Do your friends respect Anime?

What became an inside joke/friendly banter with some of my close friends is now becoming annoying. I'm more introverted but i don't mind hanging out and socializing, but i don't really like to waste my time on things like bars and night clubs simply because it's not my scene. I've been there done that a few times for them, and they just ended up as long nights with them doing reckless stuff. Whenever these friends wanna go out and i tell them no they start bashing on anime saying things like "what you're gonna stay up watching perverted cartoons?" It's becoming annoying now. Anime is great, i don't get why some people bash on it for no reason. There are many genres to enjoy, romance, action, sports etc. not all anime is hentai. I usually don't give any signs that i'm into anime, partly because i don't know that many people that are into it, even recreationally. But anime viewers come from all different backgrounds, you can't just generalize people from seeing a meme online. A lot of cool people watch anime, some of them are quite humble people. Can't believe people that say "ew weeb" think it's somehow cool to bash on people? Whatever it's their loss and they don't know what they're missing out on. I have a life, i go out and socialize, anime is part of it and it doesn't prohibit me in anyway and it certainly doesn't bring me any negativity like they do. Do your friends/people nag you watching anime?

Nope. They don't really care, as it does not concern them. Your hobbies can be just that. It's no worse than mindlessly watching anything else.

Unfortunately I've seen it go both ways, some of the 'cooler' friends I have bash on it, but for the most part the rest of my friends are either into it or respect my hobby.

"I usually don't give any signs that i'm into anime, partly because i don't know that many people that are into it, even recreationally." <- Funny, I do the same thing! :) But mostly the people wanna talk with me if I'm reading a Manga or drawing in my sketch book. I'm always impressed if someone speaks to me by reason of Mangas. The most of my friends are also interested in Anime&Manga - I have less till nothing friends who are not interested in it. Only in my child-/youthhood I was nagged by some schoolmates and relatives. That was really annoying if they said "Are you watching porn again?" or someone in the elementary school said to me "This Comic (it was Dragonball) is horseshit" x.x Today, I don't give a fuck of people who wants so bashing me. I'm totally ignoring them :D

Hi yeah I'm basically a "closet weeb". I have some friends that watch anime too but some of them don't and think its lame, which is totally fine cause their wrong and missing out. I dont think I have any friends that nag about it because its pretty common to watch it in my area I guess?

Hmmm debatable. my friends dont, at least not around me. theres no point in being friends with people who intend to bring you down. So i choose carefully with who i stay friends with and who i make friends with. They dont have to support it. But if there good friends, they wont bash what you like harshly in front of you with the intent to hurt your feelings. my best friend made a pink guy joke once saying i was a dirty f*cking weabbooo. then i told him he needs to stop, cuz hes kinda shaming himself and me. weaboos and otakus may not be the same, but they do share some similaraties. he didnt realize watching anime made him one of these things, and now that i told him how it made me feel when he made the pink guy reference, he doesnt say it anymore. explain to your so called friends those remarks dont make you feel good inside, and if they still dont care to quit putting you down. just ignore them, as there not really friend material. Also, even if you dont want to go party with them. if you consider yourself a friend of theirs, you need to find some other way to hangout with them every now and then. Otherwise your not really being tooo friendly either. friends hangout together, even if only occasionally'..