Would you have become a DL if there were no internet?

[Amber's Boy]

I've wanted to wear diapers ever since I had to stop.  The only thing I remember about potty training is not being into it. 

I do remember crying enough to get my baby blanket back for a week or so, but that was it.  I found it again when I was 9ish.  A few nights later it was just gone.

[Little Cub Pants]

46 minutes ago, Pampertimmy said:

I have been a little baby for as long as I remember. I was taking my cousin’s diapers and making make shift diapers in the 70s. When I was first able to buy my own diapers was in the 80s. There was no internet back then. This makes me feel old! Good thing I have lots of diapers and baby things to keep me feeling young.

I'm glad you're a VERY happy baby Timmy!???????♥️??????♥️??

[KittyMerriweather]

I was DL long before the internet 

[DiaperedJoe]

I was a DL before there even was an internet.

I can remember vaguely wanting to go back to diapers as a kid.  My parents told me I fought being potty trained very hard, and that I made it clear I wanted to be in diapers. 

I never really stopped.  In that sense, I was physically potty trained, but on a mental/emotional level I never really was. . .deep down  NEVER stopped wanting to be in diapers, all the way back to childhood.

I remember seeing the first ads for pullups on TV in the mid 90's, before I ever got on the internet, and feeling profound envy that they now made diapers for bigger kids, and wished I could wear them.

I remember my grandmother having to wear diapers in her old age, and seeing the big boxes of disposable diapers in her bathroom and desperately wishing I could wear diapers too.

By the time I got on the internet when I went off to college, I was already a DL, I just didn't know the term.

[spark]

I can answer this question because I was one before the internet.  I was one when I was five.   I just thought I was the only one.

However, I don't know if I would have accepted AB/DL.  I would still desire diapers, and would probably use them, but I would feel terrible about it.  I might not realize that there were others.   I don't believe we would have the quality of diapers that we have, and access to adult-sized baby items would be limited.

[Babygeebee]

Same here. I was ABDL long before the internet and before the term ABDL even existed. As others have said, the internet made me realize I was not alone. To be honest the Internet probably saved me. 

[subssn21]

I think the Internet has gone a long way to help remove the stigma of ABDL as well as many other fetishes and even just Sexuality and Gender Identity. 

As an example when I was young (1990-1992) I was caught by my parents being into Enemas and such, I was sent to a Therapist where the option was basically stop doing it or get institutionalized.

Literally the next school year I started college and learned about the Internet (Before it was generally available) and there was already a lot of stuff on there about this kind of stuff. It helped me realize that just because my interests were not in the mainstream that did not make them bad, nor did it make me bad, sick, mentally degenerate, or anything like that.

Long story short, I think the Internet had done wonders for the mental health and well being of everyone in any sort of "fringe" population group and gone a long way to help us feel like we belong to a community and that there is nothing wrong with us.

[Sailor Snow]

I first got intrested in it becaus i saw a documentary on tv. But i dont know of a place nearby that sells adult diapers. So i always buy diapers on the internet.

So i would have been intrested. But might not have been able to get diapers or the bar to get them in a store might have been to high for me. So it might have faded or just been something in the back of my mind, instead of something i engage in.

[mxrecord01020]

The Internet had no impact on me becoming a DL. That ship had long sailed before there was such a thing as the Internet.

The Internet probably was instrumental in refining some likes and dislikes related to being a DL, however.

[Nat]

Yes. I have liked diapers since childhood and I woukd have started wearing if I didn't know others out there existed. 

[Wheels]

I guess without the Internet one would either have been around diapers with access and curious to try one, or maybe happened to find some leftover diapers like I did in our closet back in 1975. I was five years old, curiously attempted to try one on (thanks Mom for taping me up! ? ), and that wonderful experience stuck with me through today.

[ValentinesStuff]

2 hours ago, Wheels said:

I guess without the Internet one would either have been around diapers with access and curious to try one, or maybe happened to find some leftover diapers like I did in our closet back in 1975. I was five years old, curiously attempted to try one on (thanks Mom for taping me up! ? ), and that wonderful experience stuck with me through today.

Nope. I had no access until I was in my teens. I was interested well before that, using towels, sheets, or whatever to simulate wearing a diaper. I couldn't use them, it was years before I had a diaper I could actually wet.

 

The desire was there, the access wasn't. 

[Wheels]

1 hour ago, ValentinesStuff said:

...The desire was there, the access wasn't. 

Ugh, I feel that frustration. Even though I had my first experience early on, it wasn't until years later that I started getting access. The longing to be in them during that time was so hard.

[PullUpDiaperLover]

Fantastic subject. I was always a DL, from very early on. However with out the internet its likely I would have continued to see this fetish as "abnormal" and would have stayed away from it from the most part. Or, at the very least engaged in the dreaded binger and purge cycles. However, having the internet, meeting so many others and realizing millions of others have this interest, and having all the fantastic stores crop up allowed me to except who I am and not only be a DL in comfort, but explore the little side with confidence. I am always impressed by those that were involved in this community before the internet. That took bravery and tenacity. 

[gmcchamp99]

Honestly being that I was a bedwetter and have been pretty much my whole life I'd say yes most likely I would have been an DL or AB at some point without the internet. I will say though that I may not be as big into diapers as I am now but regardless, I do thing it would have happened.

[brandonthug]

Yes ,I always had a diaper fetish. Before internet, I use to get porn magazines and search for diaper stories.

[Ceras]

I had come to terms with my interests in diapers and being babied years before I got personal access to the internet. The internet just allowed me to put a name to my interests.

[diaperuser1]

I liked them long before I went on the internet. 

 

[JohnnyWinland]

I was a DL before I was introduced to internet and actually saw porn and stuff for the first time.. 

I do believe I have some unrelated internet/porn -induced fetishes which have diminished after quitting porn for good.

But not diapers, they have stick with me before, during and after such times. 

[ValentinesStuff]

9 hours ago, JohnnyWinland said:

I was a DL before I was introduced to internet and actually saw porn and stuff for the first time.. 

I do believe I have some unrelated internet/porn -induced fetishes which have diminished after quitting porn for good.

But not diapers, they have stick with me before, during and after such times. 

If your diapers are sticky they probably need to be changed. ?

[cathdiap]

Yes I am a diaper lover since 1976. The internet has not had any impact on the development of my stents and my progress in achieving incontinence and diaper dependency. It is nice to share some experiences and watch pictures of women in diapers, but for the rest it didn't add much to the fun of my fetish. 

I do worry about communities forming on the internet around a single aspect of people's personality and/or sexuality. I think it can lead to narrow-mindedness, to complete identification with only one aspect of your personal lifestyle and to taking pride in that one aspect of your life. Worst case scenario for me would be ABDL becoming part of the LGBTQ movement. No issues with all the people identifying with any of the letters. But I think the movement itself is polarizing and will ultimately be self-destructive. Remember: pride cometh before the fall.

So I truly hope the members of this community are willing to accept that our fetish is meant to remain private and should only be shared between like-minded and fully consenting adults.

[Evelyn Dellcerro]

I became a DL at the tender age  of thirteen, I don't think the internet was even in it's infancy.. I loved diapers and I loved to poop my panties from the age of twelve. For me it was an orgasm, not just a thrill,, and also lots of fun !! Y'all gotta remember this was 1978. They did have poop magazines and scat magazines and believe me, I searched them out and made plenty of diaper loving friends. There was snail mail and parties to be had. Many would say I took chances, but what is life all about, we all take chances one way or the other...

[Three Rivers]

Evelyn, nice to see you back on the site again. I have enjoyed reading your posts for quite a while, I hope things are well for you.

[le Hollandais]

Hi Evelyn! Good to have you back. I hope you're well.

[RaiOfTheFlame]

I had an interest in diapers and messing before I found anything on the internet about it, but resources online helped me define what I enjoyed better and make friends along the way. Without the resources I may not have dedicated as much time to this fetish and let it fade. I do believe the more time spent on this kind of thing early on the more you enjoy it. So, I might have become a lot more vanilla.