We started off very discreet in our forays into the life style. Being in the UK there certainly is a culture of that. But over time we've grown into ourselves, so to say, and are more confident with our choices as a couple. Still, the circle of those in the know is pretty small and we're happy keeping it that way.
So far her two closest friends know about us (they have all slept with black guys in the past and swap stories. They were suprised when the Mrs came out and said she still did. Interestingly they were more curious than judgemental. Now when either of them are around it's open conversation.
The more 'interesting' one though is that her mum knows. That took a while to come out and there is a back story there. In short, she's supportive of our lifestyle, but probably more a case of being supportive of her ******* playing with black guys than the lifestyle as such.
The key basics of it are that her mum always fancied the idea of a black guy, but being from rural England and growing up, getting married in the '70s, never had opportunity to dabble. As a result she always encouraged her ******* to have an open mind and experiment, which led my wife to sleep with a few when she was younger. Basically her mum lived vicariously. Fast forward and her mum had divorced her dad over his infidelities and left her with a fairly angry and negative view on marriages for quite a while. A lot was based off the fact that she regrets what she gave up for a marriage that ended as it did. When she found out, there was expected suprise but, again, was more curious than upset or judgemental.
Now I suspect it's seated in her anger towards her divorce, but actively encourages my Mrs and is again living vicariously through her. We openly talk about it with her now. Slightly surreal at times but it works. I don't think we'd ever publicly broadcast the lifestyle we've chosen for out relationship in our social groups but it's nice sharing it with a few confidantes