leaking

Despite thinking that I am such a "rational" person I find that the opposite may well be true.   I am very reluctant to post that I have not yet experienced a leak.  An irrational fear drives this reluctance.  At some level I fear that just mentioning my good luck is an invitation to a huge messy leak all over my brother in-law's butterfly collection or a poopy surprise welcoming us as my wife and I are in the throes of deep passionate lovemaking in the backseat of her new Hyundai Accent.  

Superstition be gone as I am forging ahead on this post.  I have not leaked other than due to minor bag defects.  With the batch of Coloplast bags I last used there was a tendency for the waste opening to split a bit at the seams resulting in a minor leak only while emptying the bag.  Oh, and the rubber nozzles on the high output bags sometimes stunk after the second day of use.  Other than that, no problems.  And I thank this to my OCD tendencies to make sure everything is set right and to repeatedly check and empty the bag before an accident does happen.  I remember my first days after surgery: I would check the pouch every 5 minutes.  Now I trust it much more but still check quite often if it's ok.  Kind of like a benign habit that I don't think about much anymore.  (OCD for healthy behaviours is great!)

Having disclosed the lack of leaks... who wants to bet that I'll now spring a leak?  I think the funniest place for a leak to spring would be when I take my wife rockclimbing in a few weeks.  Imagine her delight as she holds the ropes and watches me climb up the wall which then suddenly scrapes the bag and.....