Advice: Telling others about being furry

[XIUHCOATL]

I've been a furry for about 2 weeks now and i'm wondering do i tell people.

i don't know what they will think but i just want some one else's opinion

[Rainbowbulldog]

Hallow is right. If it comes up sure you could say you're a furry but it's not something you should just tell someone like they need to know. If you do tell someone make sure they know what a furry is. Most people don't fully understand which is why furries are looked down on.

[darling-mosaic]

I've been a furry for about 2 weeks now and i'm wondering do i tell people.

i don't know what they will think but i just want some one else's opinion

If you want to. As the others have said, there's no requirement you do so. You also might want to wait until you've been a member of the fandom for longer; you'll be seen as a more reliable source on the nature of the fandom that way.

[xephoran]

I say this: It depends.

There is no need to tell everyone you know (that would be silly), but telling friends or close family members like parents (checked your account for your age) is fine in my opinion.

I agree with the general consensus that saying you're a furry shouldn't be this "coming out of the closet" affair, but I understand the need to feel validated in your choices or get a second opinion from people you know in real life. The only thing I warn you of though, is the fact that not everyone is acceptant of furries and you could cause some trouble by telling people you associate as one.

Good luck with whatever you choose to do 

[HyenaKing]

nobody knows, nobody gives a shit, and I plan on keeping it that way.

[Rarebehr]

I just outed myself at work. They freaked out so i pretended I was Joking.

[Balareth]

Saying you are a furry is not easy, the question is, is this necesary to say it? for what reason? how proud you are for being a furry?

[KaydenQuick]

Honestly? No one could care less what I am. If I'm furry, or gay, or anything. I've had the luck of being surrounded by understanding people, and to them I just really like animals and anthros. I really don't view being furry as something so serious as being gay that you have to "come out" as one. Like, who would even care if you were anyways? No one would care until you brought it up. So honestly? I don't openly tell people. But I don't conceal it either. All of my friends know I'm a furry, but that's because my skype pic is an avatar or my fursona, and that alone is **censor** obvious as hell.

But it always boggles me when people are like "I have to tell my parents I'm furry."
Uhhh... No. No you don't. Why do you need to tell them?
"Mom, Dad... I like anthropomorphic animals on the internet."
*Distant motherly sobbing and fatherly disapproval intensifies*

[Ibi Tanvaal]

I have the problem where my Mother doesn't keep secrets and my Dad would dismiss it as "demonic possession"...
I've only told one person about my being furry - and nobody outside of TFF knows about my fluidity.
I'm so damn terrified that people will judge/hate on me for stuff that I don't share anything.

[Kovume]

I hate hiding who I am and when I tell people about me they think im a freak how do I deal with this

[Lazzarus1501]

I told my friends and they did not care at all, but some people will not be as layed back. First thing is that if they do not know what it is dont let them do their own research i would sugguest this video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WhDHx6Cisdg. You could also show them before you ask them to kind of feel out how they would react if you were one. If they freak out just either tell them out the sterotypes or tell them this little speech i just wrote
Aristotle has said that rationality separates man from beast. It is not unreasonable to assume that from this separator sprouts the roots of difference between the two. This includes the greatest flaw of man, it's conceit. From hear we can say rationality is the root of conceit.
When a person decides to personify beast to escape the conceit of man, they are shamed. It is hear that the xenophobic detriment of man is displayed. Now who is really the one who is wrong.

[Udldu]

Nobody knows about me as a furry, and I have no intention of telling anyone at all. But what I can say is if someone asks you are one, you could say so. It would definitely bring out whether or not that person is open or close-minded.

[Ibi Tanvaal]

I've told 2 people about me being furry and one of them actually gave me an idea why I became one.
He suggested that I use TFF as a way to be more like myself and be comforted by the fact that so many people here are willing to listen. He's absolutely right!
I'm still hesitant to reveal it to too many others at the moment.

[Snufkin silverclaw]

At first I was quite  nervous to tell my friends but when I told them only two actually knew what a furry was, this shocked me honestly. I still haven't told my parents who I think will think I'm a crazy perv who wants to waste money and hangout with pedophiles. But I know that we are good people like any other communities (honestly I think we are more accepting) so any advice on telling parents would be nice.
As always stay furtastic

[Kovume]

I just Recently came to the conclusion that I am also a Brownie and a furry to my friends that are close to me are ok with it but some of my family is not they think it is weird and messed up they think I'm into Bestiality, and that makes me very sad. iv explained it to them many times and still nothing I don't know what to do at this point.