Well my friends and family know that I'm into Harry Potter but they don't know how really obsessed I am! haha. They don't know about this site thingy so ... I guess I am a clostet Potterphile.

My closest friends know how obsessed I am with Harry Potter and they always listen to me talk about Harry all day. My other friends don't know because they never really ask, they hear me talk, but they never ask about what. However, if anyone asks....I'll tell them how much I LOVE Harry Potter.

Thanks Capricorn. The editor in the end decided to take the article a different direction, but if all goes well, I'll let you know when it gets printed. (I mention the Veritaserum forums in there a couple of times...)

"Hello, I am an overly obssessed, no hope for a cure, Harry Potter fan."
that phrase describes me only too well. all my friends, close or not, know that im a major harry potter fan. heck, all the just finished 8th graders almost 9th graders() know it.

I'm a secret fan. Only my close friends know that I like Harry Potter. Some people know though, it's more like a dormant obsession that no one knows for sure that I'm still obsessed with Harry Potter. One of my friends constantly makes fun of me that I like Harry Potter but that is okay, I just put up with it.

If people knew how often I was on this site.. Hha, I wouldn't hear the end of it. But I think about Harry Potter so much.

My close friends know I Love harry potter, and they make fun of me all the time. Most people know I like Harry Potter though. But they probably think it's like a you l iked it when you were a kid so it makes you excited now kind of thing.

Haha, I love Harry Potter. and to tell you the truth, I would be looked at differently if I boasted about my obsession. I can't really shout around at parties "Oh my god, your eyes are just like how I picture Harry's!" "Oh, Really! Harry who?" "Harry Potter!" "Is that a joke?" "No." "Okay.."

Well actually, I do that, it's funny. But if something reminds me of a fanfic, that would just freak people out. I keep that to myself. So no one really knows how much I think about harry potter, or more specifically this site.

My closest friends knows that I'm obsessed with Harry Potter. My classmates knows that I'm interested in it, because we discussed it in English class some time ago. However they don't know that I'm in here typing and discussing about Harry and such. Only my closest friends know such things

- However, once I was in a restaurant in another country, and one of the waiters looked just like how I pictured Harry Potter, and I sort of said that out loud and I think he heard.. A little embarrasing, just a little

Well, my good friends know I love Harry Potter, and I really don't care who knows. I think everyone knows that I'm a fan. But, I don't think anyone knows just how much I really do love it. I'm on here so much....well, lets just say they don't think I like it that much, but I do. How obsessed do you have to be to actually be replying to this thing! Just kidding, it's a great topic!

Only one of my friends actually knows I'm into HP. I told her that a couple days ago at school. I think she just reads them, like one of my brothers. I told her to visit VTM, but I don't think she actually came on here. This morning I was telling her about the quiz i took last night to figure out what kind of wand you get. I don't think she was listning there either.

On the first day of school, my english teacher asked us if any of us read DH and i put my hand in the air as fast as i could like Hermione. I was even moving my fingers like a cheerleader doing spirit fingers! I sit in the back, so no one really saw my hand doing that action. I think only around four people raised their hands, from what i saw.

And today I noticed that my english teacher has a poster of the DH cover on her wall. I was so excited.

Sorry, I'm getting a little crazy right now

Being a Harry Potter Fan is one of my biggest secrets like some of my friends know cause there as big of fans as i am, so we have discussions all the time and we can talk about one little thing in a book or movie for hours, and like im scared that if any of my other friends found out about it, it would be all over the school and thats definately something i dont want. My friends who are fans also keep it a secret because were easy targets for people to pick on. But like if my friends are over im not embarrassed to open up this site cause you know there only coming over if there my true friends so i dont really care.

To be honest theres this kid at my school named Peter Pettigrew its actually quite scary, like i just heard about it from one of my closest friends and i was just shocked.

But yea i probably live on this site i love readin fan fics and those kind of things.

well, nice topic here
got to admit that i'm a fan well known to my friends. if there is someone who would like to talk abou it, we'll sure to get along fast, because i'm not hiding, in fact i'll be elated to have someone to talk about it and that i'm obsessed with harry potter.

A kid named Peter Pettigrew, I wouldn't like to have a name like this!

However it's a reaaly good topic to discuss this "Potterhead" thing and others reaction.
I don't like to tell everyone that I'm a HP fan, because I haven't got nice experiences about it... When you say that you can't wait for the next movie, or ( a few months ago) for the last book, they just wonder if you're mental. Or when I read it on the tram, I feel the malicious glances around me, I'm sure you met this also. I don't really care this, but it could be sometimes annoying, when you must face that because of your HP's adoration you're ignored at school by your classmates, or they simply disregard you even if you're talking about a totally different thing. What do you think about this?

So that's why I try to keep it secret, only my HP fan friends know about it. The "outsiders" can't understand it, but I think it's because of their obsession that it's a fairy tale. My father thinks this as well, and after a many attempt which failed to convince him, I gave up. The main problem is that I'm a second- year student at the university, and he thinks HP is only for children. But I believe that it's not depending on age! Ok, maybe I should ignore all the people who are against HP -and not going ape- such as they do with me, isn't it?

i know most of my friends by now must know i love harry potter, probably because of my display picture when i talk to them over MSN. but i don't think i'd tell them how much i like to go on VTM and talk about HP. before the last book came out, one of my friends showed me this theory about the last book on here, and since then i couldn't stop reading everyone else's thoughts. but if she knew i still came on here, even after the last book she'd probably think i was a bit obssessed. along with a couple of other people who i told about this site before the book!
but i do love coming on here, reading poeples thoughts and fan-fics, it keeps HP alive even though it's now finished!
i know, not that long ago i would close the page everytime one of my family would come in the room(mainly my brother, because he thinks i'm a bit of a loser, but he's my brother so i don't mind haha) but now i don't care, because my brother knows i'm a bit obsessed about it! and how many excuses can you make for explaining why your not doing anything on the computer when you've been on there for an hour or so?
so i suppose, even though my mates know how much i love harry potter, if i were to tell them that i still go on HP re-lated sites , i think they'd freak out a bit!
but if they did find out, i wouldn't care that much! atleast i'd know i'm not just sitting at the computer staring at the screen like some of my friends must with the amount of time they spend on it!
and HP is deffinately NOT just for children! i will continue to read the books when i grow up! HP has been in my life since i started reading more challenging books for my age so now it's basically part of me and i'm sure that applies for many other poeple!!!
but all in all, i think my little obssession with harry potter is a little secret i have and i'd quite like to keep it that way!!!

I'm proud of being a Harry Potter fan! I even drive my friends crazy sometimes because I don't stop talking about it... Some people do look at me funny, because I'm 20 and still addicted to childrens books, but they obviously never read a HP book because oyherwise they would understand why I love the books!!!

Hey, twiggysun that was exactly what I talked about! I agree that they simply don't understand our addiction (if it is that), because they have never read any of the books. And as I said before they're obsessed with the idea that it's a fairy tale... I'm also 20, but I don't think we should call HP children' s books, it's not depending on age, isn't it?

all of my friends know about my harry potter obsession
i am proud to be a harry potter nerd
and most other people know because of ow i act like peoplein my class but there not sas bad as some people are saying on here
i think most of them in mine are used to me lol
but i will tell anyone im a HP obsessor if they dont like you for who you are
then there not true friends!

I thought i was the only one to hide my love for HP^^

actually,I pretend to be a simple movie goer so i MUST see HP movies...I know this is a bit stupid but none of my friends loves HP like I do.
My closest friends know i read the book but don't know how much i would like to talk about it all the time..
one day i told it to a friend and she repeated it to almost all the class and everybody laughed at me..so i didn't do it again!
Everybody seems to think that HP things are only for kids..even in stores,the books are on "the kids' shelves"..Do you really think a 10 year-old child would be able to understand the last book?...not so sure!

I used to be, I mean, I told no one, and I mean NO ONE, about my love for anything HP related, I had to go on this website in secret, at night, but now, after I nearly lost my job to get DH, my parents know and they accept it. My friends, however, know, but I don't act like the fanatic that I am in front of them. I see no reason to do that.

My Friends didn't know I was into Harry Potter until the fifth movie came out (jusyt recently) so I dragged a couple of my friends along to go see in for my birthday. I had to pay someones ticket just so they could see it. My mom absolutely HATES Harry Potter. My family is Church-going and I'm a Christian but I don't think Harry Potter is against the Bible. I don't take it that seriously. My goodness, She told me just yeaterday that she doesn't want me to get involed in the whole Harry Potter thing and I had to lie to cover up my obsession! I hate that my mom hates Harry Potter. My dad doesn't care if I read it and he's a youth pastor! How cool is my dad. But my mom is a stick in the mud. Anywho, just thought I'd share my feelings. Ta!

Yeah, everyone on this site can know, and I don't care. But at school... I hide it. I think my close friends are starting to catch on, and my family knows from my three hours on the site daily, and me constantly with my nose in a Potter book... sigh.... I wouldn't hide it if I had someone else to talk about it with (other than here), so I've got my friend (goes by nugo147) to join Veritaserum! Yay!

My friends know, but they dont really care. Only one other person of my closest friends reads the books, and some others watch the movie, so thats why i came her! To talk HP!

My friends know that I like the books but they don't know how obsessed I actually am! Like none of my friends really read them they think they're pretty dorky so I don't have anybody to really talk to about them! That's why I like coming on here! My parents and older sister know how much I love them though. They like the movies and everything and always ask me how the books are or stuff about them when we watch the movies but they don't always get what I'm saying and I have to repeat things a lot! I've tried to get my family to read them but no one in my family are big readers other than me I read ALL the time. And I've reread the HP books countless times...everytime my parents see me reading one they're always like which one ya reading this time? How many times have you read this one? It gets kind of annoying

Yes I am a harry potter fan. I am not annoyed even if my officemates tell me I should not be doing that. They said its only for the kids...But what can I do, I feel so happy everytime I reread the books and see again and again the films on DVD.
Its their lost...

Hmmmm.. people never tell me I should not like Harry Potter, they have no right! But, if its happen, I'll be really mad!
I want all peoples in the world know..
I'm in love................... with HARRY JAMES POTTER!! (not Dan, its Potter!)


Lem0n

I do love harry potter but my family is only the ones who know it. I read the books to fast that no one ever sees me with them. I normally finish them a few hours after i get them. My room is in Gryffindor colors but no one makes that connection when I have people over.

I've had a religon teacher tell me they were bad, but they've told me that about a lot of books (Like the His Dark Materials books) so I didn't really notice. Considering I walk around most days wearing a sweatshirt that says 'It's a Harry Potter thing. You wouldn't understand', I'd say I'm a very open fan.

I do both. At home I won't shut up about it. At school I keep quite about it. Sooo yeah I do both I guess.

Oh, no. Not me. Hehe. I'm constantly going on about HP, my friends now get mad at me when I do. When I started hanging out with them and a HP conversatin started, it was like- Oh I hope Ron and Hermione get together! And I would be like They do, and then go on and on about it for ages. So now basically everyone in the world knows I'm obsessed with HP! For example I did a project on tapestries, and I was surprised to find out they use it in the HP movies, so I put it in my project as an interesting fact and everyone was like 'Oh, no duh'. Anyway, everyone pretty much knows, I'm a very, very very open fan and I'm proud too!

My family knows I'm a fan of HP; how big my disease is, that's unknown to them. I'm mad about them, but here is like nobody likes HP, so if I go out and scream 'I'M A HUGE FAN OF HARRY POTTER!' everybody would laugh at me, and believe me, I'm the weird enough to make another laugh of myself. My closest friends know I like HP, know I have its books and films and that I spent my summer holidays translating, but not my classmates: when I was 15 I told a girl one of my birthday presents will be the five first books and she said it was wasting a present , but I got them anyway! And as my parents, they didn't like much the idea of me spending a whole summer of writing and writing, of bad-answering and little house-help, and they didn't know I was a bit sick because I was obsessed , so they aren't big supporters for me.
I'm alone!!!
Only my cousin shares my Harry's love, but in less level.
So it's because I come here!

I can definetly say I'm not a secret Harry Potter fan, I'm very open about it. I have to say, my friends sometimes wish I never heard of Harry Potter, or my obession with SS/HG, because I go on and on and on about it ... I'm a HUGE HP fan, and I'm proud.

Really, everyone knows I love Harry Potter, so there's not point in pretending I don't. But I do try not to be so obsessed unless I'm with my really really good friends who understand and are just like me about him!!! =] My other friends (and probably a lot of other people) just think it's weird, but oh well!

I am a proud Harry Potter freak. Every single one of my friends and family know I am obsessed with it. I'm very much tempted to turn my den into the 'Harry Potter Library, so I can relax and read my Harry Potter books and watch my Harry Potter movies in a Harry Potter setting. We'll see though.

Jeez.. did I use the words "Harry Potter" enough in that post? Haha.

If I could, I'd tattoo 'Harry Potter Obsessed' across my forehead. Okay, maybe not. Maybe I'd wear a shirt which said 'Harry Potter Obsessed'. I don't hide my obsession.

No, I widely advertise my obsession.

I may or may tno have already posted in here, but my views might have changed, so i'll post again.

In a way, no i'm not. My best friedns know i love Harry Potter, and my family knows i'm obssessed, and my best friends know i'm a member of a HP fansite (VTM, anyone?) but not many other people know i like it that much.

Like, most people know i like Harry Potter, but only a select few know how much i love it. I've never met someone, besides people on here, who loves HP as much as me, except perhaps my sister. As a result, they'd think i was a total weirdo if i started chanting "Omigod, RHr had better be in the HBP movieee!"

So yes, and no is my answer.

nope.
everyone knows that i love HP!
obsession..
yeah.

like one time i wen to this review class. i asked a random person.
"so...dya like Harry Potter?" haha..sadly she said NO.
wah...

Like most people on this thread, I'm of two minds; my close friends would have a heart attack if I told them I hated Harry Potter(I don't) -they wouldn't know who I was! But since I've plastered my diary and school books with all those funny avatars/signatures of everybodys, and put all the Harry Potter birthdays althroughout my diary, people kinda look at me funny! It's actually way harder to pretend that you quite like Harry Potter, but are not really obsessed with it (when you are) than just pretending that it doesn't exist. Most people would find me seriously creepy if they found out how deeply obsessed I truly am, so I guess I am a bit of a Closet Fan.

...well, no. i'm not a secret harry potter fan..

... coz i guess everyone knows that i am a fan. not quite obsessed, but very close to it..

I'm definately not a secret fan. Everyone in the world probably knows how obsessed I am. I don't try to hide my HP obsession at all. I don't see the point to that. HP is part of who I am and I want to show that. In 7th grade, I wrote a lot of my essays about HP and I still put HP names and stuff in things that I write. My friends know that I've read the book 13 or more times each, they know that I watch the movie a ton, they know that I go on HP websites every single day, they know that I write fanfiction, and they know that I have wizard rock on my iPod. They may think that I'm weird or a little too obsessed, but I don't really care. So, yeah, basically I am NOT a secrat HP fan at all.

Nope. Not at all. Everyone that knows me knows I'm a HP fan. It's neat, because for my birthday I got a lot of HP stuff and people remember me everytime there's something HP-related around. People who love HP are not considered 'geeks' or 'losers' or whatever here in Ecuador, luckily, so why should I keep this as a secret?

No, I'm not a secret Harry Potter fan. I talk about HP all the time. But I do know a bunch of people who aren't into it. They're mostly very Christian and their parents don't approve. When I'm with them, I just don't talk about it. They know I like HP, but I just don't bring up the subject. But I also know a bunch of fans too and they all know. It's very clear that I love the Harry Potter series!

Only a few of my closest friends know that I read hp. If anyone else other than them knew i'd be considered a nerd which i don't really mind

All my friends know about my serious obsession, and I have a few aquaintences that know that I love Harry Potter. I don't shout it to the world, but if people ask me, I don't deny it. Most of the time, I ending up becoming friends with people because they're HP fans too. If someone does say anything against HP, well then it's their loss and they're missing out on one of the greatest, if not the best, series ever written. I will always be a proud supporter of the epic tale of Harry Potter.

My family and 3 best friends all know of my obsession, but everybody else is oblivious. to be hones some of my friends don't know as they see HP as stupid and not worth the paper its written on - muppets

Most of the poeple I know would never guess that I'm into Harry Potter. A few of my friends think it's just kids stuff and that I must be deranged in some way! My husband thinks I have serious problems especially since I changed my MSN icon to one that say's Harry Potter isn't everything, but he's right up there with oxygen!

Strangely though, when I do mention it to people, it's surprises me just how many adults do read the books. Recently when filming was taking place at Gloucester Cathedral, one of my colleague, well 2 they are married to each other, were completely hyper when I told then what was happening. They both got up early one morning and stood outside in the rain until they had to go to work. They are both teachers so, I don't think skiving off for a day to catch a glimpse of Dan Radcliffe and Co would have gone down too well!

You know it's kind of funny because when I lived in Hawaii where all my family was and I had a teaching job, everyone knew I was into Harry Potter. I would make my students read the books for their fifteen minutes of required reading. I also had a bulletin board dedicated to newspaper and photo clippings of anything Harry Potter related. My family thought I was off my rocker! At first they thought it was cool that I had read the books so fast but then I joined VTM and started writing fanfic and debating and they thought I was nuts.

But since moving to the Midwest USA, I guess I am kind of closeted for now. I wore a Harry Potter tank top on the one day it was nice last week and got some funny looks from the older generation that sat out on the benches in front of the old antique shop. The good thing about it is that my husband has finally started coming around and now is a member of VTM and reading the books, so we can obsess together.

How terrible is it when your dying to talk about Harry Potter and your friends just roll their eyes. Yea, they'll see the movies with you, but when you really want to discuss the tone and plot... all my friends make fun of me for loving Harry Potter. Do your friends know you love HP? Or do you keep it a secret??

Everyone around me knows how crazy I am about Harry Potter, and they don't mind it. But I recognize the feeling of wanting to talk about the books, and receiving blank looks. Some of them have read the books, and they're willing to talk about it for a little while, but you can't go on with it very long, let alone having in-dept discussions. So yeah, I do miss that sometimes, and I wish there was someone around me who's as crazy about the books as me

My friends have learn't to just put up with me. They know I'll go off into a rant about it all whenever someone mentions HP but they don't seem to care anymore. And I know that if they get bored they just humour me and pretend like their listening Though sometimes, depending on who it is I can have an indepth, proper discussion about the books and everything.

But luckily, though they're not huuuge fans they do read the books and watch the films so they're okay to talk about it with me though.

Other friends of mine however just hit me or something 'cause they hate HP *stabs them* lol

But yeah, I don't keep it secret or anything, everyone knows I love HP and they've just learn't to either like it or lump it.

Kelly
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Well, my best friends know - about 3 people - and they make fun (but only jokingly). Luckily though 1 of them loves it as much as me. After the book came out we sat in economics and chatted about it for about 2 hours - the whole class got into it .