What are peoples reactions when you tell them about Lucid Dreaming?

[Cookino]

These are some of the reactions I remember: -A friend of mine: said it was cool and something about using it to have sex, became uninterested shortly after and never spoke about it again - One of my friends really got into it for some time and to this day we discuss about lucid dreaming, experiences and ideas. Recently tough college has been taking up a lot of his time and he kinda lost focus on LD but we still have some cool talks about it whenever I mention it. -Another friend was really intrigued about it when talked to her about it, some time after she had a lucid dream and told me about it, never talked about it again (forgot about it, I guess). - Told about LDing to my mother and stepfather and also about dream journals, my mother said I was gonna go crazy and I should stop it (I was really dissapointed), stepfather told her that it was ok and he kept a DJ when he was younger. -I told my grandmother and her sister about wilding and they told me some interesting stuff, apparently my grandmother is pretty good at doing some kind of visualisation/wild thing that she uses for problem solving and thinking about things. That's pretty much it. Overall people tend to react by saying it's cool/interesting then changing the subject and never talks about it again. It leaves me bewildered because I cannot understand how the concept of a realistic simulation where you have the ability to do absolutelly anything does not interest many people.

[AURON]

It all depends...My closest friends know I do it, and they made fun of me a little bit, but whatever. Some people think it's out right weird. I went on a date where a girl gave me a dreaming book, so that was cool. I guess it depends on how you ease it into the conversation. Some people just don't buy it at all, and some people will surprise the crap out of you.

[FryingMan]

I think the fundamental thing is that most people consider talking about someone else's dreams about as appetizing as giving them a proctology exam. The "lucid" notion is lost entirely and not even considered.

[Djaxup]

lol fryingman