Moving in with a co-worker.

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Hello everyone. It's been a while since I have posted on here. Well, as you can see the title of the post says everything. I have been living in the basement of my folks place for many years. I had moved back into there house to help them out with stuff around the house. They are in there 80's now. They have finally decided to sell the house and move to assisted living. My father is showing signs of dementia and alzheimer's. My mother has problems with balance. She falls once in a while. So, it's a good choice to move to assisted living.

My case is that I am also moving. I found a two bedroom apartment to share with a co-worker. My co-worker is a younger gentleman that has issues trying to make it to work on time. He is currently renting a room in a house that he is not comfortable living in. I told him that he can move in with me and I can help him get to work on time. He took the offer right away. My work days start pretty early. I am a dispatcher for a school bus company and he is one of my drivers plus a yard guy. Now the matter starts we me. No one at work knows that I wear diapers. Pull-ups is what I have been wearing at work. At night, I wear Tranquility ATN diapers. For the most part I can get by with one diaper at night. There are nights that I have to get up and change. The bedrooms at the apartment are right next to each other and not very insulated for sound. Those of you know when you have to change, taking off the diaper is noisy. That is my least worries. When I get home from work, I change out of my pullup and put on a regular diaper. If I am not going out for the evening, I just put on lounging pants. My question is this. Do I just tell him upfront before we make the move? Or just wait until we get settled in? He is going to find out if I don't say anything. We have a pretty good friendship going. I just hope he is supportive.
 
I’d probably mention it before you both sign the paperwork. It shouldn’t be a big deal but if you’re worried about him noticing just get that out of the way while discussing the usual crap roomies need to agree on like romantic interests staying over, drinking and smoking habits etc
 
@JWT I suggest being upfront and tell him. If he can't cope with it, he can change his mind. Just my thoughts, cheers Phil
 
I’d say be up front with them because living with someone and trying to hide things is miserable. After my accident when I couldn’t make it to the bathroom anymore I tried to hide it from my roommate. It was a nightmare. When I finally told him life was so much better
 
It sounds like it will be close quarters and probably 1 bathroom. Since you are also friends that may make it easier to let him know. From my experience, this wont be an issue. However, living with someone usually does have its issues, my experience has been a roomate will want to have noisey company or come in at all hours of the night not quietly, or has a tv or stereo of some sort in there room that can be well heard from where I am trying to rest. That is just a small part of my list, my inc issues has never been a problem for any of my roomates in the past. I dont mean to sound negative, After Thanksgiving im usually in full grinch mode.
 
JWT,
You need to get over the embarrassment issue; it's a health issue, plain and simple. Tell your new roommate you have a leakage issue and put that behind you. And tell anyone else, if it happens to come up. Once you leave the dark side, life is so much simpler. Another crazy thought that you should consider is to reduce the leakage that is making life very difficult for you. You may be aware of some of the devices available, but I can make a suggestion for one that works. With my own leakage issue as a motivator, my solution is now patent pending. I'll be happy to share details, if you would consider that alternative to your own situation. Best wishes, fynlee amhelp@comcast.net
 
I once had a roommate for a short time. I told him I had a medical issue and had to wear protection. I changed my diaper in private when I had to. It was no problem.
But he liked to party and stay up all night. That turned out to be a bigger issue than the kind of underwear I wore. I moved out.
 
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