Telling friends/family/public about camming

[BisexualBelle]

Hello all I'm a cam model and im still fairly new to camming. Even though I haven't been doing it long, I have to say that I thoroughly enjoy doing it. Many people who don't cam or are very against the adult industry wouldn't be able to understand me when I say this, but camming helps me with my self esteem. For a long time I was so unhappy with my body, and now that I cam, I can see that my body IS attractive to many men and that there are many different types of beautiful bodies. So with that said, if I'm so happy with what I do, I feel as if I should become public about it. I live a double life and constantly find myself lying to family and friends about how I can afford certain things and where I get my income from. Honestly, constantly lying and hiding something I enjoy doing, even though it's highly frowned upon by most of society, is very tiring. So I was wondering a few things of other models:

1. Have any of you told your families what you do?
2. How did they take it? (if you did)
3. For those of you who hide it, what lies do you have to tell to stay hidden?
4. Do any of you feel the same as I do? Living a double life, and wanting to finally become public?
5. If any of you hide, why? Are you scared of criticism and judgement?
6. For those of you who are public, how do you deal with the criticism? Does it hurt your feelings?
7. Do any of you have "normal jobs" to hide your other income? (mfc income)
8. Do any of you have MFC as your only income?
9. How should I go about telling my friends, and most importantly, my family??

Thank you for all who read I'd really appreciate some feedback. I'm exhausted from living this double life. I just want to be proud and open about something that makes me happy. What can I say, I'm very sexual, and comfortable being so haha

Thanks
~BisexualBelle​

 

[BlueViolet]

1. Have any of you told your families what you do?

Nope. I'm sure they'll find out eventually and I really am okay with that. I'm just a private person and didn't really talk much about my vanilla jobs anyway, and I feel like camming is part of my sex life and I don't ask my parents how their sex life is going. Also, I've been camming for about 1 year and 6 months now.

3. For those of you who hide it, what lies do you have to tell to stay hidden?

I told my mom I have a secret double life. She told me at lunch once that she feels like I'm keeping something from her and that I'm living some weird "double life", so I just laughed and said, "Yup, I have a secret double life." And we just joked around with it. I really don't know what she thinks I really do--probably thinks I'm a stripper to be honest. She doesn't ask anymore questions about it.

4. Do any of you feel the same as I do? Living a double life, and wanting to finally become public?

Nope! I have no desire to talk about my sexual internet escapades, but I don't really like talking about myself to my family in general. I've told my close friends, though, and it's common conversation.

5. If any of you hide, why? Are you scared of criticism and judgement?

Could care absolutely less if my family was upset by it. I'm not really close with most of my family and I'm super happy with my life right now. I just think it would make for awkward dinner conversation.

7. Do any of you have "normal jobs" to hide your other income?

Nope, I'm exclusively Streamate. So is my girlfriend.

8. Do any of you have MFC as your only income?

I don't work on MFC anymore, but Streamate is my sole income.

9. How should I go about telling my friends, and most importantly, my family??

I told my friends straight up that I strip on the internet. They seemed to think it was pretty spiffy. I have no advice on telling your family because I personally think it's unnecessary. I just say that I work from home doing stuff on the internet.

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Also, if you really enjoy camming and plan on doing it for a lot longer, this question would probably get a lot more responses if you posted it in the "Model's Only" section. If you have an MFC account, it's very easy for you to get verified. Just go here:

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[Rose]

1.
Yup, my whole family knows. I told them almost immediately after I started camming full time.

2.
My parents were just relieved I wasn't doing hardcore gang bang porn with strangers that weren't tested for STDs. While it's not their first choice of career for me, they're happy that I'm safe and would rather support me and help keep me safe than see me distance myself and possibly choose a career that would be otherwise unsafe physically or emotionally.

3.
I don't lie about it anymore, but when I was keeping it mostly under wraps, I just told everyone I was a housewife who was a domestic goddess for a living.

4.
N/a

5.
Before I told my family and close friends, I chose to keep it quiet because 1) I wanted to make sure it was going to be a long term career, 2) I wanted to make sure I knew how to answer any questions and 3) I wanted to prove that I was able to make it a fairly stable career. I do still keep it private from some people though and that's simply because I feel it's none of their business what I do. I don't know them that well or I don't trust them to not intrude.

6.
Surprisingly, I haven't met much criticism. I don't leave that window open. For those who know but look down on my career, I simply let them know that their judgments and criticisms will cause me to leave their company indefinitely or permanently. That seems to be a pretty good tactic and helps me keep only mostly positive relationships in my life.

7.
Before I started camming full time, I used to work fast food for a month or so. That helped hide my income until I was ready to tell my family. After that I just went with the domestic goddess thing.

8.
Not currently, but from January 2011 to about April 2012 I was on MFC only and it was my sole source of income. From April of this year until about 2 and a half weeks ago, clips4sale was my only income. Now I make my income through streamate and clips4sale.

9.
Hard to say, it really depends on the people you want to tell. Personally, I just came straight out with it. It was something along the lines of, "Hey Ma, I'm an adult model and I also cam. It's like internet stripping but nobody touches me, nobody knows my location and I work from home. Oh and please help me find a way to tell Dad so that he doesn't think I'm a junkie prostitute that sleeps with diseased animals because he tends to overreact a tad. :roll: :mrgreen: " I think that whole conversation lasted less than 10 minutes.

 

[SatanJonez]

1. Have any of you told your families what you do? Yep. Those who I am close to in my family know what I do.

2. How did they take it? (if you did) They asked questions out of concern & generally accepted it's what I want to do.

3. For those of you who hide it, what lies do you have to tell to stay hidden? Even though my family knows, there are still people who I don't feel have the right to know so I tell them I do website design (something I actually know about so it's easy to lie)

4. Do any of you feel the same as I do? Living a double life, and wanting to finally become public? Nope, never really felt the "double life" thing, I only wanted to tell my family to save myself the stress of waiting for them stumbling across it or have someone else tell them.

5. If any of you hide, why? Are you scared of criticism and judgement? I hide it from those who would/could possibly pass judgement of my job onto my kid or my Mr. I know I can handle the judgement, but I don't think they should have to.

6. For those of you who are public, how do you deal with the criticism? Does it hurt your feelings? Not really. The fucks I give in general are pretty minimal though & reserved for more important things than what people think of how I pay my bills.

7. Do any of you have "normal jobs" to hide your other income? (mfc income) No, never had.

8. Do any of you have MFC as your only income? I don't work on MFC anymore, but when I did it was my only income. Mr. Chemical has a kick ass job now, but generally things I want/bills I have (phone, clothes, games, toys, etc) I pay with my monies from Streamate.

9. How should I go about telling my friends, and most importantly, my family?? I would be blunt, but gentle. Especially with your parents/family. No one wants to hear about what their kid does when it comes to sex work, but I do think it's important to tell them before someone else does. Everyone tells their loved ones in different ways. It's been so long since I told mine that I can't remember what I said, but I'm sure it was something like "So I have a job now. I get naked on cam & it's really fun/awesome." and left it at that.

 

[VeronicaChaos]

1. Have any of you told your families what you do? I had the fun job of telling my mom about being in the sex industry twice; once as a stripper and then a few years later as a camgirl.

2. How did they take it? My mom is one of the most amazing and practical women I know. When I told her about being a stripper she just wanted to make sure that I wasn't doing it for coke money, and when I told her about being a camgirl she just wanted to make sure nobody knew where I lived or my real name, and that I was making enough to support myself. She even suggested that I take this seriously enough to make it my long-term career and monopolize as much as possible while I still look good. When I'm sick she suggests to me trying to find guys with sick-girl fetishes.

3. For those of you who hide it, what lies do you have to tell to stay hidden? I tell my dad and grandparents that I work as a server. I'm not close enough with them to have to come up with any sort of elaborate story.

4. Do any of you feel the same as I do? Living a double life, and wanting to finally become public? No, everyone that is close to me knows what I do. I don't lie about it when meeting people for the first time. I'm completely out, aside from my dad and grandparents and a few people back home.

5. If any of you hide, why? Are you scared of criticism and judgement? I'm never afraid of judgement because those aren't the people whose opinions I care about in the first place.

6. For those of you who are public, how do you deal with the criticism? Does it hurt your feelings? I'm not aware of any criticism about my job. Other normal personality flaws; sure. Nobody is perfect.

7. Do any of you have "normal jobs" to hide your other income? (mfc income) Nah. I worked at a piercing shop for a bit while I was on MFC but that's just because it sort of landed in my lap. The owner knew that I was also a camgirl.

8. Do any of you have MFC as your only income? I'm on SM now and that is my only source of income, though I'm planning on starting a c4s store for when I'm unable to cam for extra security.

9. How should I go about telling my friends, and most importantly, my family?? I didn't tell my mom until I was financially secure because I knew that would be the first thing she would worry about, so I went the practical route. Just make sure that they know you are happy doing this and that if they care about you they want you to be happy.

 

[Just Me]

1. Have any of you told your families what you do? I had the fun job of telling my mom about being in the sex industry twice; once as a stripper and then a few years later as a camgirl.

2. How did they take it? My mom is one of the most amazing and practical women I know. When I told her about being a stripper she just wanted to make sure that I wasn't doing it for coke money, and when I told her about being a camgirl she just wanted to make sure nobody knew where I lived or my real name, and that I was making enough to support myself. She even suggested that I take this seriously enough to make it my long-term career and monopolize as much as possible while I still look good. When I'm sick she suggests to me trying to find guys with sick-girl fetishes.

Just had to comment. What a great mom. Funny too :lol:

 

[NataliaGrey]

1. Have any of you told your families what you do?
Yup, I told my parents.
2. How did they take it? (if you did)
My mother did NOT take it well, which I knew she wouldn't, but I hate lying and don't really care too much about her opinion. I said "It's not like I'm doing lines off of business mens' backs" and she said "You might as well be!" So I think that kind of sums up her attitude on the subject. I stopped talking to her because I have no need for that negativity in my life, until she finally broke down and said she just wouldn't mention it anymore if I would stop ignoring her. I'm still mad at her but treat her politely.
3. For those of you who hide it, what lies do you have to tell to stay hidden?
I just pretended I was still working my old job, a gas station deli attendant. For a little while I did do both jobs, but obviously camming trumps fast food. For some reason my mom thinks I'll be more successful frying chicken and making sandwiches though.
4. Do any of you feel the same as I do? Living a double life, and wanting to finally become public?
Definitely! I tell pretty much everyone in my personal life now. I even told everyone at work before I left. The young guys thought it was cool, the old ladies thought I was smart. Only one person was negative about it, a girl around my own age.
5. If any of you hide, why? Are you scared of criticism and judgement?
I'm not at all scared of those things and that's why I don't hide. If anything, I love having a chance to defend myself.
6. For those of you who are public, how do you deal with the criticism? Does it hurt your feelings?
My mother's criticism hurt a little, which is why I ignored her instead of arguing. Most people I would just troll, honestly. The one girl who judged me at work, I told her I was thinking about wearing a nun costume on cam (she's very religious). :whistle:
7. Do any of you have "normal jobs" to hide your other income? (mfc income)
I did, but there was no point really.
8. Do any of you have MFC as your only income?
I have camming as my only income. I'm also on Streamate, MyGirlFund, ExtraLunchMoney, and Clips4Sale. I started on Flirt4Free, but quit it pretty quickly.
9. How should I go about telling my friends, and most importantly, my family??
By showing them your paycheck! :-D

 

[Camille13]

Hiya Sweets,

1. Have any of you told your families what you do?
No, though my father thinks I have an internet marketing job- I was a housewife and didn't work for a few years, so he always really wanted me to work- he's a bit of a feminist. It makes him happy to know I am working, though he doesn't know specifically what I do.


3. For those of you who hide it, what lies do you have to tell to stay hidden?
I have a really loos relationship with my family, for various reasons. Also, I don't think they need to know specifics about my life. I don't trust them enough for that.

4. Do any of you feel the same as I do? Living a double life, and wanting to finally become public?
My best friend knows what I do- though not a lot of the specifics, as I know it would give him the squicks. But he is also the only person in my life aside from my husband who I would trust with that kind of info about me, and who I know would always support me, no matter what I chose to do.

5. If any of you hide, why? Are you scared of criticism and judgement?
Those who I haven't told don't have the right to know- they don't respect me enough to know more, and that's fine with me. I'm not in the least bit ashamed of what I do.

6. For those of you who are public, how do you deal with the criticism? Does it hurt your feelings?
Never told anyone who would criticize me- but my two cents is that aside from the shock you parents might initially feel, they don't have the right- so I wouldn't give two fucks- if they really love me, it won't matter anyway.

7. Do any of you have "normal jobs" to hide your other income? (mfc income)
Nope.

8. Do any of you have MFC as your only income?
That and what my other half makes!

9. How should I go about telling my friends, and most importantly, my family??
Depending on how you feel, you can always describe it the way you want to. I get paid to be peoples friend on the net works.
But be gentle with you parents. As for friends, tell the ones you know you can trust. People who won;y live you anyways opinions are irrelevant

Hope that helps!

 

[Violet October]

1. Have any of you told your families what you do?
I did just a few days ago actually. I live in a different state, so I told them all via Facebook. Absolutely EVERY single one of my faily members ignored it like it never happened. My husband's family members were the only family who responded, and they were super sweet. No judegement came from them, and they just told me to be safe and do what makes me and my husband happy.

2. How did they take it? (if you did)
I have absolutely no idea since they ignored it. But they seem just as active on all my other facebook posts. I believe they're pretending it's not real.


3. For those of you who hide it, what lies do you have to tell to stay hidden?
N/A

4. Do any of you feel the same as I do? Living a double life, and wanting to finally become public?
I felt like that before, definitely. I wanted to be honest. I didn't want to lie about what I'm doing with my life and how I'm supporting my life.

5. If any of you hide, why? Are you scared of criticism and judgement?
In the beginning, I was scared of what people might think. But in the end... This is my life. I'm a grown woman, and married. What makes me happy/supports my life in the best way possible is all that matters to me.

6. For those of you who are public, how do you deal with the criticism? Does it hurt your feelings?
I haven't gotten any criticism...yet. TO be completely honest, I'm going to tell anyone who criticizes me to shove it.

7. Do any of you have "normal jobs" to hide your other income? (mfc income)
I do not. Camming is my only source of income.

8. Do any of you have MFC as your only income?
No, I have a few other sites as well.

9. How should I go about telling my friends, and most importantly, my family??
Only you can decide what the best way to tell them is. You know them better than we ever will of course.

 

[Jessi]

1. Have any of you told your families what you do?
No, but my sister found out through a friend of hers seeing a recording of me.

2. How did they take it? (if you did)
Shes thinks its "bad ass" but also kind of icky. She hasnt said anything really negative to me though

3. For those of you who hide it, what lies do you have to tell to stay hidden?
My parents think I work at a call centre and take graphic design gigs on the side. They're pretty proud of my income and that Im doing well for myself.

4. Do any of you feel the same as I do? Living a double life, and wanting to finally become public?
Its annoying and shitty to keep fibbing to my folks. Id love to just tell them!

5. If any of you hide, why? Are you scared of criticism and judgement?
My parents are pretty open people, and I dont think they would treat me badly. But I dont think they understand much about the adult industry so they would worry a lot. Its too much hassle/stress to try and explain the truth to them. Also, I dont think anyone wants to hear about their kids' sex lives, just like I dont want to hear about their.


6. For those of you who are public, how do you deal with the criticism? Does it hurt your feelings?
I'm pretty sure a lot of people I went to school with know. I dont give a fuck what they think, since I was an outcast in school anyways It gives me a good filter for who my real friends are. There are males who will act creepy/pushy toward you because you're a sex worker though, so be careful who you tell before you know them well.. A firm NO IM NOT INTERESTED, LEAVE ME ALONE and a block on facebook may be necessary (this has happened to me about 5 times).

7. Do any of you have "normal jobs" to hide your other income? (mfc income)
Nope

8. Do any of you have MFC as your only income?
Yes. MFC is a full time job, and needs a lot of time dedicated to stuff other than just being on cam

9. How should I go about telling my friends, and most importantly, my family?
If you feel that you are at risk of being a judged, shamed, or cast out DO NOT. If you are dependent on them for housing, money, college fund etc DO NOT. Ensure that anyone you tell understands the safety risk of putting your real name or location out there.
Assure them of the following:
I am safe and happy
I enjoy this and Im not doing anything Im uncomfortable with
Perhaps bring up a few stereotypes and explain why they aren't true
And then explain what you do (in non explicit terms) and what it has done for you (financially, freedom of hours, confidence, etc.).
And then thats all you can do. You will quickly find out who really cares about you

 

[curvyredhead]

1. Have any of you told your families what you do?
The majority of my friends and family know what I do, or an idea of what I do.
2. How did they take it? (if you did)
I have gotten 3 responses thus far. 1-Totally accept it without a problem, 2-Accept it but don't like or agree with it. 3-Shut me out.
3. For those of you who hide it, what lies do you have to tell to stay hidden?
I have said I still do jobs I used to do, like personal assistant or prvt acting lessons
4. Do any of you feel the same as I do? Living a double life, and wanting to finally become public?
Yes, there are one or two people I feel that way with...and hopefully I will know how to when the time comes.
5. If any of you hide, why? Are you scared of criticism and judgement?
I don't want to hurt anyone.
6. For those of you who are public, how do you deal with the criticism? Does it hurt your feelings?
This is me...it's a huge part of who I am. But at the same time it is not all of me. None of this is super new in my life---I was hurt temporally by one person...but got over it fast because I realized if they choose to shut me out...rather then continuing to be a part of my life (without changing there mind...i expect them to still disagree)...then they are prob not healthy for me anyway.
7. Do any of you have "normal jobs" to hide your other income? (mfc income)
No, but there have been months where I could not cam for whatever reason and got a job fast temporally to keep me a float.
8. Do any of you have MFC as your only income?
Not MFC but camming in general for the majority of the last 3 1/2 years.
9. How should I go about telling my friends, and most importantly, my family??
Start with someone who knows you the best...that can see that this is something you really like and enjoy and are not ashamed of. For me...the more people I told...the easier it got.

 

[Ann_Sulu]

I wondered how to go about this. I've been pretty open with everyone about about my job. However, there are some friends I haven't told (because they have what could be defined as jealous girlfriends/wives). One girl a friend is dating seems cool though (they've been together for more than 3 months)...wondering if I should chance it. I really think she could make a good camgirl too. What do you think? I don't want to offend her. I was thinking about telling her first, and giving her the option to tell him. It's getting hard not to want to say something though, because her bf's prone to telling fairly vulgar dirty jokes and she can't figure out why I can not get offended with him. :lol:

 

[LacieLaPlante]

1. Have any of you told your families what you do?
Yes, they all found out when some asshole took it upon himself to phone my parents and tell them what I was up to. I happened to be home and caught a few of the creepy phone calls and ended up just telling them myself so they wouldn't have to hear it from someone else. My cousin told most of my extended family that I was a camgirl when he was going through a manic depressive state. They didn't care, at least, no one has said anything.

2. How did they take it? (if you did)
"Well, we'll always love you, but we really wish you didn't have to do that." Most just pretend it doesn't exist and occaisonally make pokes at "how I get my money"

3. For those of you who hide it, what lies do you have to tell to stay hidden?
For a long time I said my bf was supporting me, for a long time they thought my grandma was giving me money. I also told them I did nude art modelling for 15/hr at my college. Now i tell my grandmother that I design and 3D print jewelry, since she knows nothing about this and I do actually know how to do this, it works out.

4. Do any of you feel the same as I do? Living a double life, and wanting to finally become public?
I haven't told a good portion of my family and I do feel as though I lead a double life when I see them. It sucks, but its the way things are.

5. If any of you hide, why? Are you scared of criticism and judgement?
Absolutely, most of my family is very prude. I have to hide it from them because they will take my trust fund away from me :/ If I tell them, I won't be able to have nice things like a down payment for a house when I someday want that.

6. For those of you who are public, how do you deal with the criticism? Does it hurt your feelings?
Fortunately my family is nice about it. They wish I wasn't camming but they don't try to hurt my feelings.

7. Do any of you have "normal jobs" to hide your other income? (mfc income)
I make jewelry, but I don't currently sell it. This will become my real job as I have a studio.

8. Do any of you have MFC as your only income?
Camming is my only income, various forms of camming.

9. How should I go about telling my friends, and most importantly, my family??
I would start with telling your most open minded friends and family. Everyone has a hippie aunt or black sheep.. start with her!

 

[MadisonGraceLloyd]

1. Have any of you told your families what you do?
Nope, the only person to know offline is my bf.

2. How did they take it? (if you did)
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3. For those of you who hide it, what lies do you have to tell to stay hidden?
Currently none, I'm pretty sure I'm just going to make up a job title & pray no one asks too many questions!!

4. Do any of you feel the same as I do? Living a double life, and wanting to finally become public?
Currently no, & I don't think so in the near future either maybe when I have a regular schedule I'll change my mind though.

5. If any of you hide, why? Are you scared of criticism and judgement?
Essentially no, I really just cannot be bothered to deal with the issues that will come of telling people. The only opinion I really care about is my bf's. I've just had enough drama for the time being!

6. For those of you who are public, how do you deal with the criticism? Does it hurt your feelings?
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7. Do any of you have "normal jobs" to hide your other income? (mfc income)
Nope I'm a stay at home mum, I'm quite private with my finances so nobody knows how much is in my account & if I'm spending money I guess people just assume it's my bf's money. That said I haven't had any income to hide for a while!

8. Do any of you have MFC as your only income?
It is my personal only income but my bf works so we're not dependant on me earning (thankfully)

9. How should I go about telling my friends, and most importantly, my family??
That's down to you & your relationship with them. I know with my family I would have to tell them they need to respect my choices as an adult & not feel the need to involve themselves in my work life, but some people could just come right out say it without a second thought. I guess ultimately they're going to want to make sure you're safe & happy so as long as both of those are true it may just take a little while to get round to the idea!

 

[Evvie]

1. Have any of you told your families what you do?
My sister knows what I do. My family is very religious and while they aren't 'religious assholes', I do not feel that telling them would be a good choice. It would be VERY upsetting to my parents and would cause them a lot of stress. In addition, my other sister's fiance's family is more uptight and wealthy and if I came clean to my family about my activities, it may ruin her future life with her fiance.

2. How did they take it? (if you did)
My sister whom I did tell took it just fine. At that time my family was already very aware of my other alternate lifestyle choices, and she didn't really care. She just asked some questions to make sure that I was making safe choices.

3. For those of you who hide it, what lies do you have to tell to stay hidden?
I very vaguely told my parents that I did freelance graphic design, and they didn't ask any other questions. Now I mostly tell people that I am a consultant to help pr0n stars get started in the business :lol:

4. Do any of you feel the same as I do? Living a double life, and wanting to finally become public?
Nope. I don't think that having a job counts as leading a double life for me.

5. If any of you hide, why? Are you scared of criticism and judgement?
I do not tell anyone at my second job (at a restaurant) what I really do.

I am not scared of criticism or judgement. However, some people simply do not like or do not understand the adult industry. If someone goes out looking for information I would be very happy to talk to them and share what I know. But the simple fact that I do sex stuff for money does not mean I need to be an ambassador for the entire adult industry.

I do not surround myself with friends who would be passive-aggressive, rude, challenge me, think less of me, or try to "save" me from this industry. However, in life, we do not get to choose every person we are around.

I do not need to sacrifice my life happiness just for the sake of being 'out' if I am forced to be around people who would think less of me. And I do not need to make people around me feel uncomfortable just for the sake of being 'out'.

6. For those of you who are public, how do you deal with the criticism? Does it hurt your feelings?
The vast majority of all criticisms I have received were over the Internet. Criticism does not hurt me because critics generally do not understand the issue, and even if they have valid points - obviously, I do not agree with those points or else I would not be a sex worker. If someone criticizes me I say, "I'm sorry you feel that way" and I never talk to them again. If I do not have the option of walking away and never talking to them again, I probably would not have shared my life with them anyway.

7. Do any of you have "normal jobs" to hide your other income? (mfc income)
I started working at a restaurant a few weeks ago, but not to hide my income.

8. Do any of you have MFC as your only income?
I do not cam on MFC, but live camming is not my only source of sex industry income.
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[JerseyAnne]

1. Have any of you told your families what you do?

I've told a few members, that I'm close to. However, I only told my sister b/c she lived with me, and I used the money to help her, but I think she told my Auntmom (the person who raised me), and so now I don't have to tell anyone, I'm sure it's in the family grapevine.

2. How did they take it? (if you did)

My brother was like, give me your screenname so I NEVER run into you. My sister at first was just w/e, but she's become very judgemental, and likes to call me names and put me down, but honestly people can only hurt you IF you let the name calling hurt you. I personally chalk it up to our many issues due to abuse with our real parents, and the fact she wants our real mother to love her, so will put me down to do it. I know she may not like what I do, but she takes the money I make to support her, so the way I look at it, is she's just lashing out, or else she wouldn't even touch my money. My Auntmom hasn't said anything, she's very religious, and likes to just look the other way. But if her or anyone else asks I'm not going to lie.

3. For those of you who hide it, what lies do you have to tell to stay hidden?

When I was hiding it, I said I did database entry for the University, and some ebay accounts. When first starting out I only worked here and there and made a little extra so it was believable. Now I don't lie, because I've accepted it and am starting to switch over to a full time cam model.

4. Do any of you feel the same as I do? Living a double life, and wanting to finally become public?

I didn't feel like I was living a double life b/c i am myself online and off. I don't give away details, but I'm pretty honest to a tee, except for my real name.

5. If any of you hide, why? Are you scared of criticism and judgement?

I was at first, but once you become confident in who you are you realize those that love you will still love you.

6. For those of you who are public, how do you deal with the criticism? Does it hurt your feelings?

Sometimes my sister's words hurt, but I accept the fact thats on her not me. What I do, I do b/c I want to, I'm good at it, and I enjoy it.

7. Do any of you have "normal jobs" to hide your other income? (mfc income)

No.

8. Do any of you have MFC as your only income?

Starting here soon it will be.

9. How should I go about telling my friends, and most importantly, my family??

That's up to you. It depends who your family is. Religious, supportive, etc. One model once suggested chocolate cake and alcohol, I don't know that's the correct way, but it made me smile.