Posted by DanM on 28/8/2011, 7:01 am

Hi, I found this site a couple of years ago having suffered from mild pauresis since I was about 13 but didn't know what it was, this site has helped quite a bit. I can always go in a cubical and using some of the techiniques I have discovered I can now usually use a urinal but only if there are dividers between them and at least one gap to the next person, so it's not really causing me any major problems and doesn't effect my life too much. I have two sons of 8 and 10 and have come to realise that my 10 year old may too be a sufferer, I have always made an effort to use a urinal in public toilets when my children are with me as I can always go right in front of them and I want them to use them as normal. (I can always go right in from of my wife too and after I found this website I told her about me after 10 years together of her not knowing) Over the last 6 months to a year I have noticed the 10 year old has decided he "didn't need to go anymore" while standing at a urinal on quite a few occasions and during our holiday when we used public toilets more than normal he always went into a cubical and locked the door. I didn't make a big deal about it and even made a excuse to the 8 year old when he commented that his brother doesn't use urinals. At home he always closes the door and wants any empty bathroom before he will go. In contrast the 8 year old would go in the middle of a busy beach if I had let him, he really couldn't care less who is watching. Does anybody have any experience of this, should I be talking about it with him now etc and any tips on how to go about it? Thanks

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