Do Your Friends Know You're a Furry?

[Golden Lucario]

One does, some others don't. either way. who cares it's my life

[Dagmar1177]

I feel like I'll be the only who says this but anyone close to me eventually finds out (apologies if there is someone else who did say this). I be the first to admit I really really don't have a healthy attitude when it comes to being a furry I'm a closet fur I suppose it's how I am. When people do find out I'm not to happy about it and my next question is usually "who told you" or "how did you find out." I do view being a furry as a "dark secret" but that's mainly because it not just "oh I just like the artwork" it's "I love the artwork  " But I recognized it as not just being about that. It's also about the great community thats very accepting which why I joined these forums to help become a part of that accepting community. That can be my outlet to try and have a healthier relationship with *ehem* "weird hobby." I know some might hate that I would say that it's weird but you gotta admit outside looking in it's really strange just like sports (seriously how the *bleep* does football work again ).

(Sorry if I'm not funny)

[Furrball]

Wait... friends? Am I suppose to have those? '


I really don't talk to anyone, other than on forums here and there. All the people I knew back in high school are gone, and the few friends I had after that have also moved on. And I have anxiety, so going out to meet new people isn't exactly my top priority. 


But I was hoping to maybe try to meet up with any other furries I could find around my town, so maybe I will have some friends soon, and they'll automatically know I'm a furry because we'll be at a furry meet. 

[StealthSushi]

I don't have local friends, but the vast majority of those I consider friends are furries.


So...yeah.


My mom knows, I had a chitchat with her about it.

[Dagmar1177]

My mom knows, I had a chitchat with her about it.

I remember explaining being a furry to my mother, Was awkward as hell.

[tengu42]

All my friends know, and are cool with it. I'm fortunate to be surrounded by people who are relatively educated, open-minded, and mature, so I don't have to worry about being ridiculed by the people closest to me.
I don't think I've ever come out to my parents, but considering it took my dad 8 years to come to grips with the fact I have a boyfriend, I'm in no hurry to further complicate things. Besides, he's not a huge part of my life, and I barely speak to my mom, so there's really no reason to tell them.
My sister knows though, and occasionally tells me when she meets another furry in our hometown.
Never met any of them though.

[Celestial_Dragon]

They found out that i'm furry, well a few, and now the term yiff is used a lot.....if your underage don't google it, or if you must just don't let anyone see.... my friends are sometimes immature

one friend is fine though because he has a cousin that has a fursuit and write fanfiction...

My family doesn't know but i don't plan to, and i have met no known furry face to face..

[saph the sergal]

advice for anyone trying to tell someone


dont say what we are by what we are not because you will not here the NOT


OT: nope
would i care if they did NOPE
does it matter to me: if they are real friends they will understand if not well they arnt real friends are they

[Setcho]

i normally say its a community of people who share a common interest

[moonwolf101]

2 of my friends know, the good thing is that their my best friends. And it didn't shock em. One said that she would expect me to be interested in furries, and the other one said that furries were kinda creepy. But I was able to convince her that they weren't. I'm not so worries about telling friends I've known for years, I'm worried about telling family     

[alex_moons]

Knowbody knows. I have to keep it hidden or I know my family and friends would disown me

[Dax Declan]

Lately I've stopped caring if people find out. If they're not into it, fine.  If you're gonna judge me for it, you're not worth my time as a friend. I'm not running around talking about it but if they see me on the forums and ask I tell them.

[Fauxtrot]

I'm pretty sure that just one or two friends know I'm a fur. They're okay about it though, they told me they were expecting me to start randomly sending them furry RP commands (eg. "/me licks your face") out of force of habit. I cracked up at that and had to explain what a furry actually was.
But, there is absolutely no way I'm telling them I'm part of a furry forum, though. That would be the end of me. 

[KelsieTheWolf]

Yes they are well aware. However I don't think they fully understand it. Oh well.

[nightmute]

I have a good friend that knows, but other than that, all that my other friends know is that I draw and sculpt a lot of "animal people". Then my family knows I have a lot of interest in animals and nerdy stuff, they don't really care. I'm not like "I'm a furry lol" or advertise that anywhere, but if they were to ask, I'd prolly say yeah. I don't know if they know what a furry is.

Now, my husband's side of the family is less... imaginative... and find my sculpture and artwork weird or "different"... they always go "Oh... that's... what she sculpts?! Okay, I guess..." or "it's kind of demonic..." LOL... my husband just shrugs at them. I mean, I personally, don't understand how anthro characters are so weird. My hubby is mostly ok with it, but he thinks fursuits are weird (little does he know, I want to build a partial bwahahaha). If they were to ask, I might deny it, simply because they already think I'm strange enough and they gossip a LOT... I just wouldn't want to hear it.