To think its there is nothing wrong with a 14 year old wearing drynites

[Nymeria01]

I was having a chat with my friend during which she brought up that her 5 y/o is still in nappies at night. To make her feel better I said that DS1 is 14 and still wears drynites as he wets the bed almost every night. She said in the most judgemental way that "at 14 nappies should not be in the picture" and that "of course he is going to wet the bed if he wears them". I felt like crying afterwords, I wouldn't have brought it up if I wasn't trying to make her feel better and then she makes me feel like a bad parent.

I work professionally with a wide range of people with incontinence. It is a taboo subject and it regularly astounds me how ignorant and insensitive other people can be. A lot of people seem to equate use of absorbent products (nappies or pull ups) with laziness. Others genuinely think it is something that only affects elderly people.