
Have you seen the packaging on adult diapers?
First off, they're called "incontinence underwear." And I guess that makes sense when you think about it; God knows there have probably been a couple of unfortunate Google searches redirecting to Craigslist “looking for” postings, if you get my drift.
The models are handsome men in their mid to late 50s on the packaging. There they are, folding their arms, crisp undershirts neatly tucked in their tighty whities. They all have giant, shit-eating grins.
They don't show a stuttering 91-year-old Chinese man asleep on a couch.
Mom calls me every day complaining that she has to clean it up and wash his pants on a daily basis. "It stinks," she complains to me on the phone. "Sometimes it makes me not want to be alive anymore, dealing with his dirty underwear."
She doesn't literally mean that, except for the days she does.
"Did I tell …
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