Both my parents were pretty cool w/ liking FM. My dad especially has decent taste in music so he would always be willing to listen to them in the car etc. We used to have a house in the Poconos, and on those dreadful drives up, he'd put in my tape of the white album/Rumours and everyone was happy.
My mom was also sort of into them; she actually made some comments that i recall as being pretty cool for a 'mom'-- for example I remember her saying that LB was gorgeous in the Hold Me video (that i used to sit in front of the TV and drool over whenever it came on, which was a lot in 1982...) I also remember once bringing home some FMac book that i had ordered from the Scholastic Club or something, and she was sitting at the kitchen table looking at it and said, "John has very nice legs, he looks adorable in those cut offs." I was like, 'wow mom, you're so right, now give me my book back' LOL. Even recently sometimes she'll surprise me w/ a comment like "Isn't today Lindsey's birthday?"
and she'll be right!
I tried back then to get my friends into them but no luck. They thought they were dorks who couldn't compare to the coolness of Duran Duran.
At least they knew I loved them, so if they found an article about them etc they'd save it for me--actually my parents and my best friend (since 5th grade) still do that..... When I told this friend that we were having a Q&A with John she said incredulously , "I can't believe how far you've come w/ this band. Did you ever think when we were 13 that you'd be doing this?!" to which I replied 'God bless the internet!'
-Lis