ABDL stands for Adult Baby / Diaper Lover, a fetish and lifestyle interest where adults enjoy wearing diapers, adopting a childlike or regressive role, or caring for a partner in that role. The two halves often overlap but are distinct: some people are drawn mainly to the comfort or sensation of diapers, while others are drawn to age play and caregiver dynamics.
For many in the community, ABDL is about comfort, relaxation, and being cared for rather than anything explicitly sexual. It often intersects with age regression, and partners commonly take on a caregiver role, sometimes called a Mommy, Daddy, or Big.
Worth knowing: Because ABDL can involve regression and vulnerable headspaces, clear communication, agreed limits, and aftercare matter, especially when one partner takes on a caregiving role.
Also called: adult baby, diaper lover, age play, little space, caregiver/little, CGL, regression
