Ok, a spin off from the thread about Christian parents in the religion and philosophy section.

The question put to the forum is:

Do your parents or other members of your family know about your BDSM activities? If so, how did they find out? By accident? Did you tell them? Did it cause ructions? Did you eventually sort it all out or is there still a problem?

If they don't know, would you ever consider telling them? Do you suspect they know anyway? How do you think they'd react?

Interested in any and all opinions, experiences and so on about this topic...

I'll post my own thoughts on it to get us started:

My parents do not know about anything I do with regards to BDSM. I tend to prefer this part of my life to be seperate from my professional and family life so I keep it secret. It is not because I think they will react badly to it, after all they are fairly open minded, but rather that it is something that I like keeping private and secret - as if the secret nature is part of the fantasy.