Advice: Telling others about being furry

[DatFox Coleo]

My mother knows.. But no one else. And my father watches CSI, and has seen the furry episode... He keeps a fully loaded beretta near him at all times so I nearly peed my pants when I told my mother

[The Past]

i hate to be hatin on all of you guys cause i'm not really, but i do wanna say this;

you guys seem to treat being furry like people treat being gay. it's really not. being furry means nothing more than what kinda music you listen to or what kinds of games you like to play. the idea of 'coming out' as a furry to me just sounds totally ridiculous. it really is not that bigger deal.

I said something about that a few pages back, I believe.

...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.
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[josh_down]

i hate to be hatin on all of you guys cause i'm not really, but i do wanna say this;

you guys seem to treat being furry like people treat being gay. it's really not. being furry means nothing more than what kinda music you listen to or what kinds of games you like to play. the idea of 'coming out' as a furry to me just sounds totally ridiculous. it really is not that bigger deal.

I said something about that a few pages back, I believe.

...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.
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couldn't agree with you more my ... babe?!?!?! and i think that's all i have to say. *ends sentence*

[Crevan Fox]

I wouldn't say that if i was you, She is a she

[josh_down]

I wouldn't say that if i was you, She is a she

changed... if anything to something more offensive.

to latiri - don't be offended, i'm not really of stable mind right now

[Crevan Fox]

Yeah that isn't much better

Just say 'my friend'

[The Past]

LOL! Dun worry about it, I'm mistaken for a guy a lot. It's a bit more understandable with this fursona. I dun quite understand what makes my other one (Lita Julgaupe the lynxbear) almost always seen as a guy. Lita is a girly name, right?

Back on topic somewhat, I swear I saw a guy with a fur con t-shirt at school. It probably wasn't one (Who would wear a fur con shirt to school, with all the hate and such?), but it looked like it. O_O
My heart skipped a beat when I saw it and I thought "I'm not the only furry here?! OMG!!"

[AuraFox]

My advice. Don't. Just dont. When I did I ended up with many bus rides with my friend who as it turns out despises furries

[Zephri]

Imho a "friend" won't care what hobbies you have and will accept you for who you are.

That my friend, is not a friend.

[Random User]

My parents just thought I crossed into another new threshold of weirdness when I told them, but they didn't care if I was a furry.

[The Past]

As I said once here, my dad has no problem with me being a furry. But I did warn him that some furries are attracted to non-human animals/anthropomorphs. I just found out today that he thinks those people are just joking around, trying to be different or something. I guess that's okay for him to think. Doesn't harm me any.

[Star Dark Furr]

Hello, I am 15 years old and i really want to tell my mother that I'm furry and i think that she'd understand. I've written out everything i wanna say just how i wanna say it. but I'm also worried that maybe she wont understand. I mean its really nothing bad to me and i don't think she'd see anything wrong with it i just need to get the guts to do it. Maybe someone here has been through something similar and if so could you please give me advice? I'd really appreciate that.

[Crash the dog]

Hello, I am 15 years old and i really want to tell my mother that I'm furry and i think that she'd understand. I've written out everything i wanna say just how i wanna say it. but I'm also worried that maybe she wont understand. I mean its really nothing bad to me and i don't think she'd see anything wrong with it i just need to get the guts to do it. Maybe someone here has been through something similar and if so could you please give me advice? I'd really appreciate that.

Why share like that? You don't need to tell your mom, "Hey mom, I just wanted you to know that I've become... a fan of video games, and here's a comprehensive list of details you need to know about this". You also don't need to tell your mom in detail that you're a fan of rollerblading, or baking, or Michael Jackson impersonators, or anthropomorphic animals. Hobbies are hobbies. I'm not saying you should keep it private and to yourself, but making a big list or speech about things to discuss would put me off if I were in your mom's shoes. I'd wonder, "This discussion about this furry fandom seems well thought out... Is there something related to this that I'm not being told about?"

My recommendation is, just keep it as a part of your life, without it being some kind of secret. If she were to ask you something about it, just answer her question. There's no real need to plan out a speech or a list of points to discuss.

[Star Dark Furr]

i want to tell her im furry so i can go to conventions, its the only way i could go. and i dont wanna keep it secret anymore

[Ares the Ram]

so tell her.