Post and Talk about your Collars! And why you wear one

[Lokyar Brightmane]

Yeah, I can see that. Mind getting into an overheated state, arguing nonsensically, pulling down a bad reputation on the fandom purely through stress, and feeling bad about it all later; god that must be horrible.

[Alison Marie]

   that and im now known as an intollerable prick.... all well   i know plently of other furs! its all good in da neighborhood!

[Tika]

i got today two other collars  and my dogtag 

 this collar got small paws on it 

here are all three i got, thick leather, thin leather and nylon

[Draco Vertolgr]

Ikr the middle one is awesome

[Tika]

it is in fact    i wore it when i was going to pick up my niece at school and when i picked my sister at work felt so good 
i noticed some weird looks but it didn't bother me at all 

[Luke White-Heart]

I think they all look awesome, but i gotta agree. The middle one looks really comfy!

[Draco Vertolgr]

I got to wear my friend dylans collar today, hes not a furry hes goth and has an awesome spiked one tht was cute so I wore it from 1st to 5th period . I got to wear a collar and no one said anything so It was all good though people were starting to think I was goth even though Im not so tht could be bad...ah well alls good

[Zae]

I really want to wear my collar with people around, but I'm scared of how they'll react. I want to show my parents too, so I can wear it around the house without hiding in my room. My parents may already know about my collar, 'cuz sometimes I sleep with it on, and they wake me up in the morning, so yeah. And I told two of my friends one summer, and they didn't care. But I don't trust my class, or how random people will react. What to do, what to do...

[Draco Vertolgr]

Try and tell your parents if they have seen you in it before they probobly dont care about you wearing a collar (wish my parnets did not care about it)

now as for your school reacting Im not so sure they can be so understanding because people are ignorent as **censor** and if your different they will chew you up and make your life hell (that is my own personal experience maybe you will have a different one)

your school finding out is a big step and you should really think it over if you are going to go through with it. I thought on it for a good 2 or 3 months before I stoped caring about what people think and I wanted to do what made me happy.

hope this helps

[kivabunny]

actualy i have found that when i first wore my collar there were the people who thought it was cool 4%, the people who accepeted it 30%, the people who were teasing (not really mean though)5%,the bullies 1%,, the pepole who didnt care 60%, and the people who had questions 95%.
on another note i just got a awesome comfy black leather collar with spikes in it.

[Zae]

Lol, I slept with my collar on, and when my mom woke me up in the morning, she asked me why I was wearing a collar. She didn't care really, and just called me silly. When we got into the car to go to school, she poked fun at me and told me she had a leash in the back of the car. I'm glad my mom doesn't really care.

[Novabrek]

I love my job , i can take home anything i want when i clean company cars and it was my luckly day i found a small chain choker collar    I will be working on it to make it look nicer but this is me with it on as is

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[anoni]

Been kind of interested in getting a collar recently, though, I'm a bit concerned of a couple of things.

Obviously the publics view of collars, the inability to hide collars, but mainly becoming "addicted" to a collar, if it really does end up like what most people feel, then I'd probably wear the collar all the time and feel really good about it, but that leaves significant ramifications in my real life.

Might just wait until I go into uni, and wear it at uni and stuff, people don't know me so might be fun

[Lokyar Brightmane]

The public view of collars, I have found, is not to scream "AAAHH FURRIES, LOCK AWAY YOUR DOGS AND CATS!", you get a couple odd glances, but from our conversations, I am sure you are not too unused to them, especially around pencils.
Hiding collars is easier than I have implied, they may be ridiculously hard to hide round your neck, but you can wear it round your arm or something to gain confidence. Try above the elbow, worked for me.
As for the addiction, probably a strong word. It is nothing like a drug or smoking or something like that. I find mine to be more of a safety blanket type thing; it makes me feel better in myself when I have it on, but I am not too averse to not having it. I don't like being without it, but I could bin it and feel as if I was wearing it when I have adjusted back in a few days; at least in an emotional sense, not tactile. When I do forget to put it back on after a shower, I feel a bit unusual, not quite as happy, but as I say, I could go without it, just would rather not.

As for uni, might be a good idea, but people won't mind too much anyway, or so I experienced. I was lucky by the sound of it, but I'm sure most people wouldn't give a flying fig to be honest. As I said to you, they don't need to know about furryism if you think they will react adversely. There are other explanations, E.G. the one people make up about me, which annoys me slightly, but I CBA to dispute: Goth. There are many more, just try and find one you don't mind as a backup if you feel unready to come out all the way about it.

TL;DR, There are ways around it. All of it. Just find the way that is right for you.

[Tika]

I agree with Lokyar, Anoni.