the Courage to be public furry

[Runi_the_Neko]

@Runi_the_Neko, i believe you should try being alittle more social, if at all anyone you feel comfortable talking to. if you see someone else who is quite too, try talking to them because chances are they feel the same as you. i was the same way, but i slowly worked on my social skills and it helped my confidence alot ^w^ but that was just one of my concerns...

 
(derp just saw this) Well yeah I get that alll the time, how I should be more social. Me and my old friends were friends since childhood, and even then we weren't all that different from the norm...well besides being the more unpopular kids but that's besides the point. I just find it hard fitting in with other kids whol have been able to form their bonds and i'm afraid they wouldn't easily accept someone new...

[✡]

I'm actually a guy for all groups, including the furry clique!

[SoulFox]

i know how you feel, because i felt the same thing for a while and sometimes still do if im chilling with the really popular kids(my sister is really well known around here...) but if you dont make it awkward then it wont be, that'll make more sense eventually    just dont try to hard, a simply hey or hello to someone you see occasionally. then the next time a hey, hows it going? then something like hey, did you hear about blah blah!? take it step by step, and if the person continues to talk to you then keep it cool and you'll get used to it. its not something you get used to over night, believe me
alright im done my quick lecture! 

[✡]

we have enough Coloradofurs to have a furry clique!

[Runi_the_Neko]

i know how you feel, because i felt the same thing for a while and sometimes still do if im chilling with the really popular kids(my sister is really well known around here...) but if you dont make it awkward then it wont be, that'll make more sense eventually    just dont try to hard, a simply hey or hello to someone you see occasionally. then the next time a hey, hows it going? then something like hey, did you hear about blah blah!? take it step by step, and if the person continues to talk to you then keep it cool and you'll get used to it. its not something you get used to over night, believe me
alright im done my quick lecture! 

 
Mraww...I guess. There needs to be more Illinoisfurs T.T

[SoulFox]

look around on the site and other sites for them, they might be an hour or two away but find enough and you can always hold a furmeet if there isnt one already being held 

[kivabunny]

i started with a collar, then on halloween i wore my tail & ears , im currently still wearing my tail at school(my dad dosent know and he wouldnt let me if he did so im waiting till im 18 to wear it in public with him knowing) i'm telling everyone that me wearing it is part of a bet. if im going to wear it everyday(including after the"bet" is over ) what should i tell people?im comforable wearing it but i dont know how to explain (short version) why im wearing it?

[SoulFox]

i see if you keep wearing it after you won the "bet" you could just tell them you grew attached to it and laugh xD or something along those lines. but i honestly dont see too many people even asking if they see you continually wearing it, esp. if they didn't even know it was a bet in the first place   

[kivabunny]

it wasnt a bet thats what i told them when they asked.

[icy wolf]

i show my furry side, didnt need curage, i just didnt care.

[Alison Marie]

well the only furry apearal i own is my collar   but i wear it most of the time, except for now cuz the pricaple thinks is sexual which makes agians school policy any way we organized a tail day over face book. and we had in the hundreds at our highschool!   so that was one way to go public!

[Edwolf]

Am I scared of being a furry in public? No! Take a look at this*: New Romney Country Fayre 2011


*In case you haven't noticed, I'm in the suit at 0:46,

[kivabunny]

i ish not pupular enough to organize anything over facebook. i ish only scared cuz i ish surrounded by rednecks.

[Puncia]

It's a bit different though, being in a suit? Nobody can see your face or expressions, nobody can recognize you on the street and point out that you're that crazy in a mascot costume.

[kivabunny]

yeah he does have a point, one of my friends is our schools mascot.