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Author Topic: Advice: Telling others about being furry  (Read 99609 times)

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Re: Advice: Telling others about being furry
« Reply #75 on: July 19, 2010, 06:45:05 AM »
so how do i tell my family about being a furry fan without a overeaction before the overeaction?
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Re: Advice: Telling others about being furry
« Reply #76 on: July 19, 2010, 06:53:28 AM »
tell them what it realy is its a fandom based on fans of antropomorphic creatures then point out movies she may like with furries in them like disney's robin hood or stuff like that

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Re: Advice: Telling others about being furry
« Reply #77 on: July 19, 2010, 07:07:07 AM »
That would be great and all but then they gobto google and type in furry and way do they get? Yiff tiff and more yiff how I despise yiff for giving furries such a bad stereotype.
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Re: Advice: Telling others about being furry
« Reply #78 on: July 19, 2010, 08:07:40 AM »
explain to them that every group of people have their share of perverts even in the normal ones and they seem to get more publicity than the rust of us who arent

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Re: Advice: Telling others about being furry
« Reply #79 on: July 24, 2010, 01:09:02 AM »
Hey everyone....

Well, I was thinking of telling my parents about me being a furry n all, annnd I just chickened out....ugh... :$  Idk why, I just cant seem to tell them...  Its sooo....awkward..  :'(

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Re: Advice: Telling others about being furry
« Reply #80 on: July 24, 2010, 01:18:05 AM »
Uh... You know, you don't have to tell people your a furry... That and it's not really a big deal...
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Re: Advice: Telling others about being furry
« Reply #81 on: July 24, 2010, 01:19:34 AM »
Then don't.
I'm assuming this is a hobby for you and that you're not a furry lifestyler and donsn't have any spiritual connection to any of the animals?

Its not imparitive your parents know every single of your hobbies. Is not worth "comming out" so to say unless it changes who you are and what you do. The fandom is only to have fun.

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Re: Advice: Telling others about being furry
« Reply #82 on: July 24, 2010, 01:21:36 AM »
I agree with Shadowwolf800...
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Re: Advice: Telling others about being furry
« Reply #83 on: July 24, 2010, 01:28:34 AM »
I see what you mean.  Thanks   :3

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Re: Advice: Telling others about being furry
« Reply #84 on: July 26, 2010, 02:22:01 AM »
 :3 i came out over facebook, and that wasnt a good idea, because i was called perv and shunned. but dot worry at all we are all friends here

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Re: Advice: Telling others about being furry
« Reply #85 on: July 26, 2010, 02:25:16 AM »
Uh... General public is porbably not the best place to announce to people that ur a furry, lately we've been getting a lot of bad press... :/
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Re: Advice: Telling others about being furry
« Reply #86 on: July 26, 2010, 03:05:53 AM »
I dont follow it, but if it flows their boat, Dont ask. dont tell.  ;)
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Re: Advice: Telling others about being furry
« Reply #87 on: July 26, 2010, 07:37:57 AM »
Best idea, don't treat it like it's bad to be a furry. Don't shout it out to the world, but don't try to hide it. Just treat it just like any other interest, because it's nothing more than that.
Shouting out how you're a furry will make people think you're looking for attention, and trying to keep it a secret will make it appear like it's a shameful, terrible interest.
It's as easy as saying you like to watch anime, or read and write comic books.

My interest is drawing and writing and/or watching and reading about anthropomorphic animals.

Simple as that.

Many people, including non-furs, like cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Garfield, and other popular anthropomorphs. I'm sure even anti-furs like them! What is so bad about liking those types of characters? NOTHING. What's so bad about making you own character based on an animal? NOTHING. That's what the creators did to create their cartoons.

I seriously doubt the people who made those cartoons are crazy yiffaholics and zoophiles.

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Re: Advice: Telling others about being furry
« Reply #88 on: July 26, 2010, 08:01:19 PM »
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Re: Advice: Telling others about being furry
« Reply #89 on: July 26, 2010, 10:50:58 PM »
I think the guy who made tom and jerry is a furry


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the newer kind, not walt disney.
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