Advice: Telling others about being furry

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even if my family loved me I wouldn't tell them

[Kodachi Devil]

I dont see why people just cant deal with things.

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They think I'm not right in the head because I don't think like them

[Jimmy Jinx]

i told my closest friend and she excepted me  , she even likes it ^^
but you have to be careful who you tel that your a furry .
 
 1. start telling your best friend you a furry , if he or she doesn't know what a furry is , explain it . its hard to do that but they understand .
 2. if that gos well , start telling more good friends . if they don't like t and start acting weird to you , you can see who your real friends are .
 3. tell your mom ? well , wait whit that till you are "if you are a young furr'' older . then show them first your anthro art or furry art , 'if you draw' or your suit.
     or explain what you like , show them funny clips what ever . they are your parents . they always accept who you are . they are not gonna ground you for someting you like and  makes you feel good . if  you have a feeling that your parents are not gonna like it , just dont tell them and just keep it among your friends . ^^ 

[icy wolf]

mwha, i've gone insane,
so i got philosophical at work the other day (happens when it's too boring and i think too much) and decided to mostly take my own advice.

So i went on facebook last night, created a note about me being atheist/bi/and a furry, and tagged my friends and family....

everyone should already know I'm atheist, i know some family turned a blind eye to me being bi, and i dunno about being furry though i described it (i hope) well enough to make them realize it's a fandom like dressing up as Data from star trek, only furrier and cuter lol.

So now no one has any excuse not knowing im thoses three things, i dunno, during work, i just suddenly got tired of having to live half truths to some people, and said f'it, im just going to be me!

hey tatter, i know how that fells, iam kind of like you are the the only thing is iam not athesit. family dosnt know iam a furry or dosent  care, so iam kind of lucky there ... but when i tryed telling them i was bi they freaked out (not sure if they still think iam str8 ) . so my advice would be not to post something like that on fb espeical when they are not accepting of it.

[Dementius (Sir Crocodile)]

We all know the mainstream thinks we're gay or bi or lesbian, we all know the majority of us are not. Those who are, I'm not stomping on your beliefs-it's right to be able to love whoever you want. I'm straight, but I haven't told my girlfriend I'm a furry. She'll probably shrug it off, because we've always loved each other no matter the circumstances, but I really don't know what will happen. Part of me says she won't care, and part of me thinks she'll think I'm weird. I became a furry to be myself... A lot of people who think 'furry' don't know that's a reason to become one. I've always wanted to share my ideas, and no one really cares, whatever's popular is law. So how should I tell her I'm a furry when being one is one of the greatest things that's ever happened to me? I'm afraid to tell her for fear of what will happen, but I'm not keeping secrets any more. How am I supposed to explain it...? I've never had to say something bigger in my life besides announcing I was finally going out with my girlfriend, so I don't know at all how I should tell her about it. 

[Ares the Ram]

Welp, it sounds like youre just afraid she'll reject you. I know the feeling. Just tell her you are a furry, and she can ask you any questions she has and that you'll be happy to answer them.

[WingedZephyr]

Moved your thread to the appropriate advice thread, Sir Crocodile.

[icy wolf]

Sir Crocodile,  if she loves you she will understand. i think most of the people here have became a furry because we accept people for who they are. it fells better when you are accepted.

[Dementius (Sir Crocodile)]

Moved your thread to the appropriate advice thread, Sir Crocodile.

Danka, Zephyr. I really oughta look around before I make a thread ._.'

[The_GMan]

Best advice: Don't tell anyone if don't need to know or they don't have any problem with it. You can tell everybody in the internet, they won't care much. IRL, only tell your best friend(s), if they don't accept it they way you say it, then they are probably not your friends.
Parents, don't really need to know, but if you want them to, just read the advices above

[Derik1994]

I really want to be a furry but I don't know what to do!

If I told my family, my dad wouldn't like that at all!!
My sister is kind of a furry but doesn't show it.
My brother would make fun of me and I don't know how my step mom would react.....

I know some people were collars around there neck's sometimes and I was thinking of starting to do that...

[Rhett (Twister)]

All you need to do is say that you're a furry, theres no official rules to it

[Daemon]

dont do what I did and stutter and spout useless and awkward facts about furries.

[Derik1994]

Yeah but I don,t know how to tell my Friends......