Most of my friends and family are aware of feedism to some degree. Friends in the past have found certain youtube videos and I'm sure 'researched' further being teenagers at that time, also family are aware of it via a distant relation who is out as a feeder.
I identify as a gainer, fa and feeder. I guess I could explain away the FA side as I do like all sizes with all things even a stronger preference for chubby/fat girls, just as some men like bigger boobs I like soft bellies, the feeder side as I tend to have a dominant and impulsive personality, the gainer side is harder, I love food, they know that, and also love the side effects of too much, but I don't want to have to explain myself to them at all. Its who I am, I don't ask about their 'normal' lives after all.
If a non-feedist friend was to ask, I would tell them and I'm sure things about my life would start to make sense, weight gain and loss for no reason, tend to go for the chubby girl, even if the skinny one is interested.
The few times I have been 'outed', friend and I discussed what we liked when we were younger, led to seeing how much I could eat, mum found me struggling with a button, weighed me and offered me her diet advice, embarrassed I said that I liked it, weird look but brushed off and forgotten, people's reactions have been not as bad as expected.
I dont go around telling everyone, but dont keep it much of a secret either. I am relatively small but when I am gaining I don't tell anyone who doesn't ask and act like I'm not noticing as the reactions are part of it for me.
Most of the people in my life are pretty accepting, I just hope those in yours are too!
I honestly think my family would be more shocked to learn I smoked for years than to learn I like to fatten myself up each year and prefer fatter women!
7 years