think about it, if you can remember being coddled in your mothers arms, that sense of complete contentment, and security it gave you, you would have to be insane to not want at least some semblance of that in your everyday life, nay, every moment of your life. But, alas, our society tend to deny those primal, basic feelings, which later manifest themselves in strange ways later on in life.

Back on topic now, I believe that as the internet continues to penetrate the everyday life of the average citizen, more and more poeple will begin to "stumble" across hidden desires such as wearing diapers, and as such that increased exposure will lead to more people becoming aware of their preferences. You cannot "make" an AB or a DL, they exist with that seed planted deep within themselves, it is just if, by chance that seed is stirred and begins to grow.

[Dubious]

just cause some ppl use diapers dosent make them AB/DL

im pretty sure there is many incos who hate wearing

there is also many who wear cause its convenient

[Necare]

Glad you saw my point Baby Zangoose! But we didn`t differ on the point of it being in human nature to want some sense of that lost childhood paradise back, that was my point. Anyway, welcome to the boards, hope you enjoy it here! Cheers!

[Youngatheart252]

I think with the fast pace nature of modern society with our instant gratification, our tivo, our cell phones, internet/gps/bluetooth equipped cars, that we will definitely see more ab/dl's in the future for no other reason than the fact that childhood is becoming a lost commodity! How many of you know people with a 6-10 year old that has their own cell phone. Don't forget about the digital babysitters......your psp's and tv's, dvd's, pc's, nintendo ds's. We are they way we are because the majority of us never got to finish their childhood and are trying now to reconnect to what once was, and in the not so distant future their will be many more people searching the internet for all things diapered and realizing, as we did, that they are not alone.

sorry for the rant

[Isaac77]

I think modern life will influence more abdls, not create. People who have always had diapers on their minds are a constant factor, people who wear due to fads are more fickle. I'm not saying that it can't create abdls, its just not as likely as if you have always liked them. Modern life may create more abdls, but i don't believe it will influence the vast majority of people. Either way diapers will most likely always remain in my life!

[Mean Mommy]

I think humanity in general is quite infantilistic in nature. Mankind need certain confines, it needs systems, it needs multiform truths to cling to, it needs to feel a certain sense of belonging, it needs reassurance, be it from their social group, their parents, or a godfigure. Mankind needs praise for good behaviour, and it takes the punishment for the bad. I think mankind is the eternal toddler clinging to mommys skirts, and not knowing where to turn, what to do, if mommy suddenly ceases to be. Or if you want, if we one day found out that neither our language, our traditions, our institutions, our religions, our truths, gave us any reassurance at all. How would we know how to navigate in a void? Outside the crafted and cozy confines?

Now there's some heavy hitting philosophy! I've got some messy thoughts to share.

*Ah hem*

All we are are colors in a void.

What else is there to do but create meaning? Our language, traditions, values are all we have in this interminable abyss. Yes, the meanings we assign to these things are arbitrary, but that does not mean they are pointless. Quite the contrary, they are in fact the entire point of our being here. May we reach for more things to validate our existence. So that we can laugh, cry, fear, love and truly brilliantly live as best we can before we return to that inevitable nothingness.

Infantilism is merely having a love for diapers and its accompanying paraphernalia. It is a way to safely approach that vulnerable side of one's self. But I think I see your point in that everyone - no matter who they are - is reduced to a poor confused child under the cold stare of those distant stars. As we grow into adults we simply layer facades over that weak sniveling child. We insulate our psyche against that debilitating truth we were born with. It is hard to live knowing that we made our gods.

And really, what is there to do in a void? I'll take a movie any day.