The Internet and the ABDL fetish

Probably not a subject that affects the younger generation of our fetish, but when I was younger, even into my mid 20’s I still felt pretty much alone with it and thought there maybe only a handful of people that also would like to wear diapers. Back in the 70’s – 80’s there was very little you could find out about it, if you were lucky you may have seen the odd story in forum magazine or bizarre sex magazines but even then you would have to face someone to purchase them which could often be uncomfortable as a teenager. There were also very few pictures, again if lucky you would come across the odd one here and there.

The prospect of contacting somebody else with a diaper fetish let alone chatting about it seemed impossibility. Even into the early 90’s I found that there was this almost mythical fetish about people who would like to wear diapers or also dress and act like babies but I still found it difficult to find any conclusive evidence that many like me actually existed.

The mid 90’s arrive and I get my first PC and internet access, although I waited a few weeks to pluck up the courage to type nappy/diaper into a search engine I was astounded by the results. I found a new freedom, discovered some answers for myself and got a much better understanding of the fetish as a whole. I discovered a whole new world of the fetish and, what seemed at the time an abundance of images of other people wearing diapers (Compared to now though that quantity seems miniscule!)

The internet certainly helped me, and has since obviously evolved even more to where we are now, I would love to have had all this interaction when I was younger. I wondered how many of you out there feel that since the internet arrived there is now a much better recognition of it and how much further it could possibly develop?

Which is why I'm glad to have my own computer. I live with my parents and brothers, and it's tough to engage in your fetish when it's 3 in the morning and you're in your living room, flinching whenever you hear a noise, constantly looking up the steps to see if people are coming down.

I can't imagine the AB/DL community come together anywhere besides the veil of the Internet. With that distance, it is easier for us to network and exchange dialogue.

You got it right on Europa. I too am of the preinternet ab/dl generation. I was so alone in what I was doing back then. I knew I couldn't be the only one, but I didn't really know. I did find out one preinternet day I wasn't alone, that there were many like me. It was when I found a magizine called Nugget. That was the first time I saw items about ab/dl, stories, pictures, ads. Not long after that I got my first PC. One of the first things I did when I was alone, was look up adult diapers. Google wasn't even around yet. I think it was Alta Vista I was using.

I never needed diapers for medical reasons. But as a child and even my teens I allways wanted something thick between my legs. I always enjoyed putting towels in my underware, or would steel one of my moms or sisters kotex. i used to think i was so weird. but then came the internet, and i discovered I was not alone with my desires. The first time I tried on a depends - wow the magic started...Now I can't seem to get enough. 😄

Europa is so right on. always wondered growing up in 60s through 90s (when finally had internet access) whether or not I was the only one around interested in wearing cloth diapers for the emotional thrill I received by wearing them. we all now know we were not alone back then.

I like you thought that I was the only one who had adult baby feelings and until i got onto the internet at a computer cafe. I didn't know how many AB and Dl sites there were. I typed in adult babies and infantilism and suddenly there were like hundreds of sites but sadly very many of them have disappeared.I can not help but wonder why and where have they gone.

I always liked something thick between my legs I used to wear more then one underwear or putting a towel around. I was sure I'm the only one in the world.

I met my first "diapered" on the ICQ. he told me that we are not alone. I was thinking people use diapers for medical reasons only. since then I use diapers 24\7 and love it.

You know we already had internet for a year back in 2000 or something, but I never bothered to search...I knew I liked diapers, but had dumped the idea for years as I thought no-one did stuff like that. Untill in the TV-guide a abdl site was made fun of in the 'look what nonsense we found on the web' part.

Went over to the internet strait away. So I got it from the 'odd-magazine' still 😉

Add me to the list that discovered that I wasn't the only weird one that wanted to wear and wet diapers from the time I was 8 or 9 years old. I'm 61 now and still enjoy being in a diaper but it wasn't until I got the courage to type in " adult diapers" that I discovered there was a whole world out there that I didn't know about.

I also found out a few years ago that I was not alone in my feelings about diapers too. I have to thank the Internet for this. I never in my wildest dreams imagined that there were so many people out there that feel the same way about diapers as I do. And thank you Diaper Dreams most of all for bringing us all together!

I never needed diapers for medical reasons. But as a child and even my teens I allways wanted something thick between my legs. I always enjoyed putting towels in my underware, or would steel one of my moms or sisters kotex. i used to think i was so weird. but then came the internet, and i discovered I was not alone with my desires. The first time I tried on a depends - wow the magic started...Now I can't seem to get enough.

[size=3]Not The Only One [/size] 😃

This was the same for me, but i started off just enjoying wetting the bed use to just let go at the age of 8. then i started putting pillow cases on me as a nappy (diaper) then Towels and plasic bags as a lineing. Then when i was 19 the family had a new child so use to pinch the baby nappies and place them in my under paints.

My first real nappy was Terry nappy from a ab club that i seen advertised in the auto and clasified mag. At this time i was in my own home free got my first PC and the first thing i typed in was adult nappy wears, yippy then i know i was not the only big baby in the world 😃

The Internet has been very helpful for people like us that have 'weird' fetishes. :😃

I remember the early days when there were only a handful of sites and most the pics were either grainy scans or pasties.

Of course Tommy and the DPF were the big game in town, the IRC channels were awesome then also. I remember being in college in the mid 90s and staying in the computer lab (I don't think they even have those anymore?) until 2am working on my term paper until I was the last person there and being able to go online for a little while and talk.

Then of course a few years ago was the hay-day when there were so many sites that I was starting to think we had gone mainstream or something. Now until I found this site I thought that the Aunt Elli people had shut down the entire Internet.

Though it has its problems too, no? Whereas it has brought a lot of people together, it's also drawn a lot of ridicule and created a lot of misconceptions.

For example, the so-called "enlightened, hip" people who just love the gay/lesbian scene and are so proud of supporting it, but see a grown man innocuously in a diaper and immediately condemn and ridicule him as a "sicko weirdo". It's really brought out the double standards in people.

I guess it's all par for the course. Guess we need to give it another 10-20 years before the acceptance starts to show.