Had to let it out.

I started watching it about 7 episodes into season 1. I had one friend who was a funnyjunker and one time he passed me a note with a spiderman thing on, i responded with a picture of twilight saying "this thread is now pony". He was the first person to know I liked the show. A few months later, he told me he loved it to. It soon became clear that there were a number of fans in the year below mine, but I still kept it generally on the down low. Until the friend who I told first revealed it at a party. Fortunately, I'm hardly respected amoung friends and so they weren't surprised. The one I cally my best friend still can't see why I like the show and continues to mock. Hence, if I want merchandise, I look for the subtle stuff which isn't obviously pony.

I got everything in balance, I don't talk about the show much with friends, and its just really my guilty pleasure on the internet and ipod. Stuff is in balance now, and if I'm ever feeling down, listening to the Smile, or Find a Pet song, or seeing this picture cheer me up. The trick is to not take the "little girls show" stuff to heart. It is a show for little girls that the rest of the family can enjoy.

Personally, I keep my merchandise to a minimum, and will always be one to poke fun at myself. I only own 1 pony t shirt, and when called brony, I separate myself from the term by showing the lyra plushie and saying "this is why I'm not a brony". Its also a handy card I can pull when mocking a couple of really hardcore fans of the BBC series Sherlock for how much they like that (hypocritical I know).

Let's face it, if you lose friends because you watch a TV show, then they were sucky friends, and probably would have lost touch with them anyway.

Keep enjoying the show friend

Don't feel bad, it's the same way with me, even though I'm a girl. I get picked on as if I were a guy watching MLP. And friends come and go bud, don't worry too much about it. You'll have more friends. I promise. :)

If your "friends" left you because you find enjoyment out of watching cartoon ponies they weren't really your friends in the first place. I am not a brony but I really don't understand all this hate as long as no one is forcing it on anyone. I know that reading what some random guy on the internet typed likely will not make you feel much better but if you are reading this pay attention. You found something that makes you happy. Why would a true friend have a problem with you being happy, even if it was kinda "weird" to them? Don't worry too much, once you go to college or get a job or just get out into the real world I promise you that no one will care that you watch ponies.

That is truly saddening; losing most of your friends over the fact you watch a show about ponies. I can't say I know the exact pain of being disregarded for showing my love of MLP since a majority of the people I'm in contact with are bronies or fans of the show, and since I keep it mostly a secret to most others, but I can tell you to just stay strong. If your friends really are friends, they'll look past the fact that you watch such a show as this one, and might even check it out for themselves if conditions are right. I hope things will get better for you

Sorry you have to deal with this bro... i wish your friends were more accepting of your interests as we do.... We all lend out a helping hoof if you need it, we're a family..... Even fluttershy understands your sorrow

nobody knows that I'm a brony

nobody :I

people leave a heartache
that will never heal
love leaves a memory
that no one can steal

People have judged me for liking the show, and i dont say anything. because i know that when i get home, i can watch an episode of this show and be happer than any of them could ever be. my school consists of 1800 boys and everyone knows me. i dont care for anyone's opinions of things and i never will. you will always have this show and your fellow bronies.

Friends come and go. You have to figure out which ones are causing more pain than is worth while and leave them.

Sorry I don't have more to say, OP.

You know, most of my friends don't share my kind of interest either... the trick isn't having people in life you label as "friends" the trick is finding people that you just always enjoy being around. Friendly teasing is always fine and dandy, but if your friends are actually just dicks, screw them.
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This is what I am scared of having happen to me. I live in a small town in WI where there are about 200 kids maximum in the high school. In May we went over popular fads and trends in American History. Now my teacher is a very cool guy and often visits sites such as Funnyjunk. I said Bronies were a fad and everybody in the class looked at me like I was fucking nuts and they kept asking what a brony was. Only two of my closest friends, the teacher, and I knew what they are. So I had to explain it to the rest of the class and my teacher made me explain the fan base and the community in detail. I had to tell them all about the bronycons and all that jazz. Everybody looked at me like I was a freak and they kept making comments such as, 'that's crazy,' 'Why would anybody in their sane mind do that?' Of course they made comments like, 'Oh I bet he is one, he's always been a little queer.'

This all broke my heart and made me feel like I could never reveal it to my class even though i'm like by many ): I know I don't have many brony friends, but mlp is probably the biggest thing in my life.

There is a solution...

you have all of my feels brony, all of them

dude, so what if people make fun of you? you like what you like. i get shit all the time from my parents, and some people that i thought were my friends, but i learned who my friends really were. the ones who accept you for who you are. remember, YOU get to choose your friends. if they want to make your life hell, then are thaey really your friends? and why is it that people think that you have to hide being a brony. i say if you are going to be a brony, then be proud of it. what other people say doesnt matter. as long as you like it, thats all that matters.

BRONY AND PROUD.

alright, i've got to say something. before the summer and me becoming a brony, i used to kinda have to explain bronies to people, and i did it negatively. (which i really regret now) Sometimes me and my friends would have a laugh and make jokes about bronies. So, over the summer, someone in the comments convinced me to give it a try. first, i started out with the first three episodes. i liked it, and replied so to said commenter. then i ended up finishing the whole first season. i had become at brony at that point. now, next year during school, i have to face all those friends who i have shared many a laugh making fun of bronies with and tell them that i have been assimilated into the herd. i fear the loss of some of my lesser friends and acquaintances, but i know that my gf (who already knows and doesn't care. but her little sister seems wierded out by it though) and some of my best friends will stay. and who knows, maybe they will give the show a try!