My parents are dissapproving.

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

As a lot of people said, your parent's views may be based on previous generations. Maybe have them watch one of the epic episodes and they might change.

[Glacier Chasm 15]

Glitched out so that this post was the same as the one above. Nothing to see here, just keep moving. I blame Pinkie Pie for this glitch.

Edited November 27, 2012 by Glacier Chasm

[Gone Airbourne 21,977]

So today I received a talk from my parents. The discussion was mainly about how I need to be more social, it's reasonable.

 

Then there was the underlying theme of it all, they would constantly reference bronies and the show as "odd", "eccentric", and "peculiar", and that I was just that for being a part of it. They also said I needed to stop liking so many Facebook posts that are MLP related because they're worried about others not being accepting (oh, the irony).

 

So they completely dissapprove of the fandom and show as a whole, and therefore they dissapprove of me being a brony.

 

So what are your thoughts on it? Also, has anyone else had similar experiences with people being unaccepting? If so, do tell.

 

(Also, sorry for anyone who read this while it was incomplete, the mobile version of MLP Forums glitched on me).

 

That sucks majorly... go on and keep liking *what* you enjoy and don't let anyone stop you. People all around you are going to have opinions on you but just let it go. It must suck having to deal with that but just go on and enjoy liking what you want to like. You do *not* have to conform and change yourself to be "accepted" among others... that is just sickening. True friends will be there for you regard of what you like or who you are! Edited November 27, 2012 by Gone ϟ Airbourne

[DoctorWhovian1902 596]

I haven't had this problem at all, and I really sympathize with you. I don't have much advice that you'll find amazingly helpful, but I hope that CloudFyre does. My two ideas is to make a document on Google Docs and write your story on there. That way you don't have to worry about them finding it on your computer at all. You just need to make sure you log out of your email.The second idea that I have is that you find a friend nearby who is a brony as well. Outside your home, don't be a closet brony. See if you can't find somebody who's perfectly normal and is a brony. If your parents can see an outside source, it might help, and you'll have a non-electronic source to brony out with. That will probably alleviate some of your parents fears about your lack of social connections.I hope these ideas help somewhat, and let me know when you get your first chapter up I'd like to see it.

I hate to say so, but most of the bronies at my school live far from me, and my other friends said bronies are just "immature faggots" (ignore the irony), so do you really think they'll come at it with an open mind if I show them the show? Same with my parents.Actually, I'd already showed them a trailer for the show, which was epic, but they said the show looks like "Lord of the Rings for kids".Also, I've already started work on the story...secretly. I don't want to spoil anything, but I will reveal the title of the story (I think this is the title I'll stick with, anyway), "You Can't Shy Away From Fate". Edited November 28, 2012 by whoovesfan7698

[Appledash lover 5]

i ran into a very similiar problem earlier this week here is what i dont understand what is wrong with being diffrent my freidns accept me more than my parents do know.it also irratates me that just becasue i like the show does not mean im a homosexual .

 

now back to your point  you can tell them whatever you want but heres what i say just ignore them becasue its kinda like a bully and if it comes to it and they bring it up again  then why dont you just show them this page and it may change their minds becasue what most people dont understand is that alot of people watch the show alot of MALES!!

[DoctorWhovian1902 596]

i ran into a very similiar problem earlier this week here is what i dont understand what is wrong with being diffrent my freidns accept me more than my parents do know.it also irratates me that just becasue i like the show does not mean im a homosexual .now back to your point you can tell them whatever you want but heres what i say just ignore them becasue its kinda like a bully and if it comes to it and they bring it up again then why dont you just show them this page and it may change their minds becasue what most people dont understand is that alot of people watch the show alot of MALES!!

I hate to say so, but that would probably only make things worse, they hate all things MLP and assume anyone online here is some weird, socially awkward individual. So while I'd love to show them this, it would probably only make them angrier.

[~Asuka <3~ 867]

I'd just like to say that this pisses me off.  Parents should be supportive and stuff, and even though mine aren't, they really should be in my opinion.  I feel for you bro.  Gah, this frustrates me to no end.  Even adults can be so judgmental.  

[TheImaginaryAlicorn 147]

Yeah, my parents aren't fans of the whole brony thing either. My sister is neutral, which is good, I guess. One of my friends is weird about it, two like MLP, but the rest have no idea. Nobody ever asked. But I still watch it - I have rights to my ponies!

[Akemi Homura 7,680]

My mom watched a few episodes with me. She enjoyed it a lot, and approves of my bronyness if you want to call it that. In your case though, it sounds like your parents are more worried about you being shut-in and getting addicted to the whole pony thing rather than being picked on by "bullies" or whatever you want to call them.

 

Your only option here would be to go outside more, really. Start hanging out with your friends - it might be a tough thing to do, but we're always here! The brony phenomenon isn't going anywhere. Once you've got that out of the way, you can start enjoying your ponies again with your new routine, as it were.

[DoctorWhovian1902 596]

My mom watched a few episodes with me. She enjoyed it a lot, and approves of my bronyness if you want to call it that. In your case though, it sounds like your parents are more worried about you being shut-in and getting addicted to the whole pony thing rather than being picked on by "bullies" or whatever you want to call them.Your only option here would be to go outside more, really. Start hanging out with your friends - it might be a tough thing to do, but we're always here! The brony phenomenon isn't going anywhere. Once you've got that out of the way, you can start enjoying your ponies again with your new routine, as it were.

That's the plan. Thanks for the advice, and you pretty much hit the nail on the head, so to speak. Or at least what they were trying to convey underneath their constant bashing of bronies.Anyways, I hate to say so, but my friends aren't much better. A few of them are accepting of it, but one said we're all "immature faggots" (irony aside), I mean, how do you even respond to that? The worst part, two other friends of mine bought into that and now are haters.I wouldn't put too much worry on that person, though. He's been proved wrong before, specifically, I showed him Minecraft about a year ago and he said it was the stupidest thing ever. He played it recently for what was planned to only be about an hour (and I assumed he was playing it with the intent of hating it due to the content of the prior conversation), and, long story short, I have proof that he got hooked on it. Now he's told me that "no one can know" he likes Minecraft. So yeah, he's been proved wrong before, and it's likely history will repeat itself...eventually...I'm thinking "Sonic Rainboom" for him, you know, when the time is right. When, though, that's a different story...

[Akemi Homura 7,680]

That's the plan. Thanks for the advice, and you pretty much hit the nail on the head, so to speak. Or at least what they were trying to convey underneath their constant bashing of bronies.Anyways, I hate to say so, but my friends aren't much better. A few of them are accepting of it, but one said we're all "immature faggots" (irony aside), I mean, how do you even respond to that? The worst part, two other friends of mine bought into that and now are haters.I wouldn't put too much worry on that person, though. He's been proved wrong before, specifically, I showed him Minecraft about a year ago and he said it was the stupidest thing ever. He played it recently for what was planned to only be about an hour (and I assumed he was playing it with the intent of hating it due to the content of the prior conversation), and, long story short, I have proof that he got hooked on it. Now he's told me that "no one can know" he likes Minecraft. So yeah, he's been proved wrong before, and it's likely history will repeat itself...eventually...I'm thinking "Sonic Rainboom" for him, you know, when the time is right. When, though, that's a different story...

 

It's pretty easy to bash something when everyone else is doing it rather than taking up an opinion yourself. Your pals aren't really an exception to it. Though, I do believe that they're fearful of becoming "one of us" as it were, like how you've delved into the community quite a bit already. What they don't know is that this sort of thing takes time to develop. Watching a show even with a large fanbase such as this isn't necessarily reflective of one's future endeavours in participating in anything related to said show. You can enjoy it without having to be active in any pony related sites, though eventually, out of pure interest, it may hold true. Once again though, it takes time for that kind of interest to really spark.

 

Teenagers are more susceptible to be shut in than anyone else, but it isn't a big deal. His liking of minecraft is just as trivial as your liking of MLP and he needs to be convinced of it. Though I suspect that it isn't much of a big deal anyway, it would be nice for him to see that it is OK to like just about anything. Yes, even absolutely morbid/macabre things, but don't take that well into account.