Have you ever had any relationships break up (including divorce) because of you wearing diapers?

Number of responses received: 30

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Yes, it ended immediately	9	23.7%
Yes, but not right away	4	10.5%
No, though the relationship was compromised	3	7.9%
No, but the other person never knew	7	18.4%
No, she/he was understanding	6	15.8%
No, because I've never dated anyone	3	7.9%
Diapers were not the direct cause, but influenced breakup	6	15.8%
Total:	38

What kinds of breakups have you had to face because of wearing diapers?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Divorce	7	23.3%
Legal separation	3	10.0%
Non-legal separation (just lived apart)	1	3.3%
Estrangement (alienation) of partner	3	10.0%
Dating breakup	10	33.3%
Other	2	6.7%

What were you partner's objections to you wearing diapers?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Diapers interfered with sex/intimacy	11	36.7%
Odors created by wearing/using diapers	8	26.7%
Presence of diapers in household	8	26.7%
Fear of what friends, other family might think of it	10	33.3%
Thought you might be a pedophile or child molester	4	13.3%
Concerns for getting children involved in wearing diapers	3	10.0%
Other person just could not understand	11	36.7%
Other person thought of it as mental/sexual disorder	10	33.3%
I refused to get treatment in spite of her/his insistence th	4	13.3%
I refused to stop wearing diapers in spite of her/his insist	8	26.7%

How did your partner(s) find out about you wearing diapers?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
I told him/her the truth (just like to wear them)	1	2.7%
I told her/him but made up a legitimate-sounding reason	6	16.2%
She/he caught me wearing/using them	8	21.6%
She/he found direct evidence of my diapers (e.g. supply of d	8	21.6%
She/he found indirect evidence of my diapers (e.g. web brows	2	5.4%
Someone else told her/him	2	5.4%
She/he caught on to my acute interest in diapers	5	13.5%
Other	5	13.5%
Total:	37

If you had to do it all over again, what would you have done differently?

Response	Count	Percent	Graph
Just said nothing	4	23.5%
Tried harder to hide evidence	2	11.8%
Would have made up a legitimate-sounding reason	3	17.6%
Would not have told anyone else	4	23.5%
Tried harder to hide interest in diapers	4	23.5%
Total:	17

Describe your worst breakup story where your interest in diapers precipitated or contributed to the breakup:

Name	Age	Answer
		Had run up a large telephone bill due to being online.
kirt	36	Just the one where my wife announced that she didn't love me any more and was leaving me. Diapers were a big part of her decision, the otehr part was I was very sick and incapacitated
Jimmy	27	My boyfriend, got me dressed up, then tied me to the couch, and called in our friends and nieghbors
sean	24	This is the first woman and the only one I have ever told im now still together and married to her
Andrew	32	She put her hand down my pants and found a diaper and she didnt beleive what she had found talked about it and told her why and she said that its not me obut she could not handel the situat
Jimmy	58	Wife just could not accept nor allow my diaper wearing. We eventualy divorced because we just weren't getting along.
Mit	52	I mentioned my nightime diaper wearing to my current lady friend at that time, and within a week we were not talking.. so be it.

Describe any other stories where you have endured a breakup because of wearing diapers:

Name	Age	Answer
		Lost a job over it.
Andrew	32	Was asked about why there were a bag of attends in the back seat of my truck and i was not ready to talk about it and just told her the truth she stuck around for several months but never g

Describe how you tried to save such relationships:

Name	Age	Answer
		Got into counseling, Sexaholic Annonymous and into treatment for it.
kirt	36	Didn't try to save it. If she was going to leave me because I was sick and incontinent she wasn't worth having in my life
Andrew	32	Really didnt try to save one first decribed second described was ok not perfect but ok
Jimmy	58	Told my wife that I would get rid of all my diapers and plastic pants. She thought I did but I really just hid them
Mit	52	I didn't. diapers are part of what I am

What advice would you give to anyone who is contemplating telling his partner about wearing diapers?

Name	Age	Answer
		Make sure to do this prior to your marriage or at the beginning of the relationship, To go slow with it. and create a balance.
kirt	36	Be open and honest. Don't change who you are for someone else. That will just lead to resentment down the road.
sean	24	Tell the truth and be honest if she doesnt like you for who you are then it was never meant to be there are open minded people out there you just have to find them and the ones you want to lo
Andrew	32	TELL THE TRUTH DONT MAKE UP A LIE --- OR DONT GET CAUGHT
Jimmy	58	Before you get too serious in a relationship and definately before you marry anyone you should be honest with them and tell them about your need for wearing diapers.
Mit	52	Tell him or her very early in the reationship
Pawy	30	Not everyone has bad experances with telling people. I have told my 4 girl friends with no problem. I also have told all my friends and family with no problem

Average Age of respondents to this question:	30.6
Range of ages of respondents:	14 -  62

Age Distribution
Under 10	0
10-14	1
15-19	4
20-24	3
25-29	2
30-34	2
35-39	2
40-44	1
45-49	0
50-54	1
55-59	1
60-64	1
65-69	0
70-74	0
75-79	0
80+	0

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