Here's a confession-type-thing
I'm really afraid of wearing my fursuit to an event again because of the bad experience I had last time. A few people were rude to be because my suit is homemade [aka doesn't look professional] and that I didn't "act like I was supposed to," which from what I gather means I wasn't going out of my way to act like a cat? Or the fact I was talking because, last I checked, my friends don't speak feline. One person even gave me an unsolicited critique of my suit and pulled on my nose until some of the fabric around it came unglued.
I also had to take off my head a couple of times to drink water and avoid overheating [which I am prone to], but some guy came up to me during a water break and started giving me shit about "ruining the magic." There were no kids around and personally I think my physical health is more important than "magic."
Not to mention due to my disability I'm just not very good with body language or really conveying emotions well at all, but many people seem to think that you can't wear a fursuit unless you're an actor or something, so it's just frustrating when all I want to do is wear a cat costume and have fun but everyone's so quick to scrutinize and critique me.