[Discussion\Vent] Do you ever feel like you don’t want to talk too much about things you like?

For example, I’m a huge fan of The Lord Of The Rings. I’ve read the books (and other books from the same author), watched all the movies and own a lot of merchandise.

Yet, not many people know about it in my adulthood. I used to talk about it a lot in school, but eventually I just got made fun of. Like people would roll their eyes or ask me stupid questions as if what I liked was one big joke. For example, if I liked a guy, one of my friends would ‘joke’ with me, asking “Who do you like more, him or [LOTR character]?”

Hence, I’ve learnt to keep it to myself or at the very least mention as little as possible about it. Anyone else had this experience before? And how did you go about it?