Advice: Telling others about being furry

[Vamp]

like furcast says, introduce it indirectly, like put some clean Blotch art as your background or something, play more video games with werewolves or stuff like that in them, I found a good way to explain was when I was playing Sly Cooper and explained it like the game.
The number one rule is though, don't make a big thing about it, if you do, they will also.

[Mr.Mustard]

I decided to take your guys' approach... I changed my Profile pic on facebook to my Avi here, and am going to upload more art onto there...

[Puncia]

I hope this works out for you. Good luck.

[icy wolf]

there are also different types of furrys( ie iam also a spiritual furry )

[Vamp]

good luck buddy, your fur-friends are here for you *brofist*

[icy wolf]

if they still think its like it is on tv just say its bs thats i what did when i told my friend i was a spritual furry ( jad to explain what the spritual part was)  told my family i waas a furry and they dont know what 1 is

[Mr.Mustard]

Well, it finally came out! A friend of mine had heard of the Fandom, and asked me if I was one... I told him, and cleared out the stereotypes... After I told him, he must have spread it, because everyone knows now! I wanted to thank you guys for your kindness and support... I have never met a nicer group of people... Thank you for your advice, Without it, I might have never came out...

[icy wolf]

glade we can help 

[✡]

wow I'm so happy for you! bleh, wish I had that kind of courage

[Tatter]

as a bisexual i've had this at another stand point, after all coming out is coming out no matter what it is about lol

here's what i can say, just do it, let them know, drop the ball, and then inform them.

Those willing to listen are those who really love you, those who turn away just because your a furry, well were they worth it? there's a giant chance they would have turned on you later...

THe point is your family, your real friends, will be ready to listen, and thats when you inform them.

People outside the furry circle see us as some kind of fetish, not a fandom.

Inform them that this is not really anymore a fetish than dressing up at a Star Trek/wars convention or the even more frequented Ren Fest

Yes there are people who get "off" to furry fandom, at the same time that same statement can be said about klingons, and im sure even the Hutts 0.0

Let them know that your just a hardcore fan of something!

and beleive me, it'd be better to  be upfront about it and come out about it right away, even proudly, then hiding it like a dirty secret and having to "explain" it later when they find your suit/art or whatever

good luck!

[Kodachi Devil]

Tatter.
What you said would make 100x more sense to me if I knew what Ret Fest was 

and I'm too lazy to google it. Sooooooo.
same thing about Klingons.

Also my mom is like, denialing, I think, hahaha! considering I made a comic consisting of a cast of all anthros, and she read it. shes acting stranger than normal. mighta been cause of the guns and swords though.

Anyways! *super high fives/high paws. unsure. anyways super high fives/high paws Mr. Mustard* WHOOOO! YOU GO, DUDE

[Tatter]

ah lol, typo, Ren Fest, lol, Renaissance Festival.

[Kodachi Devil]

*claps paws together*

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
I have always wanted to go to one of those, lol.

[Tatter]

they are quite fun, they're pretty receptive to furry's too (even in texas) especially ones that stick to some kind of fantasy/midevil theme (though, and i sware im not lying, storm troopers and Darth Vader make at least one yearly apperance to the one outside houston)

the place also introduced me to meed 

and umm... eating gator 

[Kodachi Devil]

lol whats meed o-o?