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XxDisneyFan00xX

03-17-2008, 06:45 PM

eeyore29

03-17-2008, 06:58 PM

It's happened to me, too! :hug: I'm betting there are quite a few DIS'ers who'd say the same!
I think everyone just needs some pixie dust to lighten up! :tink:
I just tell myself, "if they don't like it - oh well - more magic for me!"

KorieDWnut

03-17-2008, 07:05 PM

So, my *friends* were making fun of me because I love Disney so much. It was because I was wearing my disney clothes and jewellery. I'm not complaining, but it was rude what they said. I wish I could escape to WDW right now and relax!!
Question-have you ever been mocked or made fun of for loving WDW so much?

only all the time! lol
I wear my amethyst Mickey head earings all the time and my friends at work rip into me all the time about them.
Oh well.

mistyt

03-17-2008, 07:06 PM

Only every day of my life.

(That's what I get for being a 21 year old living on campus during college, most people just don't understand)

XxDisneyFan00xX

03-17-2008, 07:08 PM

I just don't understand why they have to be so rude about it...

reelmom

03-17-2008, 07:13 PM

Yes, and this includes being mocked by my DH. He doesn't get it like I do. He has fun when we go but he doesn't like to talk about Disney daily. That's why I come to the DIS.

kytiam

03-17-2008, 07:23 PM

If they are mocking you, apparently they don't get it. Either they've never been and think it's just for little kids or they're the type who go for a day or two with no advance planning and all they see is the crowds. So basically I put both categories of people in the "too stupid to be my friend" category. :snooty:
Just kidding about that part, of course, but my solution is to spend my time with fellow disney lovers or, if need be, take my closest friends/family to Disney World with me and show them what it's really all about.:wizard:
I can't promise 100% success rate with this system. I took one friend and she loved it, but hasn't really shown much interest in going back. I took another friend and her family and they loved it so much, they bought into the DVC! :love: I took my mom just last week after years of protest, and she's already begging to go back! :yay:
Anyone who talks about going to WDW but refuses to listen to reason with regards to planning is nuts! And like a PP said, if they don't go at all, it's more magic for me!!:thumbsup2

mistyt

03-17-2008, 07:27 PM

I just don't understand why they have to be so rude about it...

Some people will just never see the magic the way we do! :lovestruc

ElleBelle

03-17-2008, 07:41 PM

DEFINITELY!!! I'm a nurse... and have a pic of DH and I in wdw infront of the Partner's Statue/ castle hanging in my triage station. You don't know how many times a day I have this SAME conversation mid blood-pressure taking....
Patient: "Is that you and your husband?"
Me: "MMhmmm"
Patient: "Is that Disneyland??" (hehe)
Me: Yeah... well, Disneyworld, actually...
Patient: So, how old are your kids??
Me: Kids? Oh no, we don't have kids...
Patient: You go to Disney World without kids??? Seriously???

Yeah, it gets frustrating. :rolleyes:

ellenmiele

03-17-2008, 07:43 PM

"if they don't like it - oh well - more magic for me!"

:thumbsup2

savannahjean85

03-17-2008, 07:47 PM

Only every day of my life.

(That's what I get for being a 21 year old living on campus during college, most people just don't understand)

Ditto (except 22yo), my friends think it is so weird. They think it is lame that I actually wait for character photos :sad2: I am glad I have DF to share in my passion though! :goodvibes I only recently got him to see the light in Nov when we went together for the first time.

brandi~momof3

03-17-2008, 07:50 PM

yep, the in-laws don't get our obsession, lol. I have been going since i was a kid and took dh when we were dating and he has been obsessed ever since :lovestruc His parents have never been and don't "get it" and his 2 sister and thir families and brother and his family have been and they don't understand what we see (guess they just don't get that magical feeling we do:love: )
We went twice last year-once in April with our kids and my parents and then we went a second time in June for only 4 day-just dh and I:cloud9: for our 10 year anniversary. His whole family could not understand why we went back to Disney World so soon and alone for our anniversary.:rolleyes: If thye don't get it I can't explain it:sad2: We have tried but they continue to make fun of us and question us:confused3 We just figure we love it and know why we do, it is their loss...

Vanryan

03-17-2008, 07:52 PM

I am thinking of a mickey tattoo! And if my friends don't get it, then oh well!

Eviie

03-17-2008, 07:53 PM

Yes!! All the time, i'm a teenager and whenever i'm in school and i'm excited about an upcoming trip i'll start talking and talking about it until people are annoyed. I can't help it!! That's why i love the DIS. Because i can come here and talk all about Disney and not be afraid to say it. I also hate how everyone always says these immature comments "That's for babies!" they honestly do NOT know how to have fun in Disney if they make such an unnecessary comment. But yes it happens to most of us DISers i guess... i guess we are the only ones who can understand each others obsession.

suzij13

03-17-2008, 07:54 PM

I think it's one of the reasons that I love the DIS so much. There are so many people who don't get it and for some reason think that it's ok to make fun of you. It was really nice when I found a place full of people who love Disney as much as I do. While most of the people in my life at least respect my love of Disney (even if they don't understand it) There are a few that like to tease. It is so nice knowing that I'm not alone and there are a whole bunch of other people that share my interests.
:hug: Just remember your not alone either.

XxDisneyFan00xX

03-17-2008, 08:16 PM

I'm glad that there are others on here who can relate to what I am talking about...WHOEVER SAYS WDW IS FOR BABIES IS SEVERLY MISTAKEN.

mikewdw

03-17-2008, 08:16 PM

I teach HS math and tell my students about it all the time. a lot of them look at me like i am an idiot they all FAIL of course! (just kidding) but a few of my students have been and they understand it. our band and choir just got back last wednesday from performing at Disney and so many of them now LOVE it too. some of them even pitched in and bought me a Mickey oscar statue from Disney Hollywood Studios. i was so proud of it. it is still on my desk at school. i also had a small group of seniors from last year go for thier senior trip! one of them drove to the school, waited on me for our weightlifting session, just to tell me about his trip and how he couldn't wait to go back and how he wants to stay 2 weeks solid. for the ones who get it, it means so much, and for the ones that don't, well, not much you can do with them. it is their loss. don't let anyone get you down about WDW. it is the only thought that gets me to school some mornings.

mommykds

03-17-2008, 08:24 PM

You are not alone!!! I get "kidded" about Disney all the time. I'm happy so their comments don't bother me..I just think of them as the ones who are missing out.

Kick Save

03-17-2008, 08:25 PM

I find it funny when somebody gives me a hard time about Disney when returning from their third trip to Vegas in less than a year...everybody has their favorite vacation spot, so I'd rather drop a grand on the Mouse than at the craps table...

For the most part, my friends and family don't say much. One of the guys I play hockey with (try that one some time...Disney World discussion in a hockey locker room :lmao: ) asked me where I was going on vacation this summer and when I said we were going to the Outer Banks he came back with, "They have a Disney World there?" That was pretty funny... :)

GrowingUpDisney

03-17-2008, 08:28 PM

Yes, and this includes being mocked by my DH. He doesn't get it like I do. He has fun when we go but he doesn't like to talk about Disney daily. That's why I come to the DIS.

DITTO! My dh loves Disney - but he gets annoyed if I talk about it too much. That is why I come here - or call my sister (My2Angels on here) - to talk to other Disney fanatics! I do plan to eventually bring my hubby around though! ;)

**OT - on the way back from the beach today, dh looks at me and tells me he is ready to go to Disney! I said - "Let's go!" :rotfl: **

Tink215

03-17-2008, 08:31 PM

Oh all the Time, You are not alone......Good thing about it is my DD 7 :cutie: sticks up for me and tells everyone that WDW is mommy's happy place and no one should make fun of someones Happy placepixiedust: , She's so cool,lol....People dont get it sometimes and I understand that, and i agree some people can be mean and rude.........So I ignore and just sing its a small world until I annoy them,lol........:rolleyes1 Yes I have done it before,lol....:rotfl2:

DisneyGirlie

03-17-2008, 08:31 PM

I get mocked all the time for it, and I LOVE it! LOVE LOVE LOVE it! :love:
It makes me feel like even bigger of a Disney fan that I know that I already am when my friends make comments about it. Before I left for my trip in February, I was letting my teacher know I'd be absent, but didn't mention why. My friend who happened to still be in the room said, "Yeah because she's going to Disney World. She practically lives there." That comment made me smile so big. Last week I missed a couple days of school because I was sick and when I came back my friends said "Oh we thought you had gone to Disney World again!"
They laugh at me and say some mean things about it sometimes, but nonetheless I love it and I just think that anyone who has something negative to say about Disney just doesn't undertand it.

XxDisneyFan00xX

03-17-2008, 08:33 PM

DITTO! My dh loves Disney - but he gets annoyed if I talk about it too much. That is why I come here - or call my sister (My2Angels on here) - to talk to other Disney fanatics! I do plan to eventually bring my hubby around though! ;)

**OT - on the way back from the beach today, dh looks at me and tells me he is ready to go to Disney! I said - "Let's go!" :rotfl: **
Woooot!!!!

Minnie Lor

03-17-2008, 08:50 PM

Yep, all the time. My sister and her family really razz me to the point of being rude. They go to Dauphin Island every spring break in Alabama. They've gone 7 years in a row but I'm warped because I go to WDW every 18 months or so. My niece (18) told me (very rudely, I might add) that Disney was for little kids and "Mickey is not cool". Well there's so much more to WDW than Mickey.

My DH gets it ~ thank goodness. It took awhile but he slowly came around. Still, I know that I can't talk about it too much. And he doesn't appreciate my obsessive trip planning so I do that while he's at work.

Tomh

03-17-2008, 09:37 PM

At six feet tall, and 240 lbs people don't really make fun of me for anything. I could probably go to work wearing Mickey Ears and not hear much about it :rotfl:

TruBlu

03-17-2008, 09:55 PM

All my friends roll their eyes when I pull out my spreadsheet for our upcoming trip, and DH jokes that I've joined a cult called the DIS... but they don't know what they are missing! We all need a little pixie dust in our lives. pixiedust: They are lucky they can get theirs from me! ;)

Shir Kahn

03-17-2008, 11:01 PM

I get it lightly from the people at work but I don't care. I love Disney and I have no problems letting people know about it. I do wish that people would realize that Disney is not just for children though. That's annoying.

rosegirl

03-18-2008, 12:39 AM

"You're going...AGAIN? Weren't you just THERE 6 months ago???"

YES I AM, AND YES I WAS. AND I WILL BE AGAIN AND AGAIN!

My DH's family, due to financial constraints and the nature of his father's work, took only one long family vacation during his childhood. You know where they went-the happiest place on earth. And it was an amazing time. My father in law died too young of cancer, at age 54, and if that's the last and only vacation memory you have of your dad, you darn well better believe it's a good one.

To those who scoff at my love of WDW, I merely roll my eyes at their lack of appreciation. We have taken our children across the globe with us. They have been to Europe and coast to coast in the US...my kids climbed to nearly the top of St. Paul's Cathedral and know how to ride the London Underground. We are not unable/unwilling to go to other places. We just know it's a guaranteed good time at WDW. Plus, we know that there may be a horizon as to how long our kids will want to vacation with us and go to places like WDW. For all their travels, they realize even at a young age that WDW is uniquely American. Not to knock Vegas, but while what happens there might have to stay there, at WDW, what happens there stays in our hearts forever. :love: Sorry. Didn't mean to get all...well, you know.

Jessma9902

03-18-2008, 12:52 AM

You read my mind! I was just going to post something along this line today... I am really tired of family looking at me like a freak when I say I am going to Disney *again*. (2nd trip in 6 months). They don't get it. Maybe there is something wrong with me?!?! I'd much rather vacation at Disney than other places that they think are great. Glad to have a fellow fan to vent to!

mistyt

03-18-2008, 12:59 AM

Ditto (except 22yo), my friends think it is so weird. They think it is lame that I actually wait for character photos :sad2: I am glad I have DF to share in my passion though! :goodvibes I only recently got him to see the light in Nov when we went together for the first time.

Congrats on the Disney engagement!

My friends always bust on me too! What they find even weirder is that I chose to go to WDW for my 21st birthday trip! I still don't see anything weird about it! :confused3

CinderellyCinderelly

03-18-2008, 01:32 AM

same thing here. only people that get it are my older sister and me! next trip (leave on friday, yay me!) is with mama, dad, and the little bro. they go, but don't LOVE IT. i told them we need to be up for rope drop, esp on easter, and they looked at me like i had three heads!!!!

also, i'm 20 and the parents were going to send me to WDW with a few friends for my 21st bday! i invited my college friends who said "we just went last year!!" so i was like ok, i'll ask my high school friends cuz some haven't even gone! what did they say? "DISNEYLAND??? ISN'T THAT FOR LITTLE KIDS?" "your parents are sending you on a vacation to DISNEY?!?! why don't you ask them if we could go to mexico instead?!" UM, NO THANKS! grrrr

Somnia

03-18-2008, 01:49 AM

I know exactly what you mean. I'm 25 and people give me that weird look when I mention how often I goto DW and when I just talk about it in general and how magical it is. Being a guy with no kids probably doesn't help, but its something I've done with my family every year since I was 2 and it isn't going to stop. A few of my friends who have never gone have decided because I talk about it so much that we should go next year as a group so they can see it themselves...theres 3 of us and I think it's going to be a blast since they are letting me plan everything...drinking around the world will be interesting to say the least with a group of friends popcorn::

Tara8595

03-18-2008, 02:31 AM

Why do you go to Disney so much?

BECAUSE I CAN.

I actually had one of those obnoxious / competitive type mothers on the playground the other day look at my 9 month old (in his Walt Disney World hat) say...

Her: He's been to Disneyworld already?
Me: No, but we're going in August.
Her: Why would you take him so soon? Do they even have anything at Disneyworld for babies that young?
Me: Are you kidding?
Her: You must have a double income, it's really expensive.
Me: No, and not really.
Her: We're taking ours when she's 6 so that she'll remember it.
Me: That's too bad you have to wait so long. :woohoo:
What a loser.

So This is Love

03-18-2008, 03:11 AM

I get made fun of all the time because I talk about Disney a lot. Mostly I get laughed at if I cry about something Disney. I can't help it sometimes! Some people say crying is going overboard.

My sister gets made fun of because she is so into Disney that her wedding ring is a mickey head. Hmm...Maybe that is going overboard.:rolleyes1

Tara, I'm with you that I don't agree to wait until your kids will remember it. Why can't the kid go just to enjoy something. My son went at 12 months and my daughter at 17 months and they both loved it! The only objection I have is that I never wanted to take a nursing baby - just for personal convienance, but if someone wants to then more power to them.

fireman17

03-18-2008, 05:55 AM

I would like to add in here about this. Almost on a daily basis the brothers here at work bust my chops about Disney. Anytime something comes on TV about it I'm in the middle of it be it me owning Disney World or when my next trip is.
They all do it in good fun and I wouldn't expect anything less from them becase when any of them plan to go to WDW they always come to me and my DW for advice and after we finish busting on them we gladly help them plane their trip and everytime they thank us when they return and tell us we were a great help for their trip.
And they always say they can't wait to go back!!

danny1649

03-18-2008, 07:01 AM

Moved your post here where it is beeter fit on this board.:goodvibes Danny

Christine43

03-18-2008, 08:56 AM

I think it's entirely possible that I become more excited about our upcoming trip than the kids do to some extent. I have friends who think I'm nuts saving up for our annual trip but I shrug it off. If they don't get it, I feel a little sad for them but I don't let it irritate me.

mistyt

03-18-2008, 09:38 AM

At six feet tall, and 240 lbs people don't really make fun of me for anything. I could probably go to work wearing Mickey Ears and not hear much about it :rotfl:

:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

That just put the BEST picture in my head!

Thanks for the laugh before I go suffer through my finals!

mistyt

03-18-2008, 09:44 AM

GeminiAngel

03-18-2008, 10:12 AM

I got teased at work all the time until I pointed out everybody else's obsessions! I said see you like sports, you like cooking, you like HG tv (home and garden channel). I like Disney. Its all a way to entertain ourselves.

Mermaid_Ariel

03-18-2008, 10:21 AM

mistyt

03-18-2008, 05:25 PM

I'm getting married in Disney World this December. None of our family has actually said anything, but I have the impression that that they think it's a silly idea. DF's cousin is having a destination wedding in Aruba and that's ALL his side of the family talks about, even though our wedding is this year and his wedding is next year. :confused3 Even when we're sitting right there!! They talk about how exciting it is to go to Aruba. It really hurts my feelings. :sad2:

Well I'm excited for you to have a Disney wedding! And maybe just a little jealous! :rolleyes1

I'm so happy to see all the teen/20ish folks on here! We are one by one building the next generation of DISboard fans!!! :thumbsup2

Somnia

03-19-2008, 01:55 AM

LOL at drinking around the world!

So hey...a 25 year old male disney lover? :idea:

Wanna get married :lovestruc

Kidding of course! :rolleyes1

lol thats the opposite most girls would say regarding Disney it seems heh...few years back when I was dating this girl I wanted to take her to Disney for our anniversary, but she basically laughed and asked me why I would want to go somewhere for kids and not Mexico or Hawaii like real adults..ya that ended that pretty fast :lmao:

CinderellyCinderelly

03-19-2008, 02:03 AM

mistyt

03-19-2008, 02:47 AM

lol thats the opposite most girls would say regarding Disney it seems heh...few years back when I was dating this girl I wanted to take her to Disney for our anniversary, but she basically laughed and asked me why I would want to go somewhere for kids and not Mexico or Hawaii like real adults..ya that ended that pretty fast :lmao:

So...was that a yes? :rotfl:

She just wasn't the right girl for you!

And for the record, I would gladly accept a trip to Disney for any anniversary as well as for an engagement and wedding! Heck, I'd even offer to pay for it!

Oh gotta love the "WHY NOT MEXICO OR HAWAII INSTEAD?" people! Life is rough for us 20something Disney fans :sad2:

Indeed it is, but I would definitely want to go to Disney instead of Mexico. Hawaii might be nice someday, but for now i'm content in my disney ways!

Robo

03-19-2008, 03:38 AM

So, my *friends* were making fun of me because I love Disney so much.

You can feel sorry for them.

They are envious that you have found a "passion" and they don't have one to enjoy as much as you do yours.

Rejoice in your passion!

mistyt

03-19-2008, 02:45 PM

You can feel sorry for them.

They are envious that you have found a "passion" and they don't have one to enjoy as much as you do yours.

Rejoice in your passion!

That is a really good way to look at it that I never thought of before! Thanks for pointing that out!!

*singing* I have a passion, I have a passion!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

eeyore29

03-19-2008, 06:16 PM

That is a really good way to look at it that I never thought of before! Thanks for pointing that out!!

*singing* I have a passion, I have a passion!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

MistyT, hello neighbor!

Booknut

03-19-2008, 06:52 PM

I love this thread!!! I get used to the jokes and normally don't mind unless they are hurtful and then I get annoyed.

My husband loves going to Disney but he kinda tunes out any Disney talk after about 8 minutes (that's the longest i've noticed he's paid attention!). He calls me his 'Dis-bot'. And i'm proud to be a Dis-bot!!!

Mistyt/Somnia: So...any concrete decisions either way on the proposal??!!! ;) :lovestruc

mistyt

03-19-2008, 07:29 PM

MistyT, hello neighbor!

Hey hey hey!!!

I love this thread!!! I get used to the jokes and normally don't mind unless they are hurtful and then I get annoyed.

My husband loves going to Disney but he kinda tunes out any Disney talk after about 8 minutes (that's the longest i've noticed he's paid attention!). He calls me his 'Dis-bot'. And i'm proud to be a Dis-bot!!!

Mistyt/Somnia: So...any concrete decisions either way on the proposal??!!! ;) :lovestruc

"Dis-bot" I love that!

Haven't heard anything of the proposal. :sad2: I'm very patiently waiting! :rolleyes1 Hahaha!

Matt'nMeg'sMom

03-19-2008, 09:15 PM

Hi my name is Carolyn and I'm a Disnaholic.

I spent THREE spring breaks at Disney World back when Disney was giving out "Spring Break Packages" to college kids. (93-94-95).

My best friend and fellow spring breaker got MARRIED at DisneyWorld in 1999 - I'm SOOO jealous. I was supposed to be the Maid of Honor but I was 40 weeks pregnant and about to pop - Doctor wouldn't let me travel. (Ask me how long it took me to forgive her for planning her wedding right then?)

My DS8 has been 6 or 7 times and DD5 has been 3 times. And as much as I love taking them, it would be a dream come true to return to DW without the kids.

And yes - people think I'm crazy. My DH rolls his eyes when I start talking about the next trip. and the next. and the next. And my in-laws think I'm crazy for "wasting" so much money taking my kids to DW. :lmao:

Sigh. no one understands me. :rolleyes:

disneycruise05

03-19-2008, 10:07 PM

Another 21 year old college student here! But being in South-Central Texas, I have to deal with...how can I say nicely...rednecks (I was born in San Antonio, so I can say it! ;) ). And a vast majority just don't get it. Great to see so many other college students on here!

Everyone here goes to the beach all the time and gets wasted. Not my idea of fun. However, spending a week with the Mouse is!