I'd like to tell more people, but I'm pretty sure most of my friends wouldn't understand. They're the sort that would find it far more entertaining to rip on me for the rest of my life (lovingly, of course) than actually take it seriously. I know some might even enjoy it, but I think I'd have to be decently drunk before I'd even breach the subject with them. Even the people I thought would be into it have given me mixed results. It's not a problem, though. To each his own, they say.
It's not like I'm ashamed, it's just... it feels like somepony new to ponies would have to experience as much of the show and fandom as we have to understand where I'm coming from, like why Trollestia is hilarious, Pinkamena is terrifying, and Rarity is sexy not a snob.