Being a Brony IRL

[Fluttershy the Scout 6]

I've been wondering about how many of you guys have been openly a brony like in school and things. I'm interested in hearing about stories or even experiences you guys have had as a result of as some would say "coming out of the brony closet"

 

I'll start

 

I was introduced to MLP by a friend (my best friend actually) and fell in love from the start. At first it wasn't a big deal with me but after time things got so much more interesting with these forums and the pony server (lol still can't get on) and TF2 servers and i realized that this is awesome. thing is it's still largely a secret. I've told people who ask but not like my friends, who wear like shirts and things. The way people react is weird. Its not that i want to wear an MLP shirt tomorrow its that i don't want to be afraid to express myself.

[Mikael 46]

Well... I haven't told my family (will happen soon) and not my classm8s, but some of my closest friends know it and are ok with it. I want to get a MLP shirt and wear it on school, I hope it happens sooner or later

[Kodiak 431]

I'm probably the most open brony at my school. I wear my Rainbow Dash shirt almost every week and a half, I'm rockin' four pony pins on my bag, and I watch the episodes right in the middle of class if I wanted (much to my friends' laughter and people giggling). I'm about to start a club for it (more for charity, but still ponies nonetheless). It's fun spreading the magic around school; I've gotten so many friends into it now

[Robojot 152]

i used to be a closet brony irl until i saw a friend of mine secretly watching ponies in class and from that day on have we been watching ponies and been completely open about it at school

[Nah 3,182]

Too bad gangs have kept us from sharing our bronyhood because of a dumb dress code, but I will tell people I trust.

[Anonymous~ 591]

I live in a country where the majority of people are really intolerant and that is why only my family knows that I'm a brony.

[Lillia 69]

Not currently IN school, but it's hardly a secret at this junction.

 

I have my Bronies, but most of the people in my life either directly dislike the fact that I like the show, or just do their best to ignore my talking about it and hope it goes away.

 

[Kenai Ursa 13]

I've mentioned that I like the show to my best friend and my sister.

Both disproved, which is a given.

 

They don't know about my OC though.

[Laydee Kaze 400]

Yeah. Not even bothered to be fair. My parent's know, don't really care. My sister's always liked MLP, so she doesn't mind.

 

I have an Applejack sat on my PC desk in my room, and tbf, I'll wear pony stuff wherever. Once I make this necklace I'm planning on doing, I'll wear that about.

[Cynic 336]

My family knows, they don't mind. Also, my best friend knows, who thinks it's weird.

[~Sugar Sprinkles~ 638]

Everyone knows I am a brony. I have told ppls

[Guest]

I have had mixed reactoins from the people I have told (my bro hated me for a while but now is ok with it, my cousins thought it was cool, my mom didn't really care, and my dad is still in the dark). I recently told my friends about it and started posting pony stuff on google+, they have been pretty tolerant, although one of them thinks I am 100% insanse. No one else really knows yet, although after I get off of Spring break I will turn this article in to my school newspaper and I shall see what happens! (I still have to add in the interview I got as well)

[Raiyny Day 71]

I wear pony stuff usually twice a week. My whole family honestly doesn't care at all, not even my dad's side who usually gives me problems with my hobbies and such, and most of my friends don't care/are bronies themselves, and only get negative responses from one person. Heck, I don't even get any bad responses from the ,popular' crowd, who usually make fun of my friend's and I opinions o__o

 

I'm pretty dang lucky

Edited March 5, 2012 by RaiynSuarez

[Gingerpotato 889]

My friends/family know and some of em make fun of me but some of them are bronies themselves

 

I will be wearing my brony shirt with pride, its finally arriving tomorrow.

[NewCalamity 3,454]

My family knows and 3 of my friends know.

 

Just today I openly asked the cashier at McDonalds if their new MLP shipment has arrived yet. She said no wait 'till Friday.

 

I don't run 'round telling people, if they ask I'll tell 'em though.

Edited March 5, 2012 by NewCalamity

[Eenohay 318]

Well listen to the expert: Today I had my first class day since I became a brony, and it went swell. I spend it showing my drawings to people and talking bout ponies. Although I didn't announce it to the whole class or anything I didn't hide it either, and I did tell it to many people. Twas cool. I will keep doing, and making works about ponies and the such. I waiting for english class to come as we always get the chance to write silly little stories

 

EDIT: By the way, when I posted this there were much less people claiming to have positive reactions

Edited March 5, 2012 by Eenohay

[joeyh3 153]

I don't own any brony clothing (yet), but at work, the picture on my ID badge is actually the same picture as my avatar. I've had a few people stop and ask me about it.

 

Also, the wallpaper on my computers/phone are various pony pictures, so anyone watching me using an electronic device can usually tell as well.

[LowfatEnvelope 335]

I don't go around proclaiming it everywhere. A few of my friends know and everyone in my house knows, but i don't think anyone else does. If asked i'll tell, but i'm very quiet irl and don't have any pony clothing (sadly) so it's not openly obvious.

[L u n a t i c 0]

I'm a brand new Brony and only one friend watched it to. He hauled me over to watch MLP. And I thank him so much for that!

[Kyreth 194]

Well I only go to school part time so I don't really talk to anyone there. I'm open about it to my friends and family though. My family think its weird and don't understand why I like it and all my friends (except the one I converted ^^) hate it and always joke about me having a horse fetish. I don't really mind it, its all in good fun and its awesome to have even one person to talk ponies with in real life.

[83awsm 234]

Got into MLP by finally investigating the whole phenomena, and glad I gave the show a chance I sort of have two sides, one with my non-brony friends and family, then the brony community. I've been to a couple brony meetups and wear a couple shirts IRL, but outside of that I don't show it too much.

 

[Radiance64 7,053]

My mom and brother know, and I'm sure a few random strangers at Wal-Mart saw me carrying around and buying the Friendship Express DVD(used a self check), so they probably know too, whoever they are.

[Mr. Wobbels 664]

I talk about watching it once in a while if my friends ask me about what I did over the weekend, but other than that I only really talk about MLP with my brony friends. BowlArt64 here on the forum is an irl friend of mine (if you didn't already know this), and he's the most open brony at my school. He wears a MLP t-shirt every Friday. I saw someone else at my school wearing a similar shirt, but I've never seen her again.

[Mare in the Moon 173]

Everyone who knows me knows. At first it was embaressing letting people know about it, but now it feels good to say. I dunno why, I am just really into it, and proud of it. I haven't really gotten any real negative feedback for it so I haven't had any reason NOT to be open about it. Honestly, nobody who knows me is really surprised, I have always been considered weird.

 

Basicly, I am extremely open about it now, as hesitant as I was at first.

[Derpy Whooves 77]

(I first came out of the stable a few months ago i loved mlp for a year then decided to be open about it a few of my "friends" were talking about back when cartoons where good i said my little pony is a good show i got some stupid responses to this day i only know 3 bronys irl but im recruiting more and more anyways i got a lot of neglect but i dont give a flying feather about what they think)