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Furry Chat => General => Topic started by: Dontier_S on October 21, 2015, 05:15:00 PM
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I'm somewhat curious how many are pretty open about being a furry and how many are not. Also, what are some of the reasons you are or are not?
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I became open with time
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I'm not open about it, but my mum found out anyway. Twas an interesting conversation lol
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Weird question, but how did it go down with your mum finding out? I'm hoping to make a fursuit, and for that, i've got to be at least semi 'out' to my mum :P So it would be nice to find out how it went for you.
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Weird question, but how did it go down with your mum finding out? I'm hoping to make a fursuit, and for that, i've got to be at least semi 'out' to my mum :P So it would be nice to find out how it went for you.
She found out because of me XP
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Haha yep it was 138's fault lol. Nah it was we were emailing each other and I forgot my emails were synced to her phone by accident X3
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On topic:
No I'm not open about. Where I live it would be considered like over the top weird. Plus my dad already made fun of some people who were wearing tails on my campus, so I could only imagine what he would think if I told him I was into it (furries).
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Damn, that's quite a way to find out :P Did she react okay to it? I genuinely have no idea how my mum would be if she found out, but I doubt it would be good.
And in order to not stray too far from the topic, only one of my IRL friends knows that I have a fursona c:
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She thought it was like only porn at first lol, because of that CSI episode years ago. But it explained it to her, and she was cool with it. She was more worried about the strangers part XP and really? thats good, none of my irl friends know
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Some people in my life know. Most don't. I only tell those where it would make sense to or where I would either have something to gain or in the rare instances where it would bring me closer to somebody.
I find that using discretion when telling others is generally a good thing. For me, at any rate.
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I don't care what people think, I am open about being a furry. I think it's sad that people literally have to sit someone down and say "There's no easy way to say this but... I'm a furry." It just sounds silly to me. It's like people who come out, and things like that. It's just sad, I wish people were able to just be themselves without jerks making fun of them and them having to worry. Grrrr!!!!
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I told one friend, by accident, and,he didn't understand it at the time, so he told some other people, who still don't understand., But no, i'm not open about it to other people.
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I'm openly furry to people who I'm close to, others that aren't as close; or I don't know all that much, don't know at all. But for those who do know I told them right away and asked if they wanted to see my fursona, I'm open with this due to self-expression. For those who don't know I keep it from them for fear of judgment.
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Open furry to three of my friends, and my mom and dad know. My mom is okay with it because she actually worked with a man who was a furry, and my dad thinks it's weird but as long as I don't do anything sexual with it he doesn't care.
My stepbro knows, and my sister is suspecting.
I'm scared to tell my sister because of how she treats bronies.
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Nope. I don't see no reason to tell anybody, it's only risk for me without any real benefit. Though I'm not the most hardcore furry out there.
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I'm open to those who understand or kind of get what it is, and say "Yeah, that's one of my interests".
But not to those who don't, I hate trying to explain something that is to complex for me to even start explaining.
Open to other furs from other countries, but not from France. I have met too many weirdos in the french furry fandom.
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Eh, not really. Its not like I explicitly hide it- if someone mentions furries, I'll be like "Yeah, I used to be really into that" but I'm not furry to the extent that I feel the need to be showy about it. My family knows about it, my mom supported it in subtle ways (When we were at a festival, she pointed out a stand that was selling tails) and I have a couple tails (But they're more because of my interest in taxidermy than anything.)
However I would like to cosplay as one of my character sometime, the one in my icon. He's a chimeria with a red mane. :)
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TBH I'm perfectly fine with people not knowing, it's not like I'll tell them and they wake up the next morning thinking 'oh yeah, she's a furry'.
However my friend plans to get me a collar for Christmas, and if anyone asks about it, I'll just say I like wearing it. I mean if it's socially acceptable for guys to sag their pants and for girls to show almost all of their cleavage, why can't I wear a collar or a tail?
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Nah. I'm not open to anyone about it. I mean... My one friend found out on his own and always teases me about it, but of course it's playful. I won't tell people about it unless they find out on their own, which is rare. As for my parents knowing? My mom has an inkling and actually kind of encourages it cause she's one to "go against the system" and anything that isn't considered socially acceptable, she wants her children to do XD
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I am, because it's nothing to be ashamed of. It's like any other interest.
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I'm generally open about it. I don't go around saying "IM A FURRY LOOKIT" because that's more than a little dumb. I just draw and write about anthropomorphic creatures and enjoy cartoons and such with them, and if someone takes note, they take note. I do avoid using the term "furry" at first, of course, due to the knee-jerk reaction people have with it (for obvious and understandable reasons). As I am interested in anthropomorphic animals as purely a creative product rather than a sexual one, it's upsetting when people assume I'm a yiffer right off the bat.
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I don't run around screaming "I'M A FURI GAAIIIS" but I don't hide it too much, if they find out they find out
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im open with my friends, mostly because it winds my best mate up alot for some reason. but my family dont know and i'm building a fursuit head at the minute but ill probably just lie about why i made that XD , it's not that i'm ashamed about it, it's more the fact i'd have to explain what it is and my family are really really judgmental. there kinda like the dursleys from harry potter at times >:(
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I am generally open about it to longer been friends :3 I know what most people think about furries so i try my best to explain the fact that most furries are not yiffs and what furries really do :3
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I don't go about advertising I'm a furry but if someone finds out that's fine. My parents know sorta what a furry is and they know that i like those kind of things same with my bro and all my best friends. But again they to don't really know what a furry is besides one of them but he's totally cool about it.
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Both my parents know :3 they thinks its kinda awesome XD And they think Mittie is a really cute character :)
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My best friends know. At first they had wed reactions, but when I explained the truth to them they became furries :3 it wasn't hard because one was already half a furry, a the other two expected me to be interested in such a thing. Though the other on freaked out, because of the way the smosh movie depicted furries, but when I told her the truth she liked the idea and made a fursona based off sly cooper.
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my family already think im weird so i doubt it would shock them but like i said there like the dursleys and i'm already enough of a black sheep XD
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Some people are too open about it
And I cringe evitym
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i think that goes for everything though Senpai, when i was at college we were friends with a couple who would go into graphic detail about their relationship (i think thats the best way to word it) just made us all feel uncomfortable :(
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I only talk about it online or in closed circles.
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I'm not. I don't connect my actual person with my fursona. I mostly do it because it's a hobby and nobody needs to know what I do in my spare time unless their close to me.
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I'm.... partially open?
I'm totally willing to be open about it when people are understanding. But I don't introduce myself as a furry. I'll show them my furry art, but usually I call them "anthro characters" and not sonas. Explaining that furries are good and not bad gets old after a while, so sometimes I don't say anything, but as long as people don't mind, then I'll be perfectly open about it. There's nothing to be ashamed of, after all, even if some people think so.
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I tell everyone and anyone who asks, because usually they don't even know what it is and if they judge me I don't care.
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I'm at college, and openly furry on campus, but live in a very conservative place. If my parents knew they would flip.
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Around my friends and those within my roleplay circles and at furmeets/furcons, and to people online. My parents know nothing about it (and it will remain that way), though I am hoping to start doing stuff more openly once I can get a fursuit head and craft my costume suit by doing things like visiting children's hospitals during the christmas season to give out gifts as my fursona.
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I wouldn't say "Openly"
If it comes up, I don't deny it, but I don't go around advertising it either. I do have a fursuit, and there are pictures of it on my facebook/twitter.
If the subject of the fandom comes up I'll talk about it and stuff but I don't go out of my way to say "Hey, I'm a furry"
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I got into the fandom to make $$ money $$ on commissions, and ending up really loving the community. All my friends know I draw furry art almost exclusively as a job, so I guess I'm pretty open?
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I'm not open at all. My entire family doesn't have a clue i'm a furry, they just assume i play the same games over and over again when i'm at my PC.
Also i plan on never telling them, because i know they would flip the F out if they knew.
They would most likely think i'm mad and start scheduling visits to the therapist again....
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I have talked to a few of my friends about it, but only those that I knew would be interested or wouldn't care. Those that I go to anime conventions with will find out soon enough since I made myself some furry paws, ears, and tail. My parents don't know but I have lived away from home for a while since before I graduated college. Otherwise, I am not overtly open about being a furry, but if anyone found out I wouldn't be overly stressed. I would just educate them since they would most likely have a limited knowledge or no knowledge at all.
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I'm not open at all. My entire family doesn't have a clue i'm a furry, they just assume i play the same games over and over again when i'm at my PC.
Also i plan on never telling them, because i know they would flip the F out if they knew.
They would most likely think i'm mad and start scheduling visits to the therapist again....
This is pretty much what did happen to me...
Long story short, one of my friends was going through some hard times which led my parents to look through my texts. My friend had found out that I was a furry because he had asked me directly, and this was in my texts. My parents then immediately assumed that was something sexual. They then drilled me on this and included this (as well as my friend's "problems") as a reason I needed therapy. I tried to explain that I, and many others, don't associate with any of the sexual areas of the fandom. I know my dad didn't listen but I don't have any clue what my mom thinks.
They don't care so much anymore however, so I might try to explain it to them again...
Other than that, I don't bring it up unless I have a reason to :)
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I am open about it, but you wouldn't know it by looking at me. I don't have any swag or stuff. My artwork is almost entirely furry, but most people just see it as "quaint" or "eccentric".
If someone asks, I'll tell them I'm a furry. IDGAF XD
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I don't get the whole being "openly furry" thing. It's a hobby. Am I openly a gamer? No, because that's just a hobby, I'll talk about games sure, but I don't go around saying "Hi, I'm a gamer, look at me I play games a lot." Maybe that's because that would just be boring though, I dunno.
The concept is confusing to me. Makes me feel like people treat being furry like being gay. Which it isn't. Right?
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It depends on how much someone identifies as a furry. For some, it is just a hobby. For others, they have really identified as a furry and enjoy the fandom so much that they do anything and everything furry related. And everything in between.
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Im generally pretty brutally honest. I believe that to be any other way is a waste of time. Im me, like it or not, but if everyone immediately knows what im about, true friends show more and I find my enemies quicker.
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Most of my frienda dont even know what a furry is (except for the csgo'ers)
tbh im too lazy to explain it to them or my parents.
Would be an interesting talk though
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Personally, I am more open about it online than I am IRL. I mean if I ever met someone IRL and they seemed like they were a furry, I'd ask them and probably tell them I am one as well. But I usually keep quiet about it.
Meanwhile online, I am pretty open about it. If someone were to ask, I'd probably instantly go "YEP! :D". It also depends who the person I am with is and what they're like. Some people you can just tell are going to be really judgmental.
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I'm not openly furry because i don't know how people will react basically im scared of what people will think
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I'm relatively openly a furry. I usually don't tell people, but that's because I literally make no effort whatsoever to hide it. I draw furry art all the time. I've even worn a fursuit around town-- yet somehow my dad never managed to connect the dots and only learned when I started talking to him about Anthrocon. He didn't really understand the fandom too well, but a rather impassioned explanation from a friend of mine was enough to convince him to change his mind.
I've never gotten any flack for being a furry, which is actually pretty surprising considering how judgemental the people who live in my town usually are. I just got a few weird looks while wearing the fursuit and that was it.
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I've never been very open about it, one time I sort of explained it to my mom, but it was such an awkward conversation and I was speaking so Goddamn stutteringly that I wouldn't be surprised if I was taking some kinda drug. I'm normally very calm and I talk about a variety of things just fine without choking up and stuff, so that discussion was just completely bizarre... By now, she's probably forgotten all about whatever I was struggling to say that whole time... Even I don't know what the Hell was wrong with me.
I think if I ever try to talk about it again, I'll start with the subject of trans-Humanism, which I am very certainly openly interested in. And that'll extend to Robots and stuff, and probably to an expression of interest in becoming a cybernetic Dragon or something, and a hope that many others will do similar things to become more than Human.
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I'm not open to group of friends as they despise furries. But i guess I have the 'if you ask, i will be honest' policy.
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No, not really. I've tried to be, I've talked to my sister about the furry fandom and her reaction was pretty negative. I've tried talking about to my one friend and it was something like my sister's reaction, but less negative. I wish I could be openly furry, I just don't see the problem with being one.
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I wear a large fluffy tail in public, but only to events like a ren fair or something
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I'm not openly furry. None of my friends know, and that's probably for the best based on what they said about furry when it was brought up in a conversation once.
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I'm not openly furry. None of my friends know, and that's probably for the best based on what they said about furry when it was brought up in a conversation once.
Unfortunately we are very negatively stigmatized :/ People just need proper information instead of thinking we are all sexual deviants
Post Merge: February 01, 2016, 10:30:45 AM
Also people have this annoying habit of adopting the beliefs and opinions of those around them without any real thought on their own x_x
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I don't tell people or go around showing it off, but if someone comes up to me and asks if I am a furry I'll tell them, no problem. I wear a Nyan Cat hoodie around, so people just assume i'm one of 'those' people who watch youtube a little too much.
Halloween is fun, I get to wear my tail and ears then and just blend in ^_^
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I don't like, randomly bring it up in conversation, buuut I'm pretty open. I feel like once you have a suit, its harder to keep it secret XP
My family, friends, heck even coworkers know I go to conventions and stuff. The fact that people think I'm some inappropriate deviant because of it has never really bothered me much. The only time I'm super careful is when separating furry from my professional life, which I think I'm doing quite well.
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I don't like, randomly bring it up in conversation, buuut I'm pretty open. I feel like once you have a suit, its harder to keep it secret XP
My family, friends, heck even coworkers know I go to conventions and stuff. The fact that people think I'm some inappropriate deviant because of it has never really bothered me much. The only time I'm super careful is when separating furry from my professional life, which I think I'm doing quite well.
Funny story. I have some furry art as my background on my personal phone. It's safe for work since I use my phone a lot for work when looking up information, recipes, directions, etc. Plus, the SFW is better anyway in my opinion. Anyway, a client saw the picture and asked what it was. I just told him that it was a picture of a wolf guy. He didn't say anything else about it.
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I think i'm pretty open about it. ^_^ I don't go out of my way to tell people, but I wear my suit head a lot and my facebook is basically all pictures of my fursona so...lol. I go to a lot of meetups and cons too so that doesn't help with being quiet about it. xP
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Yay! I love weird people @.@ B)