[DeusXM]

Ok, this is rather awkward, but here goes...

I'm not 'ashamed' of having diabetes at all, but I am one of those people who doesn't wear their problems on their sleeve. I don't feel any sort of compulsion to broadcast to the world that I have diabetes in the same way other people will tell you before you've even asked that they have asthma or a peanut allergy or any one of the many afflictions that people seem to revel in. My issue is that once you let the cat out of the bag, you have to deal with all sorts of well-meaning but ultimately quite irritating people.

Basically if asked, I don't cover it up but otherwise it's just not an issue that I feel other people need to deal with. Having survived for 8 years pretty much 'on my own' so to speak (ie. I have never, ever needed assistance from anyone with managing my condition) I'm pretty used to being self-reliant and making sure that I don't need other people to get involved.

The thing is, I've just moved into a new houseshare with some strangers, who I get on really well with. The only thing is that I feel I should tell them something but unfortunately I've done the classic man thing. I waited for a good opportunity in the first week and it didn't come up, so I waited again. Now I've been there for a month and it sorta seems like I may have missed the sensible window of opportunity.

My problem is that I don't want to do a "Can we all sit down? I've got something to tell you..." but I can't really find a pressure-free window of opportunity. The best chance I had was yesterday when I bought a diet Coke but unfortunately one of my new housemates then said "drinking a girl's drink?" and I felt it might be slightly harsh to cut her down by saying "well actually, I'm diabetic so I can't drink the regular stuff without dying."

Basically then, I'm looking for suggestions about how to break the appalling news that the new housemate isn't in fact total and utter physical perfection, but without making it seem forced or confessional or something. Or, given that one of my housemates moves out this month and the other one goes in September, shall I just footle along as I've been doing and put things off indefinitely?