Only once do I recall not being believed. I was in an adult toy shop doing a "forward" for a public humiliation scene I was going to preform there later in the evening. When I told the shop clerk what I was and what I was planning on doing in his shop, he was absolutely shocked. I remember him saying "but you look like a Buckhead book club kind of bitch". I replied, "I am, but I am also a Dominatrix."

In general when I tell people, they are just curious. Some have questions. Some don't. I have to explain to most that Dommes don't have sex with clients - for some reason most vanillas have that all wrong.