My bf's response was a dichotomy of itself. First he was curious to read, then he was pissed as all hell when he read his name, guess I shoulda changed the names to protect the guilty, then he calmed down and enjoyed the read. He knows I write so he wasn't at all surprised but he just didn't like seeing his name in lights I guess. In the end he got laid so...lol.
most of my work isn't published until my wife has read it, so yeah, she totally knows, she enjoys it - we usually read it together and playtime is often a part of those sessions - she also has given me advice before during the writing, or afterwards, and has been responsible for changes in the story line from time to time.
You can’t truly call yourself peaceful unless you are capable of violence. If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful. You’re harmless.
I used to ask my husband to read my stories before I posted them because I wasn't all that confident in my writing, so he's known from the start that I write erotica. Sometimes he helps when I'm struggling with a storyline or if I need advice on topics that he knows more about than me. I was nervous when I first asked him to read my stories but it was more of a "what if he thinks it's crap writing" worry than being concerned about the content.
So, my husband isn't comfortable reading erotica. I can respect that, even if it does deprive me of one of the best editors I know. He's alright with me writing it, he just gets all embarrassed reading it. It's kinda cute, really. I've tried to have a discussion with him about why pictures of sex and videos of sex aren't as embarrassing for him, and he states (with a straight face) that no one's going to jack off to erotica.
Say *what*??!?! <face palm>
His hangups aside, he supports my writing of just about anything, and he's willing to edit the non-sexy parts. :P
Nobody else knows about the erotica part, and that kinda scares me a bit.
Currently I'm single but my last long term partner (and she too was a writer) would read my stuff and seemed to get it... (Once she cried at something I'd written that had elements of our first encounter within it...) I was rather touched by that.
The stuff I don't share, (indeed I don't write in that genre any more) because that can be hard to explain to those who don't understand that we are basically fantasists...
Some of my girlfriends have read some of the stuff and they seem to get it.
Only one of my male friends has seen what I write here. He too is a writer although thus far he's never written erotica to my knowledge. He commented upon the stories as literature.
(Another close male friend refuses point-blank to read or even discuss anything I do here. His attitude is that I'm a sad pervert for even deigning to write erotica. That said, he remains a close friend and I love him, but I respect his view although obviously I don't agree.)
Interesting question.
xx SF
Only a select few are ever able to lay eyes on many of my writings
It's a mixed bag really; most people in my life are supportive than I have those people who don't see erotica as art, but just smut.
No one, other than here know of my erotic writings. I'd like to keep it that way. However, as for my horror stories I write and the dark poetry those are published under a pseudonym.
An interesting question, for sure... nobody (yet) knows of me writing on lush. I have told my bf that I have a sexy secret, and it drives him crazy trying to figure out what it is (I do plan to tell him). Even when I tell him, I do not think I will tell him what site or alias I use. I like the fact that my writing is my own. I don't mind that he know I write erotica, but this is literally the ONLY thing that is only mine, and I kind of like that.
None of my family or friends know I'm writing erotica - I think most would look at me funny and the wife would wonder about some things.
I've had generally positive responses to what I've written so far. I've shared with a few friends, my husband and I've even let a few family members read some of my more 'vanilla' stuff, poems and so forth.
Although the feedback has been encouraging, I do think they would prefer that I stretched myself a little and wrote more challenging stories which weren't founded in the erotic, which is a fair point. I really ought to give that a go too. It's always good to push your boundaries, whatever they may be.
The last guy I was with knew I wrote erotica, but I didn’t share it with anyone but him. Since then I’ve only been with someone from this site, so clearly they knew I wrote. They’ve supported me, and pushed me to do better.
I’m sure if I were to meet someone (who isn’t from this site) that I’d more than likely tell them that I write for it. I haven’t told anyone that I write for Lush though. A few people do know I write, but they don’t know its erotica.
Nobody knows that I write here, other than you fine people of course.
I do plan to tell my wife, once I've got a more diverse collection of work posted. She is open-minded, and I'm pretty confident she'll be okay with it, but I think a few fantasies on their own is a bit much to explain for now.
My latest story is a racy little piece about what happens when someone cute from work invites you over to watch Netflix and Chill. My girlfriend was all for it. Of course she knew it was something I did a lot before we started dating. She was one of my regular readers. But I had a very limited list of readers, and hoping to get a lot more here.
My closest friends know what I write and have read it. Apart from that only my boyfriend knows. That was a tricky one!! He went all weird for a few days when I told him. It was the fact that I'd had such an enormous secret more than anything else that unsettled him. He recovered and is very supportive and proud now, although he chooses not to read any of the naughty stuff I write.
Actually, I have several friends that know that I write erotica, and where one just doesn't understand how someone could get off to words alone, he also knows I'm a great writer, and is very encouraging of my endeavor.
Other friends, including the man I'm currently involved with, is fully aware of my writing, and his encouragement is a huge boon. He's even helped me with one of my longer stories, that I hope to one day get put up on here, if it's ever even finished.
So far, the only people involved in my "real life" that aren't aware of what I write are my roommate, family and small handful of friends at the pub. Otherwise, all of my other friends know, and are super supportive.
"Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon." -E.L. Doctorow
The moment he said it I realized "of course he'd think that way - that's right up his alley." . . . and that's always what he goes to when I'm afraid of how he might respond to anything I do, actually. 
