Kudos to you. I've always had empathy for single people (especially submissive guys) who have to make the decision if and when to disclose this to a date/potential partner. I've seen too many clients get into relationships, not tell the significant other, and think they can just shut this down. Usually the relationship fails or they end up doing sessions on the sly.

I've always been pretty open about my lifestyle. It just didn't come up much in ordinary situations and I have never worn it on my sleeve. Now of course, I have the question of "what do you do for a living?" and I usually opt to just tell people I don't know that I am a consultant. I don't want to invite problems. However, I could not be friends with someone that didn't know and accept my lifestyle and profession.