Advice: Telling others about being furry

[Coaster]

Depends on what type of person they are.

[Twice-Bitten]

I can tell you what you don't do: Get really nervous and start babbling like an idiot about it until your friend finally stops you and says "Relax, I know you have been one for a while and it's really not that big of a deal and it dosen't change who you are." Thank god he was more level headed in that situation than I was.  '-_-

[Kodachi Devil]

well yeah my mom thinks furry is mega-wierd now. we had an  interesting conversation when a CSI commercial came on.

meh, but I draw anthros all the time so I don't get her problem?
She says it's wierd and creepy. and pervy O_O


I says: well they aren't all perverts *shifty eyes*

She says: haaaaaaaa what would you know ^-^

then one o those cop shows came back on and the night continued in silence.
awkward. awkward. silence.

On the grounds of my friends I lost 80% of friendship with my best best friend, but nobody else seems to care/know/bother to ask.

He asked me cause I drew this tiger character I made called Dante so much~ I would doodle him in Geometry class *which I proudly have a 71 in *

[icy wolf]

i only told my friend he thinks its wired not going to tell family becuse they all ready think iam wired and theres those csi and 1 2 die videos witch is another resion y iam not saying anything about it

[Darksky]

The only person I have ever told was my friend, he actually turned out to be furry too.  My advise is that if you are going to tell someone, don't tell someone who think furries are weird, and don't tell unless they ask.

[Norbert Crescent]

◆ Around my place, nobody has any idea, good or bad, about what a furry or the furry fandom is. So it doesn't really matter for me, I'm simply a fan of cartoon animals =D
And anyways, it's just a hobby, nothing wrong about that =3
Sure, here on the internet there may be people who send me hate messages and all, but well, I just tell them I respect their opinions about me the way they SHOULD respect mine, and that's it ^^
If a friend starts hating me or something just for being furry, well, as mentioned before, that's for sure a true friend at all...

[Valdyr]

I count myself among the lucky ones in that I've encountered no problems from being a furry, infrequent hostile online comment aside (no big deal).  My family, all my friends, my teachers, etc. either don't know what furry is anyway, or know that I am one but simply don't care.  In fact, one of my friends is also a furry, and became open about it after I did.

[Gelidus]

I just sorta draw in front of other people (including my parents) and when the ask what I'm drawing I show them my stuff. No one has really said anything much about it. I actually asked my roommate how he would react if I got a collar and he said he would just be like, "cool." were pretty close and hes open-minded but he seemed like "why are you asking me this? of course I would be ok with it"

[icy wolf]

iam also 1 of the luck ones, no 1 knows what a furry (only 1 persion and he thinks its what the h8ers say try ed telling him its not but doesn't want to lisssion.... still my friend though ... he said he wont bug furrys about the fandom  )  so its kind of like having a fresh piece of clay ... told some 1 i like at school and she don't care that iam  a furry or she dosnt know . If they know about the fandom then its a little harder esp when they are not a furry.

[Mr.Mustard]

I cant figure out how to tell my parents... They have seen both the episode of CSI and the episode of 1000 ways to die...  :'(

[Ares the Ram]

not all furrys are like the ones seen on tv. the fandom is a place where people accept us for who we are. We can be who we want to be here, and it feels great. I hope that they can talk to you if they have any doubts or worries about us.


Go ahead and tell them that. that should work for you.

[Mr.Mustard]

What I'm afraid of is that they will be accepting, but be ashamed at the same time....

[Gelidus]

thats how my girlfriend felt when I told her i wanted a collar...I feel like I could have made it better if I planned what I was going to say before I started the conversation. I think you just need to know how your going to explain it where it doesn't seem weird in advance.

[Self-sain]

http://www.thefurryforum.com/forums/index.php?topic=10004.0

Just show them like anthro art and stuff, then tell them that a furry is a fan of anthro art, isn't that what we are?

[Mr.Mustard]

I was thinking of showing the that topic, actually...