how did your parents react when you told them?

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Whats worse?

  1. Having your family tease/annoy you everytime they see you watch

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  2. Having your family say nothing but silently think your're weird

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  1. Jaytheforth

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    She's mixing up the wrong formula; My Little Pony is the manliest show ever created.
     
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    My dad knows and he doesnt really seem to care, i dont think my mom knows, my 2 brothers know, one of them occasionally teases me about it and the other seems to just make pony related jokes since he found out. i think i want to tell my mom at some point just to see what her reaction would be. i dont think she would care, but i dunno.
     
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    They couldn't care less. There's much worse I could be.
     
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    I know I probably already posted on this, but I didn't quite express it like it happened.

    My dad doesn't know I'm a Brony, but my mom and brother does. My mom, at first, told me it's weird, but after talking to her about it, she understands. So when I watch it with her in the room, she doesn't complain and minds her own business and my brother just leaves the room. So most of my immediate family understands that I love MLP.
     
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    Well dad didn't react in anyway :p and mom asked am I gay :D brothers still make fun every now and then but it's good kind of fun :DD
     
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    My Mum doesn't really mind that I watch it, so long as it makes me happy.
    My Dad on the other hand just silently judges me but it hasn't affected our relationship in any way.
    My Sisters kind of got obsessed with the show ever since I introduced it to her but she's slowly becoming more questionable as she matures.
     
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    My parents were frightened and my dad even told me he had no colt no more. Yeah they pretty much abandoned me, considering how homophobic they are...

    But no seriously, why is there a need to tell people you like MLP? It's just a show and people should not freak out about this matter, being a brony and being gay for example are two completely different things and the fact of being a brony should not bother anyone, telling people about something in that way seems like a "dark secret" and really, MLP is not a dark secret to begin with, I end up making MLP Jokes whenever I can think of them and when people ask me if I'm a brony I'm like "Yeah, got a problem with that?" and they leave it at that.

    But now to my real reaction: I never actively told them but my mother was asking me what that wallpaper was on my PC and I told her it's about MLP while she simply said it looked to childish for my age. (She had no idea what MLP even was, to begin with) as for my father, he probably wouldn't even care to be honest so yeah, even if I told them, probably no reaction but "Why are you telling us that?"
     
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    "Having your family say nothing but silently think you're weird"

    They already think I'm weird. They Always think I'm weird
     
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    Guys don't tell your parents. My parents literally imploded and now I'm an orphan. I regret everything.
     
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    My parents are wierd individuals. They were "Peace Punks" in th 90's and are both avid Star trek, Star Wars, Doctor Who Fans, and Gamers. They could've cared less that I was a brony. (Especially since my dad and I used to go see The Aquabats way back when they played small venues)
     
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    Hey i have a qestion
     
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    my mother is fine with it but my step-dad is the kinda guy that expects me to have posters of naked women up on my walls thats just not me though and i get teased by him for watching the show :p
     
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    My parents are pretty cool with it, but I'm sure they secretly think I'm a loser.
     
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    I told my mom and was weirded out. But she accepted it. Haven't told my dad yet... He isn't as accepting with these kinds of things... Any ideas on how to tell him?

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    Don't. :p

    Alternatively, you could just ask what he thinks about bronies without directly telling him that your a brony. Maybe tell him that someone at your school is a brony and try to get out of him what he thinks about it. ya know, bring it up as casual conversation.
     
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    I am doomed i think.... I've told a few people at school about me being a brony and they accepted it. heck, they even asked questions about it, positive questions, but it's my parents I'm worried about. my mother is a wonderful woman, and my dad Is also a good man. But my Mom is very judgmental and so is my dad. Another dangerous factor is that we are mormon, depute hearing that a good bit of bronies live in Utah..... Every pony is different. Also the most horrible factor of all is that for 4 years straight now, I've only been interested in the 20's, 30's, 40's,50's and early sixties in everything from music to fashion. So all the sudden telling them that I like My little pony friendship is magic, could really make them question my sanity. maybe that last line was a little harsh, but I am very worried though. I might tell my mother or heck, even just my grandma, but I am worried since honestly my family can't keep secrets very well, word could get out to my dad or my grandpa. Any help or advice
    would be ultra useful right now.
     
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    My parents Are Pretty accepting of it but i can tell it bothers my dad a bit... i was adopted form birth in 1993 and am proud to be their son for these past 20 years. and my dad is 57 and my mom in 55, the reason i was adopted was because my mom's well "Parts" got messed up to the point she couldn't have biological kids. but they love me alot and are willing to surprise me with pony merchandise for birthdays and let me buy most things, but its usually like the make shirts and the buttons and even a beanie: cause evenn though i dont care what people think about me because of it, but i am a bit wary with people thinking i'm gay when i'm not.. but of course my parents would still love me if i was and i have plenty of gay and lesbians friends, but i just don't want people to think i'm gay... OwO
     

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