I'm not really afraid of telling someone I'm a pilot in bar because of the pilots + booze stigma, but mostly because I don't want to give "The Speech".
"The Speech" is what I consider when you find yourself at a party or social function and someone finds out that you're a pilot. They invariably ask the same questions of which my brain goes into "auto-answer/auto-speech" mode and my eyes glaze over.
My side of the conversation is like this:
"Yeah, for Delta? Six years, total? Well, I started back in 1987 so thats uhhh 16 years"
"No"
"Civilian -- uhh, a regional pilot"
"Puddlejumpers"
"Skyway"
"Midwest Express Connection"
"Milwaukee"
"No, California"
"Fresno"
"Never"
"Nope, she's a civil engineer"
"Florida"
"The Internet"
"Dallas"
"No, it changes, but some months like this one, it's the same six cities"
"Nah"
"Whatever dude, more like the Holiday Inn near an office park"
"Actually more than a 40 hour work week. I'm gone for almost 300 hours this month"
"Yeah, but we're only paid for about 70 of those ('what a dick')"
"Domestic"
"Nah, the Mrs controls the passes"
"Nope"
"That's just in the movies"
"Old enough to be my mom"
"Ahem, flight attendants"
"Well, I usually think they're here to save your ass, not kiss it"
"I dunno"
"Back in the old days of the pillbox cap and passengers that didn't wear flip flops, 'Black Dog' caps and ticket prices were appropriate"
"Yeah"
"Nice talking to you too"