Erm maybe don't start with Painter of the Night? I mean you should go slowly and before exposing yourself, you could try to figure out their opinion about this and the kind of story they like. If they are open-minded enough to give it a try, start by Shounen ai or yaoi that are more focused on the plot (King's maker for example). You can say someth...... reply
My best friend and a few minor high school acquaintances know/knew. My best friend knows because I told her when we went to our first comic con together. For those acquaintances, I told them, too. Because I was a dumb teen that wore the title "fujoshi" like it was a badge of honor. They all were already somewhat familiar with the concept, so it was...... reply
So today I wanted to kinda slowly ATTEMPT to introduce one of my friends to yaoi. I started showing her characters from Dear Door, Sign, Painter of Night, etc. and telling her their backstories (not into depth though). She thought they were from anime so I kinda just went along with it. She has no idea that I read yaoi, but I lowkey wanna kinda tell her "hey, i read this, you should too if you want." So i need help on how imma do this.
Alright, guys. Lets stop being mean(but these replies are hillarious tho dont get me wrong). OP is trying their best to speak english. What I think the OP meant to say is
"Have you ever clicked on a yaoi manga thinking it's shounen ai, and only realize it's yaoi after you have finished reading?"
To answer the OP's question, no I haven't cause I h...... reply