Hey, I'm new to the furry scene(~a week)and while I love the whole idea of the comraderie and whatnot, I can't help but feel...a tad out of place. I wanted to join a community of people that shared interests because I have no friends and my life was/still is shit(years of verbal/physical abuse, no self esteem, being bullied for one thing after another, general shit like that). I've only spent a day on this particular forum so I have nothing to complain about, but in other chatrooms/forum sites it seems to be really elitist and mean. "You're not like us? You're not part of our little clique, then get out!" That shit is exactly what I was trying to escape from but apparently to no avail. Also the oversexualization. I'm a teenager so of course I like sexy stuff and I'd want to have a girlfriend(sadly both to no avail), but does every single thing have to be sexual? Just because I'm not "19/F/Horny" doesn't mean I'm a terrible person. I'm not trying to ask anybody to pity me. I don't need pity. I need friends and I need an accepting community.