Afraid to show work to family and friends?

Oh, I shove it in their faces! And I remind them from time to time to read it, too. They almost never do, and I know it, but I still remind them =)
Also, if you are afraid that your friend will not accept your work, I would really consider if they are really your friends. I say go for it, if they like it you will become better friends, if they don't - find better friends
"Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance
Well they're are no friends of mine"

Considering my mum straight up told me to never write about 'gays' since it encourages them. No. I don't share with her specifically.
Otherwise, I don't mind sharing with my family and friends. I'm just a bit shy about admitting that I write YA, for whatever reason.

My family already knows about my work XD And they support it highly. They don't read my novels much, but they're always spying on my art and seeing what I'm posting. And they recommend my works to their friends when they (or I) bring up that I like to write and draw. It's kinda nice actually.

I wouldn't say afraid, but I definitely wouldn't show my parents. They'd probably be dismissive and ask that I pursue some other "real" career upon me asking if they wanna read it... even though what I'm doing is just a hobby, I'd still get a lecture. But I mean, whatever, let's say they actually took the time to read it. I don't think it'd mesh well with them. They're the religious type and since I'm writing about demons and having a character cuss here and there, I'd probably get a lecture out of it, for sure, and I try to avoid those as much as I can...

I mean, my biological mom would probably be more supportive, but I don't think she'd read it bc she loves telenovelas (soap operas for Latinos, basically) lol my little sister would definitely be into it, she loves anime and drawing her own little comics for fun so, she'd be down for it! Uhhh.. Far as cousins and uncles and aunts and everyone else in my family go.. maybe they'd check it out and be like "Oh cool, I didn't know you liked this stuff. Anyways, so about this thing that happened.." and leave it at that xD

I'd definitely show it off to my friends though, I got a bunch who are into anime and comics so I imagine they'd like how it'd turn out. Even the friends I have that don't understand the world of comics would give some love and support my way, since they'd be impressed with the fact that I put so much work into it. Hell, some of them would be down to promote what I got going on so.. I got no fear in sharing my stories with my friends, like at all, and that makes me happy~

I will not show my family or friends unless I have a comic that isn’t NSFW (MAYBE)

I used to be embarrassed about my violent and crazy comics but then I realised that friends that don't want to basque in your weirdness aren't the best people to share your work with anyway - I have made friends with similar interests who love the stuff I love and they're always happy to see my work.
A lot of my friends love my OCs and my work - some of them used to draw fanart of my comics and give it to me! I have a few sketch pages from friends over the years.

I've only shown my stuff to my best friend, who is also my partner + 1 other friend

I generally don't show to family because of themes (violence, sex, fighting etc.: even though my family watches movies/series with those themes it's quite different when it's a family member does makes stuff like that) but I have also not shown them because lgbtqia+ themes and characters, and doing so would be outing myself (which I'd rather not to be honest )

Other reasons for not sharing is how uncomfortable it can be, when people who don't draw or create, come with their "criticism" (in their minds) but in reality it's just really opinionated comments that often don't come from a positive place

Plus I also regard my art accounts as a safe space/free space from people I know in real life so I don't think I'll be sharing them with irl people anytime soon

( I have a 'friend' who keeps trying to find my accounts and catch glimpses of the notifications on my phone and it honestly stresses me out and makes me very paranoid - especially since they take pride in their 'internet stalking skills'... yeah, no thank you >__> )

A little bit.
My parents don't really like swearing and I like swearing a lot. There's a lot of it in my comic as a lot of my characters have potty mouths.
I'm comfortable showing it to them, and they think it's cool. But dad can be a little traditional sometimes.

The comic which I'm writing is about K-pop (but is not a fanfic) and I'm afraid that most people won't get it, or they will think it's stupid. One person asked me "Why don't you write about something that's important/interesting?". That crushed me but, now I don't really care.

I've showed my comic to a lot of people and my best friend likes it (at least she knows what K-pop is). Most of the people who I show it to are elderly adults and they like it but they don't understand it.

Oh well, Imma weird teen. At least my parents don't go threw my room and stuff.

8 years?? Holy moly you did so well
Yeah I mean, if you don't have anything private or something you'd like for them not to see then I can see why you'd stop caring about hiding it :>

But yeah sharing ship art and personal stuff (being non-binary and other lgbt related stuff) isn't really on my list of family-sharable-stuff
and like I wrote I have one 'friend' that's super nosey and I'd like for my rant places and safe spaces to be hidden away from people like that ( ･ัω･ั )

I always tell them, but they never read or rather care for that matter =P, they are fine with me drawing it but it just ain't their cup of tea ya know?

My mother is a well-read literary snob. She has the guts to look down on J.R.R. Tolkien. And she does so with class, backing each and every one of her opinions with solid arguments.
Whenever she reads something that based on her set of criteria is not worth the time, she simply smirks at it in a self-satisfied manner.
And to be honest, if she had any desire to invest her time into literature or the visual arts, she would most probably be excellent at it. When I spent years trying desperately to learn to draw, she would just come over, look at what I did and redo it much better. I found her renditions of my own drawings, looking through some material a few years ago. It was painful.
She studied the law. Thus, she can write like no one I know. She is truly a talent at everything she does.
So, here I am. Mediocre by comparison. I am so scared that my writing, though she always encouraged me to write (seeing very well, that the visual arts where not my forte and mocking me ruthlessly for my lack of musical sense - I come from a very musical family), will get me that self-satisfied smirk. Not even a debate on why it sucks, just that dismissive smirk that closes the subject.

I'm not afraid to show my work to family and friends. I showed them my material in the past. They are not interested in it. I'm not afraid to show my work to any one? Eventually I would like my work to evolve/grow to the point that they stumble across it again without me showing them, again.

Absolutely, i'm worried they'll get upset and learn things they don't need to know. It's hard to trust everyone aswell.

oh geez. I don't even know where to get started with this T_T As a kid I'd write with a big focus on character development and story and plot. Very technical, but I thrived on ideas. I had no trouble showing that to anyone and everyone, but after a while, I ended up realizing nobody was going to actually read 1k of it in their own time, nevermind 10k. I got really private with my stuff, under the impression I was just annoying about it all.

The stuff I write now is insanely hyperindulgent for me. Like escapist in some form of it, a big couple of sandboxes to play in, and attempts to get me back to how I was before I stopped writing in high school. I'm afraid as hell to show my friends bc I don't consider any of it quality or worthy to their standards. One of my best friends is insanely well read, smart and in an animation program, while the other one graduated out of film, so storytelling is BOTH their fortes and their future careers. If either of them said something critical, I would be really upset considering how much I love what I write because it's just....deliberately for me and I consider them personal.

My sister knows I write, but it'll be a snowball's day in hell before she'll read any of it because she doesn't like reading more than she has to. She's probably the only person I'd ever show it to, for that very reason. Parents, never. It'd be a literary story if I had to share, something I wouldn't be embarrassed or shy to have my name on because I'd have taken much more perfectionist nitpick strict care overall and precision to control image and presentation (but I don't write those so, moot point).

It's not so much I'm afraid of it, but more of my irl friends and family just don't care about it. I write/draw a lot of mlm stuff so largely it'll just be my husband and online friends encouraging me on.