Advice: Telling others about being furry

[anoni]

I don't think my friends or family would NEED to know I'm a furry, it's mainly an online thing

[Aoren Deringer]

But it's not that way for everyone. Some people feel the need for a physical expression.
Thus this thread.

[anoni]

Yeah, I know that now, thanks

[Dirtcopter77]

I have told nobody. :X

I really hope my family finds out on their own and confronts me about it, because I have zero courage when it comes to this. (Might seem weird, but I'd rather my classmates know than my family.)

I don't know any furries IRL, so that makes it about 10 billion times harder. Aggghh

[Leiton]

It seems like the more I talk to RL furs, I get the desire to just tell all my friends, "Hey, I'm a furry." Granted, this was mainly comes out of what one of my fur friends told me yesterday... "If your friends freak out that badly when they find out, then they weren't your friends to begin with."
Honestly, I don't see the point in telling people because it really isn't that big of a deal. I like the art. Woop-dee-doo. 
I kind of want to tell everyone though, just to find out who my true friends really are... Just purposely get caught on FA some time or something xD

[pawz9]

Same here ill just " accidentaly " show them the collar i wear around my ankle or around my neck and let them take that for what they will

[thaos627]

I lucked out cus i was always friends with goth kids so my collar never stood out, its when i started wearing a tail and ears. If you read my thread on how to get the stuff attached to you with strings or pins, thats what i used to do until someone thought it would be fun to rip off my ears. they were better attached than my real ears & the side of my head bled badly.
 
I finally came out to my friends & i either have to explain it or they just dont care. the girls i came out to have been making me stuff, i now have a rainbow collar 

[Kittie]

I told my closest most important friends, just cause sometimes I meow or hiss or whatever and/or occupy their lap like a real kitty so I wanted to make sure they understood why but my best girlfriend was like okay whatever, I love you just as you are. I don't think I'll ever tell my mom, she knows I like to dress up like a cat and act like one but she doesn't get the extent of it so we'll leave it at that for now.

[Alison Marie]

i want to know how to tell your parents that your furry....i myself am lost on that road so if i could be enlitened it would help tremindously...

[echohusky05]

Just make absolutely sure that you can explain to them the truth about furries so that they don't go look it up and learn all the negative stereotypes and rumors. Likely, they'll still be a little freaked out or weird about the whole thing, but it better than creating another furry hater in the world.

[Jyynx]

   told my two closest friends I was a furry...  And they didn't really care, and I told me after an argument over if only goth/emo people wear collars/leashes... After one remarked he'd never be friends w/ someone who wore a collar I pulled back my left sleeve to show my collar on my arm (which stunned him ).  So that's 2 down... And... At least my family left to go... And not to mention my dad and I bumped into some furries one time... And he found the collars odd/funny.... Oh well... Hopefully it'll work out

[Kittie]

Congrats! I'm hoping it works out well for you in the long run.

[Jyynx]

Thank you!  Believe me w/ my iPod and collar, anything is possible for me

[NJMike]

I've told my mom what furries were in late January, but not that I was one. But it eventually implies the same thing anyway She then told my therapist when the three of us were together. She was like, "He belongs to "the furries" and they dress up in costumes and believe they have animal qualities.". I just sat there acting like it wasn't a big deal but inside I was so nervous xP But the therapist hadn't a clue about them, either.

My mom finds it all interesting, though.

[Kittie]

Well on the bright side Cchytale, at least she didn't have preconceived notions...