How do you deal with other people finding out you're a brony?

I tend to ignore the opinions of others. Nobody has the right to judge me.

 

I own up to it. I am what I am, and there's no shame in it.

 

A while ago I told my little brother I was a brony, but only because he was watching the show himself and was wondering if I had seen it. I didn't know he told our Mom until she suggested getting me Season 1 on DVD for Christmas. I was pissed at my little brother for blabbing about it but my Mom didn't really say anything about it when I last saw her. Neither did my step-dad, so i assume they're cool with it. And this is why I don't let my little brother on my Xbox Live parties, since he'll start blabbing to all my friends about things I don't want them to know. (One of my friends despises My Little Pony and has no idea I like it.)

 

I own up to being an MLP fan. I don't talk about MLP to people who don't want to listen to it. The people who have judged me did it half-jokingly. I honestly think that most people who are that narrow-minded would have been turned off me for many other reasons much earlier. I tend to surround myself with decent people.

 

I don't hide it I am happy to tell people that I'm a pegister

 

Like this:SCREW YOU AND YOUR OPINIONS unless they're good/neutral YOU CAN DIE IN A MOTHERBUCKING FIRE unless your opinion is good/neutral.RAGE IS GOOD. AND SO IS CAPS LOCK.yay...

 

I just continue my day while I held head up high and embrace the fact that everyone of them knows that i'm a brony and proud

 

Pretty much this. I'm not terribly bothered if people knew I liked MLP, but I don't need to need to hear crap about it on a day to day basis. So I pretty much just keep it to myself.

Although the only people I see and talk to on a daily basis are my co-workers, my family and my best friend. My family and my best friend already know, my co-workers will never find out. They are the biggest bunch of hateful, intolerant, and ignorant people I have ever met. Trying to explain why MLP is worth watching to them would be akin to teaching string theory to a gerbil. You might as well bash yourself in the head with a brick for all the good it'd do.

I also wouldn't tell all my other friends, because they're completely narrow-minded as well. Which is made even funnier by the fact that they think themselves to be all open-minded and philosophical...haha, just because you smoke pot all the time does not make you open-minded. It makes you high.

But I cut off all contact with those friends months ago...I guess I just finally got tired of their crap.




So, to answer the OP's question, if someone finds out you like MLP, tell them it's because the show is awesome and move on. If they want an explanation, give them one...tell them why you like it. If they're interested, talk about it. If they're cool with it but not that interested, switch subject. If they give you crap about it, tell them to deal with it, and if they can't deal with it then they might not be worth knowing at all.

 

I have to admit, I hide it. My parents will beat me if they find out. Good thing I'm moving out soon.

 

I told my parents, grandmother, older brother, best friend Josh, girlfriend Karleigh, Karleigh's two sisters and Karleigh's parents so yeah there you go not embarrased at all.

 

Y'know i'd like to say i just ignore it and it doesn't get to me, but realistically i deal with it by logically explaining my enjoyment of the show. I have even turned one of my good friends who was an intense brony hater into a brony! It was really actually quite beautiful, he told me he had downloaded season 1 over night and actually loved it. Unfortunately, i am the only one who knows he is a brony because he entrusted me with this information...he is too scared to let other people know he is a brony and i do respect that, because it is intimidating having other people know you're a brony. But in the end, you must let people know WHY you are a brony and that it doesn't color who you are and shouldn't detail anyone's opinion of you. Besides, people who rag on something they have never experienced or seen before are usually just ignorant tools to begin with xD. I mean, that's why i have read the first Twilight book and went and saw all the movies (i refused to pay of course). That's why a couple years ago whenever the Mormon missionaries came to my door, it was open to them and their word. I listened to them and kept an open mind. Because it is not wise to hate or refute that which you know nothing about or have never experienced.

 

I told my brother the first week. The rest of my family found out in time and they never give me a hard time about it at all. As for friends, well, I told them and they don't seem to treat me any differently. I just never talk about ponies around them unless it comes up. It's best not to act so nerdy and defensive of it. If you have friends who harass you about it, then ditch them and make new friends. If your family does, then ignore them or counter-attack with their hobbies and/or interests.

 

I often laugh, and if that doesn't work I punch them in the gut and make other people laugh at them...

But seriously (I do not advocate violence.), I don't bring it up and when I do I try to keep a calm head and shrug it off. Can't get all flustered about being yourself, you know?

When my dad found out I was a brony, he laughed. I just remarked "Judge if you will." Now he knows I like it and understands.

EDIT: How messed up is that, he freaking laughed at me. I'd have rather been shunned for a while.

 

I'm pretty open about it. I don't go shoving it down people's throats, but I have no reason to hide it. I like a show.

But ya, nobody seems to care much about it.

 

I blush a little (even of that other person is also a brony) but own up to it

 

Except that's where you're wrong.

Because everybody has the right to judge you.

Just as you judge them judging you.

And just as you judge Barack Obama.

Or Kim Jong-Un.

Or Vladimir Putin.