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My brother knew since I first started dancing. My parents just recently found out about a month ago and it feels great! My mom will even call me up and say, "The weather shouldn't be too bad tonight, so I think you should be safe to go to work." She worries about every little thing. :P
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None of them know and I wish I could tell them. My mom would have a heart attack if she found out. I live a few states away from them so it's easy to hide but it's still distressing to have to constantly lie to her about what I do for work.
I hate living a double life. She also doesn't know about my boyfriend or the fact that I own a car (she'd want to know how on earth I was able to afford to buy one making $430 a month part-time in an office ::)).
It's hard.
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my parents know, i told them in high school that when i went to college thats what i was going to do....so they had a long time to be "ok" with it...i also got new boobies in high school in preparation....dad is conservative and doesent like it/understand "why" i have to do it...yaddda yaddda...mom likes that i only have to work a few nights and can focus on school....
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No, but when they find out, it is going to be a rude fucking awakening and I am going to love it.
Sorry. Obviously I do not like my family.
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My parents and sisters live over 10000 miles away, I see them every 2 years, I talk to them on the phone maybe every 2 months, I don't have a strong relationship with them.
The funny thing is when I finally told them what I was doing for a living my mother sighed a big sigh of relief and said she knew something was a bit strange with my job, and actually thought I was escorting. (I might add when they moved I was still an A grade geek, no reason to think I was anything other than a straight laced bar girl)
Given my lack of communication and my parents almost non-existent paternal abilities -a word of warning to all you ladies out there who think your parents don't have some sort of inkling (especially when you are living under the same roof) Think again......
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my mom knows, no one else in my family does (unless she's told them and they're keeping the secret).
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Everyone knew. My entire family (cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents) found out through my big-mouth uncle. It sparked off an epic family war that still is in effect until this day. It devastated my parents.
If nobody cared, I think I would have stayed in the biz many years longer than I did. Reflecting, I don't think that would have been good for me. Nevertheless, my parents finding out was one of the most painful experiences of my life. I broke my Mom's heart. She blames it on her not being a good enough mother. She was the best Mom in the world, so there's guilt there that I'll take with me to the grave.
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Yeah, all family members including G-mas and what nots
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I'm pretty sure my mom & stepdad suspect. & my cousin who I'm very, very close with, & i may as well just tell her.
the rest of my fam, including my dad, have no idea.
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My parents. My younger brother.
I have no idea if my step brothers (all younger than me) know or not.
One Aunty + Uncle however I have no idea if they know that I'm still stripping. Just told them at the time because I knew they would be okay with that information.
No one else except all my friends.
My man's brother + sister and most of his friends know. His mother doesn't as it isn't in my (or his) best interests for her to know really. I just do bar work or whatever she believes I am doing.
It's a legitmate form of work / business. Why should I hide it too much?
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Oh wow, right now it's like half. Somehow I thought most people wouldn't tell their family.
Only a couple members of my family know, and I've made them keep it a secret. A dark, dark, naked secret.
It's actually really stressful lying to my mom. I hate it but it's better than the alternative (which is getting a "respectful" job. Oh oops, I mean, it's better than telling her the truth.)
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It'd be pretty hard for me to keep what I do a secret, seeing as other than brief stints of bartending I've never had another job since I was 18.
My mom was a Playboy Bunny (not in the magazine but at a Play Boy club) so I told her before I started and she was always cool.... and my other family is cool about it. My dad was pissed at first but honestly, if my friends or family wouldn't love me regardless of what i did for a living, I wouldn't want them in my life.
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Yes.......AND....no.
Select ones.
My mother, my aunt, my cousin, and my brother in law. Those are the only ones I feel comfortable with knowing. My father....no clue. My mother in law, no clue. As a matter of fact my brother in law is the only "in-law" that knows.
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My parents don't know. Im an adult and it would hurt them to know the truth so I lie. I hate lying coz I am very close to my parents and it hurts me to be dishonest and lead a double life.
My cousin knows coz her and I have been BFF. She is cool with it.
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Yup everyone knows . I had to deal with some of their bitchiness but meh.
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ExoticSummer
...my mom has a general idea but isn't 100% sure and I'd like to keep it that way!
That's the same. I'm trying to keep her in denial until I'm done dancing, and THEN she can know (and not talk to me for five months:'()
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Parents yes, other family- no.
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rozz
Geez, don't you tell your parents everything that might upset them? I know I'm about 3 disclosures away from my dad's next stroke. ::)
LMAO!
There is very little I could tell my mother that she would be too surprised about. She is a very perceptive Scorpio.
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Susan-Va
My entire family knew, anyone who knows me knew that I danced. Never kept it a secret.
Much respect to you mama! I wish I could have your honesty and strength.
When I first started dancing a year ago I kept it a secret from people in my social circle. I was so afraid of their judgement. Now, I'm open about it. If they look down on me that's their problem.
Family is different for me than friends. As for my parents, my mother just passed away 4 months ago(I miss and love you Mom!). I told her I was a SC waitress. She never knew. My father doesn't know and I plan on never telling him. He's a strict born again Christian. I think he would have a heart attack if he found out. I told my sister that I'm a SC waitress also. I'll probably tell her the truth soon.
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No. I try not to tell my mom things that will make her disappointed in me. I think she likes it that way too. She already worries about me too much.
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My sister knew first, then my mother, then my father.
My sister was cool as long as I was in a good club and what not.
My mom was really unhappy but has pretty much gotten over it 3 years later.
My dad was super excited and trying to figure out ways to make money off of me (he owns a night club in St. Lucia). I love my family.
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Mom knows, and is grudgingly cool about it. I also have a cousin who knows, because we're friends on various social networking sites where she would have seen it (in friends-locked entries) anyway.
Grandma, Grandpa, and my Uncle know I waitress/shot girl/bartend at SCs, but "believe" that my main income is from the job I travel for. I think they're only pretending to believe I don't strip, rather than start a blowout war. As long as we all act like they don't know, they can keep ignoring it, y'know?
Everyone else in my family only knows about my other job. They have enough to chew on with understanding the difference between my renfaire gigs and running away with the circus.
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no one in my family knows, except my sister. 8 years ago, i told my parents i was waitressing at the SC, and my mother completely flipped out, my father didn't seem to really care one way or another (they're divorced). but they think i quit 7,8 years ago. i've been dancing solid for two years now, on and off for 5 or 6. i have only come to terms recently and not judging myself for doing this anymore.
i have let others opinions influence me negatively, and i don't really do that anymore.
a combination of things, including this online community has really helped with that, helped me build up my self esteem a little, instead of the guilt i've felt in the past for lying to my mom.
i am an adult, i need to spread my own wings and fly, and do what's right for ME
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My entire family knows. I hate it because I know they disapprove and are disappointed in me, but keeping up with all the secrets and lies I had to tell to hide it from them got to be too much for me to handle.
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Bella21
Oh hell no. I don't tell them anything about my naked body and that includes my job or my sex life or my period or anything. My mom is very religious and my dad and brothers are guys. As for the rest of the family, I'm way too private to share that stuff. My sister, on the other hand, knows. I trust her and we have always been extremely close. I'll tell her anything and everything and vice versa and we know to keep our mouths shut.
My mother's a Jehovahs witness and found out recently...she didnt take it well. My Dad passed away...he'd kill me if he knew, but my aunt(his sister)and my cousins are very close to me, they know and seem fine. But basically untuil anyone starts supporting my children, they shouldn't judge. :)