Do You Hide Your Hobby?

Unrul3r · Post by **Unrul3r** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:10 pm

I'm also with the "don't ask don't tell" but i still do feel a bit awkward when i'm seeing anime and outsiders come along and asks, though i just answer normally as i was seeing a movie. Anyways, most of my friends are also into anime, though not AMV making, so it's not a big issue for me.

Kumatora · Post by **Kumatora** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:46 pm

I don't mention it much since I'm one of the few, and I mean few, people in my school that like anime. However, I'm not afraid to mention it to some people as long as I have the confidence that they won't make some stupid hentai comment and the topic is relevant.

When my family comes over, I don't bother hiding it because most of it is stored in a cabinet anyway.

Vivaldi · Post by **Vivaldi** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:04 pm

This is basically why I don't just parade it around.

wolfgirl44 · Post by **wolfgirl44** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:00 pm

Do I hide it?

...Why yes. Yes I do.

I mean, if someone ELSE starts talking about one of my favorite animes first, I'll happily talk their ears off with all my psychopath theories and stuff. But if nobody is talking about it and nobody specifically asks me "Do you like anime?" it takes hours of begging to get me to answer the simple question "What's your favorite show?"

pink.vampire.96 · Post by **pink.vampire.96** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:01 am

Do I hide my hobbies? No not really

And I never knew there was an Anime Festival in New York.

pink.vampire.96 · Post by **pink.vampire.96** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:02 am

and i have a question, why does my picture not show up??

Tearx · Post by **Tearx** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:04 pm

Around my friends I try not to hide it, but It is hard trying to explaining to them that it is not some crazy j porno.

Oh god, I try to hard a lot of it from my family. My sister has a deep hate for anime and amvs. She has to leave the house when I show my family any type of anime related video.

All my dvds are usually kept in a cabinet, out of sight anyways.
For those posters I have.. I do take them down when people are coming over. My Dnangel poster with dark and niwa touching each others chests just SCREAMS yaoi..

It will only give them the wrong impression =[

Ari-chan · Post by **Ari-chan** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 3:46 pm

Tearx wrote:Oh god, I try to hard a lot of it from my family. My sister has a deep hate for anime and amvs. She has to leave the house when I show my family any type of anime related video.

How does someone develope such a deep hate for anime? I can understand disliking it, but to actually have to leave a house?

Anyway, do I hide it? Yeah, sort of. At high school and middle school I didn't really hide all that much since my freinds were also into it and in high school I was the president of a club for it. I'm in college now though, and I never really see a reason to ever bring it up, with the expect of once in art class to make a point about speed lines.

At work I never bring it up, because aside from one of my co-workers kids, everyone there is to old and mature for anime. It's actually quite stressful, because I'm the youngest one there and the age gaps are amazing. so while everyone else can talk about who is pregnent, I just try to follow along and shut my trap.

Family wise I don't hid it at all. My older brothers are just as big into anime as I am. My room is completely anime themed. My dad likes the stuff as well and even though it took a while (because just had to show her Chobits, Hand Maid May, and Miyuki-chan in Wonderland first) my mom finally understands and is okay with it (She likes Sailor Moon, and Love Hina).

Tearx · Post by **Tearx** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 4:38 pm

Ari-chan wrote: How does someone develope such a deep hate for anime? I can understand disliking it, but to actually have to leave a house?

She is very strange 0_0; and scary D=