i'l wear a shirt every once in a while but i always keep my button that says "Brony" on my hat at all times, even at work. My mother doesn't mind and my father is okay with it but finds it silly of me watching it and my brother hates it that I watch it. Only got 2 friends who are bronies and one of them which is my oldest friend is a closet brony, big time. I was never a shame of being one, it just scared me on how people will look at me when i'm watching the show or found out for that matter. I think my folks knew after i been drawing ponies and putting them on my black board, My mother sorting my clothes in my dresser where i keep the shirts, The Button and sometimes, during the intro, I sometimes, forget to turn down the volume and the MY LITTLE PONY- Line blasts and i'm like "Oh *squee*!" But nowadays, I don't mind watching it but i keep the volume at a minimum now
I'm not ashamed in the slightest. I brought my Mcdonalds pony toys to Math one day, and set them on my desk. I didn't mention them at all, and when my teacher walked around to check our assignmet, he saw them and FREAKED OUT. It was hilarious. So, about three weeks later,(same class) We had a math question that said something about a toy company. So this is what my teacher said when he read the question. "A Toy manufacturer is producing a new toy such as small horses for Mcdonalds that one of my student's TRENTON may know the name of." Hilarity ensued.
This thread is ancient. lol No shame. Some embarrassment. It's not for liking the show, but rather the judgements people unconsciously lay upon you as a result of it. That ignorance only damages a relationship, friend or otherwise.
I think its a lot easier for me to be a brony then it may be for others cause i've pretty much been an uber-nerd since the day I was born, lol. I've always been the kid (and now adult) who is into the stuff others would mock or bash, eventually you just kind of get used to it. And thankfully i've meet enough cool/good people over the years that aren't really bothered by my extreme nerdyness or eccentric nature. So yeah i feel no shame in being a brony, or a comic book addict, or a fan of animation, sci-fi, fantasy, etc. I wil admit I am kind of believe it or not ashamed to admit i'm an anime fan at times, I personally don't agree with the direction the medium has gone the past 5-7 years, but thats another discussion for another time. But yeah overall I see no shame in liking something as long as its not to the point that it becomes a harmful obsession.
