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If you don't feel comfortable telling them you play cards, make something up. I'm a consultant, I teach nights at XYZ learning center, I'm a male prostitute, I'm looking for a full-time teaching position, etc. Who cares what they think?

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I don't think I've made my point clear. I'm not going to lie to my family/loved ones about what I do. Their friends, neighbors and family are sometimes curious and ask them what I do for a living. They are the ones that care what people think and care themselves about what I do. For example, my mom told me she was too embarrassed to tell the neighbors what I was doing when they asked her. I don't want to put my mom in that position.