Most of our r/l friends don't know about this at all... It's just too much work to dispel the stigma attached to this lifestyle. From my conversations with more openly sexual friends, they know I have a thing for pain... but not to the true extent that I do. haha.

My mom knows to an extent. I would not have any real problem with her knowing entirely, I just don't really know how to bring it up... It doesn't seem like an "over the phone" conversation, and my whole family is Arizona or Kentucky! My lil sis and brother in law do know though, because she is doing the same thing!! She told me last time I was visiting her, to explain a mark I had a question about. I just ended up saying "Hey me too!"... It's nice to have someone to talk to in r/l about it other than wellbehaved. Other than those three, my family has no idea.

wellbehaved's family knows NOTHING. They don't even believe we're having sex, let alone any of this!