For many years after I was finished with college and on my own, I thought of myself as exclusively a DL, in fact for most of those years before the internet I had never heard of DL, only that I liked to wear diapers and rubber pants and wet and mess in them. I knew I wasn't alone and other guys did the same. Had no idea girls did too. I knew I shouldn't be doing that, even though I'd wet my bed well into my teens, wore diapers and rubber pants for that and my family was very supportive rather than critical. I felt more than a little ashamed about my fetish and knew I had a strong sexual attraction to having diapers on, wetting, even pooping in them, and then playing with myself, humping my diaper covered crotch, going to adult movies in diapers and getting aroused while going potty. I stated playing with myself around age 13 after my mom had wiped and powdered me and pinned my diapers on for the night and for many years my only sexual outlet came when wearing diapers. Once I was on my own I loved walking about around other folks, shopping, waiting in lines to buy things always secretly wearing diapers and going potty, getting them wet, even messy. I went to adult movies wearing diapers and wetting and messing myself, rubbing my crotch. Because I wore diapers so secretly and not often I planned weekends in advance where I could spend the entire weekend wearing diapers. I longed to meet women who would let me wear diapers but was so afraid of what she'd say when she found out. But all of this time I never thought of myself as an AB or someone who wanted to regress to my childhood.
Something began to change around 50 however. I found myself looking at baby diaper pins with animal heads for example, and pinned my diapers with them. I went to a baby store and found infant wrapping blankets in cute colors and baby patterns that I could use as diapers(before I found ABDL prefolds on internet sites). I started getting massages wearing diapers and rubber pants that I had wet in, and having them changed by the girl who was massaging me. And then I started sucking my thumb after she had taken my wet diapers off and massaged me. Next I asked her to nurse me and I found I loved to be nursed while wearing diapers. Later of course I found a couple of girls who were lactating and who breastfed me while I was diapered and then let them change me. Without thinking about it I was slowly growing to enjoy the AB side of things. Eventually I bought a couple of baby bottles and formula and started to feed a bottle to myself while in diapers and rubber pants. It was during this phase that I started to meet girls, date and tell them about my diaper lifestyle and how important it was to me. I did finally meet my now wife, we've been together for 12 years and I've been in diapers and rubber pants since. My wife changes me, nurses me, lets me use a paci or suck my thumb when I want to but in all other respects we have an adult relationship, do adult things. We have had many conversations about my diaper needs, my desire to be mothered at times, even dominated. She had told a few friends and I've talked with them as well. I now believe that I have always had an AB side to my fetish, but the DL side is more prominent. I think I could give all the rest up as long as I can continue to wear diapers and rubber pants, wet them always and mess once in a while.