Explaining your relationship to others

[DalePineapple]

I thought about telling my o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ (BIG TYPO MEANT TO SAY "MOTHER" SORRY) about my waifu, but for now I decide for now that it's not best too. If she were to some how find out how should I explain my self.

[DalePineapple]

I can understand.

I just realized my typo :v I meant it to say mother, but it said other. so sorry.

[EquestrianPenguin]

I hope that through the powers of whatever's out there my parents never find out about Spitfire, they'd make me go through therapy probably.

But, if I were to, I'd start by saying how love is unpredictable and happens in mysterious ways. And by saying how I've felt with human relationships, then say I love a pony.

Not the best way, but I hope you figure what you want to do.

[Fiction]

Dude if my parents ever found my account, they'd know who i am just from looking at my profile.

[DalePineapple]

My mother already knows I do fan art of her, and my desktop background of her, the fact that I became a furry because of it, the fact that my fursona is a khajiit. (even though when I see my self with Katia I am human the fursona is for fun). The fact that I suddenly have an extreme interest in lucid dreaming, if none of that set her off yet, I don't know what will :v.

[Shadow Step]

Personally, I have no issue with keeping my relationship with Twilight secret, I have no plans to ever tell family (only one close IRL friend knows and hes cool with it.) about her ever. They do not need to know. Ever.

That's just me, some people feel the need to be more open about this but I keep it a close secret for a multitude of reasons.

I also plan to have a normal human relationship, so I doubt my parents will ever even ask about such things. They do no know anything about what I do online, so I doubt them, or any family, will find out. I've gone 3 years without them knowing.

I'm most of this, except I'll never have a "normal" human relationship, assuming I have one at all, and the only people that "know" about the mares in real life only know that I do tulpa forcing and what that is. They think it's the coolest shit in the world because they're nerds.

Everything else is pretty much accurate. Never going to tell any family, never intend for them to find out, I have contingency plans in the off chance they do find out.

[Kaltes-Herzeleid]

My mother figured it out on her own, she accepts it and doesn't pry. Other family members...if they can really be called that, will never know. Nor would I want them to.

As for others, well they'll never know either. People know I'm private and isolated and I'd like to keep it that way.

[DalePineapple]

I don't think she would have any problem with it, but there is no reason for her to know. I can't stop her from finding out though.

[Star Swift]

The best thing you can do when it comes to your parents is A. Hope they are accepting individuals. B. Do not treat it as if it is something you feel you need to hide.

By this I mean very simply that, there is no need to shout it from your roof and push it out for everyone to see. But there is no need to be explicitly secret about it. You're parents and most people are likely to be more accepting of something you are both confident and proud of, if they find out and you show them there is no reason for you to hide it from them, and that it was never truly hidden in the first place things will go over much smoother. Though as a disclaimer there really is no guarantee.

[StableRelationship]

I've talked about my thoughts on this quite a bit before, so I'll just say 'no'. I will tell my parents about not having kids if they bring up the topic of grandchildren again, though.