Oh I was SO in the same situation as you! I'm living with my boyfriend for the summer and I'm 20. I just found out I had IBS shortly before we moved in together, but I didn't really even know what IBS was until I stumbled upon Heather's wonderful website one day. Anyways, I knew that I had trouble going to the bathroom (I'm IBS-C too) and the whole subject has always make me uncomfortable. I used to stay in the bathroom for a while trying to go and I sure didn't want my boyfriend wondering what I was doing in there. I was always afraid to go when he was around (even before we started living together). But with C, when you gotta go, you gotta go! Holding it in will just make it worse! At least it does for me. I would advise you to just tell him the truth. A relationship needs to based off of truth and I bet he would be a lot happier if you told him than holding it back from him. Just remember, he's a boy and boys view the subject of pooping in a much different, less gross view than us. So to him, it probably isn't something to be embarrassed about at all! I used to be a girl who hated the subject of pooping and would avoid it at ALL costs, especially involving me! But now, I'm not afraid to tell anyone I have IBS. Most people don't even know what it is and the few that ask just take my explanation of "my stomach is just very sensitive." So bottom line, just let him in on this huge part of your life! It will make you feel so much better and might even make the two of you closer, cuz if you can talk about poop, what can't you talk about? 
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