Are You An "In-The-Closet" Pony Lover?

Personally I think when you pick up a hobby, you should always do something you love. Like I totally enjoy collecting ponies.

Im considered an adult I guess and I collect ponies. Where I come from, not many people collect ponies or are into ponies (hence we have to join mlptp and arena to find other pony lovers and buy ponies overseas).

so obviously if you tell people u are a pony lover here they will think its strange. So I only talk pony if people ask.

But to be honest I couldnt care. I enjoy my ponies and I dun care if people think its weird or childish. As long as im happy thats what matters :)
 
CocoChipooRocks said:
Does anyone else on here keep their pony addiction a secret, or are you open about it?
I've wanted to ask this question for a while because, to be honest, I'm terrified of telling people that I love ponies. :eek:

The fact that I'm in high school doesn't exactly help, considering it's a time when you're supposed to "grow up." I've been bullied a lot before and I still am sometimes, so I feel like it would put fuel on the fire if people knew of my hobby. As much as I absolutely love collecting ponies, watching the shows and connecting with other fans, it's still a little embarrassing to me. Because of all this, I'm extremely hesitant to tell people that I'm a fan. Only my family and my closest friends know that I am, and I warned them not to tell anybody. They have no problem with it for the most part, although my mom sometimes says that she doesn't get the point. :oops:

With that all said, I want to know what you think!
Are you open about your pony love, or do you hide it from people like I do?
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Hey! I'm 15 too, and I can totally relate to your situation. My closest friends who know me very well know about it, because I know they'll understand me. I think the problem with ponies is the stigma that comes with it. Everyone thinks it's this embarrassing, pink, childish thing, but that's only because they don't know about it enough. I don't openly tell people about it either, I already get teased enough (not to the point of bullied, but) that I'm small height-wise and very clumsy and forgetful. My mum does respect it though, only because I've brainwashed her through daily pony babble. And that, is why places like the TP exists, to recognize all pony lovers and connect us in-the-closet pony lovers! xx
 
I am not in the closet at all about my collecting. But my circle of friends are mostly all nerds and geeks of some flavour so they are pretty accepting of anything
 
I'm 31 and my family has always known I love MLP (my mother can be considered a pony enabler since she keeps feeding my habit by giving me pony stuff during holidays lol). It's a hobby that brings me happiness, so I don't feel there's anything to be embarrassed about.
 
I'm so sorry you're having so many issues at school. At least you have your collection to come home to! I was bullied too, but not for my collection, which I had grown out of by this time. I doubt the kids would have taken enough time to find out what my hobbies were.
I don't brag about my collection, but I don't keep it from anyone either. My assistant gave me a G4 MLP pink coffee mug for Christmas, complete with gold glitter and lots of hearts and girly stuff. I'm not what anyone would consider girly, so it can surprise people to find out what I do collect.
If you don't feel comfortable talking about your collection, then don't feel you have to. Your hobbies are to make you happy, not to impress others or show off to make others like you.

But by all means, keep the page of speed dial for the worst days, and the best days:smile:
 
Just because you're not comfortable talking about your hobby doesn't mean you love it less. It's not anyone else's business, so you don't need to share it if you don't want to. (Also, high school sucks, especially for us geeks).

I'm pretty open about my collection. I have McD ponies on display at work and most of my coworkers know I collect and make customs and such, and will often ask about my projects. I also usually have people asking to see the pony room at our annual holiday party. And my mom and close friends are all enablers, buying me ponies for my birthday and Xmas. But I don't necessarily tell people when I'm out that I'm buying for myself. Sometimes I just don't want to have the conversation.

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As a male, me being into My Little Pony is of course sadly looked at as very abnormal, and I am very well aware of that. So with that I'n mind I tend to at the very most admit that I used to like MLP as a child, but seldom admit to still being into it.

And contrary to what one might think, I can't help but feel that being a male MLP fan has actually become even more stigmatizing ever since the brony phenomenon took of than it was before. Before I used to worry that if people found out that I like MLP they would probably think I was just plain odd. Like, they probably wouldn't be able to even make sense of it. But now, I worry that if they find out about it then they might think that I am one of those stereotypical bronies who is creepily obsessed with ponies and probably is sexually interested in them too (and I say STEREOTYPICAL precisley because I realize of course that in reality only VERY FEW bronies actually fit that stereotype, but nevertheless it is sadly the image of a brony that people have gotten into their heads).

And then there is also the fact that I'm not really into G4 at all, so I'm not very keen on being thought of as a brony in the first place. :rolleyes:
 
McPonyBurger said:
As a male, me being into My Little Pony is of course sadly looked at as very abnormal, and I am very well aware of that. So with that I'n mind I tend to at the very most admit that I used to like MLP as a child, but seldom admit to still being into it.

And contrary to what one might think, I can't help but feel that being a male MLP fan has actually become even more stigmatizing ever since the brony phenomenon took of than it was before. Before I used to worry that if people found out that I like MLP they would probably think I was just plain odd. Like, they probably wouldn't be able to even make sense of it. But now, I worry that if they find out about it then they might think that I am one of those stereotypical bronies who is creepily obsessed with ponies and probably is sexually interested in them too (and I say STEREOTYPICAL precisley because I realize of course that in reality only VERY FEW bronies actually fit that stereotype, but nevertheless it is sadly the image of a brony that people have gotten into their heads).

And then there is also the fact that I'm not really into G4 at all, so I'm not very keen on being thought of as a brony in the first place. :rolleyes:
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^THIS. I wanted to read this through the point of view of a male collector. Thank you
 
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