I do talk about it with my friends and parents, and they're all chill about it (well, parents freak out a bit if bankroll / cashouts exceed their monthly salary) and understand the concept of online poker - some of them know even a bit of strategy - pretty well, since playing freerolls on B2B is a popular Finnish pastime amongst young men.
They were a bit dumbstruck when it came out I had once built a 30k+ bankroll which I proceeded to fully destroy at high stakes - your standard case of upswing-tilt and terrible BRM... Got a load of "why didn't you stop when..." which was in fact quite appropriate I admit.
The only mildly annoying thing is I've encountered is questioning about my bankroll size, cashouts etc... That's pretty personal info isn't it, but I've been pretty open about it since they're not (hopefully: not yet) life-changing amounts.
I never got absolutely any of the "how much did you lose", "it's rigged in favour of the house", "wanna know this roulette system I have?", and just once I've had to politely decline from turning 20€ to 200€ (I get to keep 20€ for myself if I succeed, but I have to pay the 20€ back in any case before friday...)
Maybe off topic since I actually do tell people I play poker, just wanted to point out that there are parts in the world where (online) poker is pretty decently understood.
Last edited by Vanhaomena; 06-22-2009 at 05:10 PM.