Do they not care? Do they think its cute and funny? Do they have problems with it?
Do they even know, lol?
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Do they not care? Do they think its cute and funny? Do they have problems with it?
Do they even know, lol?
Dad started asking me for free porn LOL
Regards,
Lee
My family told me it was a pie in the sky dream and that I should get a “Real Job” that was over 3 years ago now. Maybe that is one of the reasons I put little stock in other people's criticism. :honest:
Being the type that does not pull punches, I told them how it is, on my first day, so there are no issues, really.
Of course, being Italian, some of the males & females are apprehensive about gay porn (btw, to me that means both), but for the most part the mainstream popularity of our industry has helped.
A good percentage of the members of la familia are liberal (in the true sense, not the diluted political def. of N.America) thinkers, so they really do not care, so long as it is not CP.
It also helps that we really do not do 'shop talk', of any sort - many of us view work as an inconvenience of life and it does not take much to get away from the disease - talking about it is truly pointless.
If anything, many are simply glad I did not stick with my third career choice (which is where I received the title 'Paco').
Yeah mine too, I believe the first question was 'can you get me one of those passwords son?'Quote:
Dad started asking me for free porn LOL
Every now and then he tries to give me advice like 'have you seen those alt news groups? You could probably sell some memberships there.'
I just would prefer not talk about it then thinking of my dad surfing porn. :egg:
lol, ditto. Dad started talking about his porn surfing habits... thinks I'd rather not know. :square:Quote:
Originally Posted by dannyz
Both my parents have been in our offices and my mom's even made cheescake cupcakes for people here. I think growing up in the city next to Chatsworth, which is the straight porn capital, they already knew other people in the industry.
When I told her, my mom said that she was so very happy for me...... she had been worrying for years that my web business was not going anywhere. My life from 1997 to 2002 was taking all the small amounts I earned and putting it to keep the web server running and the T1 connection going....nothing else. Plus, I was only getting older, life was passing her son by... etc.
And she certainly didn't mind no longer having to bail me out periodically with cash to pay my electric bills.
Steve
my son, daughter and i originally started our business together. my daughter asked us to buy her out soon after (which we did) but my son and i are still business partners.
my mom knows exactly what i do - i used to check my stats at her house when we'd visit :)
My mom sometimes sits beside me, talking to me when I am doing galleries and cropping pics - then she leaves saying "how in the world can you look at penises all day long - it bores me to death just watching you"
Guess our parents are just coool
Haven't told my mom yet, but as always she'd probably seem indifferent. ;)
After coming out and eventually meeting the BF, I think I've dulled her senses down. LOL.
My mother said "You're going to get arrested, you know... that's illegal. I hear about that on the news all the time"
But my mother is an idiot.
She also told me that I was going to get arrested when I was a pop star and was remixing other people's music.
She STILL tells me i'm going to get arrested, even though I've explained to her that porn isn't illegal.
um, she's not with the Bush administration, is she? :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jasun
Well, she's Canadian, so no.
And she's UBER liberal.
but she lives in a remote part of the country and is terrified of the world.
She doesn't understand what she hears on the news and just fills in the blanks.
oh well.
I finally told my mother two weeks ago that I no longer work for my previous employer and that I am now into "internet marketing". She didn't ask a single question after that. Lol.
All of my siblings know and only one thinks it's bad. My most conservative sister is overjoyed. She thinks it's great that I work for myself. The sister that thinks it's bad is crazy and has a horrible gambling addiction... so it's not like I respect her opinion.
Pretty much everyone I told needed to be reassured that I wasn't doing anything disgusting or illegal. And once I did that, that's when they start asking all of the fun questions. How do you make money? How much do you make? What are your sites? My niece even interviewed me for a college class paper, lol.
my dad wanted free porn.
my mum pestured me for months to buy her a turn-key website.
Then came the hooplah around iFriends and she was ready to round up a few guys to be cam dudes but we never got around to doing it.
"Is it legal? ... Are you sure it's legal? ... I really hope it's legal," said my father the retired police officer.
Michael
LOL. "Internet marketing" is exactly what I've been using.
When they ask me to explain it, I'll say "Sites that sell things online often have programs where I get a percentage of sales that I refer to them."
And then I rattle off examples, "like Amazon, 1800flowers, etc." LOL. :honest:
(As if anyone could live off of 5%.)
I also use "Internet Marketing" for IRS purposes. What's good enough for the IRS is good enough for Mom. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by HotMaleVideos
I haven't told anyone in my family. Course there is only my mother, brother and sister. I hardly talk to my bro & sis anyway. I haven't quit either of my day jobs so for now it's not an issue. I suppose nothing about me at this point would surprise them. Porn was the natural progression for me. Sounds like everyone else's family has that natural curiosity that is deep in many people.
Dad's been surfing and collecting porn longer than I've been alive. So he really didn't care. Just so long as "those men" didn't try to make me do anything that would require him hiding their corpses out on our farm in Georgia.
Mom was like "Oh ok. Just make money so I don't have to support you for the rest of your life. By the way, can you look at a story I just wrote? I want to see if its sexy enough."
Yeah, I crit. my mother's work ^_^
G-parents do not and will not know. 2 out of 4 uncles know. One's gay and loves the twinks and the other is into bondage.
I love my family. ^_^
Now i know what niche my dad likes! :whip: hehehQuote:
Originally Posted by Marc
My Mom thought I was joking at first but then I showed her some write ups and went to her computer and showed her our site. She couldn't believe it at first but she didn't care and she just asked if it was also legal and if I'm making money. The advice she told me was not to appear infront of the camera.
My Dad, he was thrilled but wanted me to do "str8 porn" but I told him since I'm gay I rather do what I know best. He keeps on insisting that I do str8 stuff and if he can have a free video
My Sister #1-She didn't care...just don't tell her children, my two nieces
My Sister #2-She loves the site and the guys...she helps me recruit models.
Since I have been doing this business for the past 4 years now, its just a job and they just see it as work for me. As I grow and make more money, they see that I have better stuff so they don't ask questions...they just want to make sure I'm saving something for retirement.
All my family knows is I make a living on the net doing web designs, and we leave it at that. Showed mom my big mainstream one and since it was geared towards lesbians, she had a hard time giving me even two minutes of her attention ... I can't even imagine trying to show her any of my adult stuff! I'm just glad her idea of using a computer is limited to playing Majoong and Monopoly from CD's.
For the most part, I doubt any of my brothers would care ... they'd probably like that idea better than how they reacted when I told them I was gay. That part of family stuff is somewhat better as the years go by ... but not by much. At least they aren't total assholes now to my partner when we're in the neighborhood... kinda helped when they finally figured out my sister is also gay ... and they think she's like a saint or something.
Not really sure what my sister would think.
My family doesn't know and I don't plan on them finding out. All my friends know but my parents are born again, etc and I know my mother in particular would take it as her being a failure and I wouldn't want to cause those feelings for them since they are actually very good parents.
I always say I do internet design and marketing and I keep some mainstream stuff around to show them.
I do mainstream work as well but here goes:
Fiancee - So long as you keep bringing in the $$$ and don't wear yourself out, do what you want to do.
Brother - Can you get me passwords to porn sites?
Mother - I'd prefer if you did mainstream work but if it makes you money it's fine by me. Are you gay, are you sure? (prior to proposing to my girlfriend of two years). Don't tell your father
Father - Thinks I only do mainstream stuff.
Sister - Knows I do web design of all sorts - thinks it's gross but doesn't really care.
Ultimately no one is going to tell be what I can and can't do for a job so whether they like it or not I'm going to run my business the way I see fit :)
Cheers,
Allan
give a free pass ;-)
ROFL! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by skot
my p's dont care. my partner's p's don't know.
off-topic:
you got damn nice banners for your sites on explodet.com!!!!
who did them?
My parents have known since the beginning and they dont like it, but they are just happy I support myself and dont sponge off them anymore. And they dont dislike it as much as some of my previous career choices.
My brother (the born again reformed queer) and his wife think I am evil and spend way too much time praying for my eternal soul. My sister thinks it is fine, as long as she can borrow money.
I live about 10000 miles away from where I came from so it is really not a big issue, we only see each other every 5 years or so.
thanks dev all the design is done by our very own Tom..
he's a bit of a graphic design genius, and a hottie too :thumbsup:
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Originally Posted by DEVELISH