Telling your partner
It’s always difficult to know when to tell a new partner about your diabetes, and to be honest, there’s no right or wrong time.
But it’s probably fair to say that the longer you leave it the harder it will be, and your partner might wonder why you haven’t said anything before.
They might also begin to wonder what else you’ve kept from them. So it’s probably best just to drop it into conversation at some point.
How to tell them
If you show them that diabetes doesn’t bother you, and doesn’t stop you doing what everyone else does, it probably won’t bother them either.
If you’ve got a new partner, give a bit of an explanation about injections and blood tests and hypos to start with. As you get to know each other better, you can go into a bit more detail. Just think of your diabetes as another part of you that your partner will get to know about.
As with any relationship, one thing you will want to discuss with your partner is sex and contraception.