Gramps
By
Karen Singer
Chapter 7
Where oh where has my sanity gone? Oh where, oh where can it be? With my paci cut short and my diaper cut
long, oh where oh where can it be?
Uh…never mind that, just rambling.
Do you know what that stupid, darn girl did to me the
next morning? Do you know? Uh…no.
Of course you don’t. Well, let me
tell you. Um…I guess I was going to do
that anyway since I’m writing this. Anyway,
the next morning when I got out of the shower, Kimmie was there again to diaper
me. Yes, yes, I got the powder and a dry
diaper. And I expected to get the plastic
pants next, or even the pantyhose or white tights. Wrong!
I got…um…one of her sweatshirts to wear on top. And then she stuck those little girl shoes on
my feet without any tights, or pantyhose, or even socks.
“No socks?” I asked.
“No pantyhose? No tights?”
“Nope! Not
anymore.”
“Anymore?”
“Nope. You’re
going without.”
“Not even the plastic pants?” I asked.
“Nope! Those
diapers don’t seem to leak. In fact, I
think we should order more of them tonight because they work so well.”
“But why?”
“Because you’re running low on diapers again. This time we should order more though. Maybe twice as many as you usually get.”
“Uh…no,” I said. “I
meant why nothing else? No socks,
pantyhose, or anything else?”
“Oh,” she said.
“Because I said so.”
“And that’s supposed to be an explanation?” I asked.
Instead of answering, she reached over and shoved that
stupid pacifier in my mouth and said, “Hush!”
Then she looked me straight in the eyes and pointed her finger at
me. “No more pants when you’re in the
house. None! Ever!
Only when you’re going out somewhere.
And I’m not talking about just in the backyard. You don’t need them back there either.”
I was more than a bit surprised. “What?” I tried to say through that plug, but
what came out was more like a grunt.
Unintelligible.
“I want you walking around here with your diaper visible
all the time. No excuses!”
I started to say, “Excuses?” but the moment I started to
try and form the word I realized I couldn’t, so I didn’t say anything and wound
up staring at her in disbelief.
“Now,” she said.
“I’m going to call you today whenever I get a chance, and that’s every
chance I get, and I’m going to ask you to send me a picture of your diaper,
proving that you’re not wearing anything to cover it up. And if you don’t, or you try to cover it up,
I’m considering buying a couple of those home security cameras so I can see you
whenever I want. In fact, whether you
cover your diaper or not, I’m considering getting some cameras. I’ve been considering it for a while now. Something tells me that not only will they
help with your fantasies, but they’d also be a good idea for safety reasons for
someone your age. But for now, until I
get something like that, I suggest you keep your cellphone handy.”
I had questions.
Oh yeah, I certainly had questions…and more than a bit of shock and
anger. “But what if I want to go out?”
was one question I had, but like with the last thing I tried to say, the moment
I started trying to form the words, nothing intelligible happened and I soon
gave up. I also wanted to ask about what
if I took a nap and didn’t hear the phone ring, but I didn’t even try that
one. Not that I took many naps. In fact, I rarely ever did. So once again I simply stared at her in
disbelief.
Ten minutes later, she was heading out the door, and I
was still in my bedroom wondering why I didn’t simply pull that stupid big plug
out of my mouth and say something. But I
hadn’t pulled it out then, and the darn thing was still in my mouth! I finally reached up and pulled it out, but with
an exasperated shake of my head, I wound up sticking it back in. I left my room with bare legs and a…um…I
guess a bare diaper. On display. For anyone in the house to see. Fortunately, I was the only one in the house…I
hoped.
Look, it’s a fact that diapers are generally a fairly
warm thing to wear, but I can tell you that bare legs are generally a fairly cold
thing to wear…or I guess not wear.
Either way, I had a problem with how cool my legs were. So I sat in my recliner, hoping my diaper
wouldn’t leak when I got around to wetting the darn thing because I had no
choice, and I covered my legs with a fleece blanket. Ah, warmth!
The TV was soon on, but it was a while before I realized
I wasn’t paying the least bit of attention to it. All I could think about was nothing covering
my diaper for…I guess the foreseeable future.
At least when I was home. I
thought about that, and the fact that Kimmie had “claimed” that she would be
calling me to demand pictures. I worried
about when she was going to call, and how often.
It was less than an hour after she left that my phone
dinged. I picked it up to see what it
was and found a text from Kimmie asking to see my diaper and bare legs. Ugh!
I had to pull the blanket off my legs, letting the cool
air back at them, figure out how to take the picture she wanted, then figure
out how to text it back to her. Not an
easy thing for me since I had only done that once or twice before, but after a
few mistakes, I managed it. I got no
reply at all back from her.
So now that I had done that much, could I pull a pair of
pants on? At least until she sent the
next demand? I seriously considered
doing that, but my chair was comfortable and so was that fleece blanket. Maybe later.
I was busy not watching TV.
Geez! How many
times can a person text, demanding pictures in one day? I think Kimmie was trying her best to set a
record. It seemed like every time I
turned around, my phone was dinging with another message demand for diaper
pictures and bare leg proof. The darn
girl!
And when I had no choice but to make a mess in that
diaper, and then change it, wouldn’t you know it, she realized I was wearing a
fresh diaper and asked me about it. When
I told her the old one was a major mess inside, she texted back that it
wouldn’t have hurt me to wear the thing for an hour or two longer. What?
Was she nuts? Yes, I was sure she
was. And then her texts started to be
more interested in having the pictures show how wet my diaper was. Why the hell didn’t she simply come home, put
my diaper on her body, and find out firsthand? It was almost a relief when she finally
walked through the door after work.
But of course, now that she was home, I had to change
those “darling” little girl shoes for the super pink sneakers, and the two of
us headed into the backyard to walk.
Look, walking around the house with my diaper on full display was bad
enough, but walking outside with it that way was worse. Much worse!
What if a neighbor came over and looked in the backyard. It wasn’t exactly likely to happen, but it
could. But Kimmie wasn’t giving me a
choice.
With bare legs, a bare diaper, and super pink sneakers
that could probably been seen from outer space, she had me walking. Or was that waddling and wheezing? At the pace she insisted I needed to waddle
to keep my heartrate up, once again I was pretty much done in by the time we
got all the way around the yard once, but Kimmie kept me going for a few
minutes more before she called a stop and let me walk back.
Let me tell you, my bare legs hadn’t warmed up much at
all from all that walking! But getting
into the house and out of sight again was a relief, not only because of the
cool weather, but because I had been afraid that outside someone might see
me. Now I just had to manage to put up
with it in the house. At least I wouldn’t
be getting anymore texts from Kimmie demanding stupid pictures again. At least, I hoped not. Not since she was home. I wouldn’t put it past her though. Just what did she do with all those pictures
I sent to her anyway? Great. Now I had something new to worry about. Just what I needed.
Rinse and repeat.
That’s what the next day seemed to be.
A carbon copy of the day before.
Bare legs. Bare diaper. And feeling very uncomfortable about the
entire situation. Exactly the
same…except for one tiny, itsy-bitsy little thing. Okay, it wasn’t so little to me. Kimmie, my dear, sweet, beloved, and
cherished granddaughter (maybe I needed to rethink that) texted me another
demand…order…requirement…stipulation…imposition!
Gramps. From
now on, don’t change your diaper until two o’clock no matter how wet or messy
it is. I’ll be checking the diaper trash
when I get home.
Was she nuts?
Well, yes. Definitely! But she wasn’t the one who was stuck wearing
the diapers. I was. And wearing them when they were too wet, and
especially messy, was horrible beyond belief.
Um…okay, when they were just wet I didn’t mind that much, in fact, I
rather enjoyed it. But that’s beside the
point. I was the one stuck wearing them
– because of her! And If I felt I needed
to change the diaper, then I was absolutely going to change it! End of story!
Yeah. That’s how I saw it.
Guess what. When I
messed that diaper a little after eleven in the morning (yeah, I still hadn’t
found a way around that problem), I made it a point to change it right
away. Wouldn’t you know it, twenty
minutes later, Kimmie texted demanding a new picture, and of course, I sent her
one, proudly showing that I had changed it!
I got a rather angry text back from her as if she was yelling at me for
doing it. Tough shit Kimmie. I’m not sitting around in a messy diaper for
half the day. In fact, I was ready now
to be done with the diapers completely. And
the more I thought about that, the more it fueled my determination to have it
out with her just as soon as she got home.
Ha! Guess
what. For the rest of the day, every
time she texted demanding pictures, I ignored her. Ha! She
eventually gave up her texts a few hours later.
Showed her! The darn woman.
Later that afternoon, I was sitting in my chair watching
TV when I heard her come home. “Gramps!”
I didn’t reply. I
figured someone with her kind of education could figure out where I was easy
enough. Guess what, she did.
“Gramps!” she said again as she walked over to stand in
front of me. “What are you doing?”
I looked up at her as if I was surprised. “Three guesses,” I said. I pointed at the TV. “Watching that thing.”
“No Gramps. I told
you I didn’t want you changing until two o’clock, and you changed your diaper
earlier. Very early. And then you stopped sending me the pictures
too.”
“Hell yes!” I said as I got out of my recliner to have it
out with her. “This is all stupid! It’s enough, and I’m done with it! Hear me?
Done! D-O-N-E done! It wasn’t my idea to do all this in the first
place, and it’s my house, my life! Now
unlock my bathroom doors and stop trying to boss me around!”
“No Gramps!” she argued back sternly. “Not a chance! You lost out on enjoying your fantasies when
I moved in, and I decided that come hell or high water I was going to make sure
you got to experience those fantasies, one way or another. I was hoping you’d go along for the ride more
willingly, like you have been until now.
But if it’s the hard way you want, then I can make it the hard way for
you. Like it or not, I’m going to give
you what you can’t seem to admit even to yourself that you really want!”
I couldn’t believe it.
“Kimmie,” I said. “You don’t get
it, do you. I’m tired of this. Yes, it was fun for a while, but now it’s
not, and I want to stop. So unlock those
damn doors and stop this entire mess!”
“No Gramps. Not
gonna happen. I told you that. You wanted to do this for months on end to
see what would happen, and I’m going to give it to you.”
“Months!” I yelled.
“Kimmie, I always stopped it after a few hours. A day or so at the most. Not this where it goes on and on. This is much longer than I’ve ever done it,
and now I’m done!”
“No you’re not.
Not until I decide.”
“You! This is my
life!”
“Yes. And I think
it’s time I take more charge of your life for you. So I suggest you stop arguing and start doing
what I want.”
“Kimmie. No! I’m done!
No more!”
“Yes more! And
Gramps, get it through your thick head that it’s going to go until I decide
it’s enough, not you! And another thing
Gramps, you should know perfectly well by now that one way or another,
eventually, I’m going to make you do everything I want.”
“Yeah. I seem to
remember that you were always the bossy one when you were growing up.”
She beamed happily.
“That’s me!” she replied. “So get
with the program, because I’m going to give you what you want, whether you
think it’s what you want or not.”
“How would you know?” I yelled.
She smiled.
“Because I do. The bathroom doors
stay locked, and you stay in diapers.
And I’m going to make damn sure you do what I want! Everything I want! One way or another! Get used to it Gramps and stop arguing. It’s not going to work on me.”
Before I could say another word, she turned and stomped
off. She got to the other side of the
room before she turned and added, “And go change into your new sneakers. It’s time for our exercise.” Then she walked away and went up to her room.
Darn girl. I could
just kill her. Somehow.
A few minutes later, we were out in the backyard
together, walking the perimeter of my property.
Actually, as usual, she was walking, I was waddling. Trust me, I was still fuming over the issues
we had just argued about. I could tell
she was still in that overly determined mood of hers. Sometimes, there was just no getting through
to that girl.
Fuming as we walked, I asked, “How many months?”
“What?”
“How many months?
How long are you going to keep this stupid, miserable game you’re
playing with my life going?”
“I don’t know,” she told me. “Until I think we’ve given it a good enough
go.”
“What’s good enough?”
“I don’t know.
I’ll know when I know. That’s the
best answer I can give you.”
“Why can’t it be when I’ve decided? It’s my life.”
“I know, but you can’t seem to find the tenacity to do
the things you really want without help, so I’m giving you that help.”
“Some help,” I replied sarcastically.
“Yes. It is a
help,” she told me. “Look how long I’ve
managed to keep you in diapers now, when before you always quit after a few
hours.”
“Exactly! A few
hours. And now I’m done.”
“Nope! Not until I
say so, and you’re a long way from it.
Gramps, trust me, we’ve just started.”
“According to who?”
“Me! And I’m the
one making the decisions. You’re the one
wearing the baby diapers. And I mean…baby! But hey, you get to act like a baby. The more the better. Which trust me, is absolutely fine with
me. I’d love it.”
“You would,” I mumbled.
“Yes. I
would. And that’s another thing
Gramps. Since we’re doing it, you might
as well put the effort into it and try to accomplish some of the things you’ve
only dreamed of.”
“Say what?”
“Put some effort into it.”
“What do you mean?”
“Like with wetting yourself. Messing too.
You wanted to get to the point where it happens without you knowing it’s
going to. But in order to get there, I’m
pretty sure you’re going to have to completely give up holding it all
back. You’re going to have to let it all
happen on its own. If you don’t, you’re
not going to experience one of your dream goals.”
I searched for something to say about dream goals, but
she did have a point. Still, it was my
life! I also wasn’t so sure that wetting
and messing myself without warning was exactly a good idea. Yeah, in a fantasy maybe, but not in real
life. Kimmie didn’t seem to know the
distinction, and something told me that she wouldn’t take well to me trying to
explain that difference.
“Why can’t I wear pants anymore?” I complained.
“Because I want you to get used to the fact that you wear
diapers now. If you can see them all the
time, it will help cement the fact that they’re a natural part of you now.”
“I doubt it.”
“Doubt it all you want, but for now, that’s the way it’s
going to be.”
“Or what?”
Or… Gramps, I’m
going to find ways to punish you if you don’t do what I say.”
“Punish! Oh hell
no!”
“Hell yes!” she argued.
“I guess, like it or not, I better consider that now. You’re going to kick up a fuss once in a
while. I need some way to make sure you
straighten out.”
“Don’t bother!” I told her.
“Oh yes,” she replied.
“I’m going to bother. I have to.”
“Says who?”
“Me. And that’s
all that matters.”
“Why can’t I have a say in it?”
“Do we have to go through the whole which one of us is
the baby thing again? And Gramps, babies
don’t get a say in anything! Ever!”
“Who decided that rule?”
“The world Gramps.
The entire world.”
Darn girl! She was
going to be the death of me yet.