Is furry a thing you are secretive about?

[BlueGaze]

I don't come out and say it, but if people ask, then I tell them I am.

 

[Melrius]

I've been a furry for some time and I've told a couple of friends, all but one was fine with it. The one however told me that if he ever saw me in a suit or yiffying, He would shoot me in the kneecaps. As for other people, If they ask I'll tell them. Besides I'm mainly here for the great artwork and pron, not the suits.

 

[Wyldfyre]

I've been a furry for some time and I've told a couple of friends, all but one was fine with it. The one however told me that if he ever saw me in a suit or yiffying, He would shoot me in the kneecaps. As for other people, If they ask I'll tell them. Besides I'm mainly here for the great artwork and pron, not the suits.

Lies.

 

[StrangeAeons]

Yeah, I'm pretty secretive... Furrydom seems to have this giant stigma attached to it, makes for a less-than-friendly experience. The only people who know about my interest in all this are other furries :S

 

[The Wave]

Hell yeah I'm secretive. Only a very few people I trust and other furs know I'm a furry.

 

[Enwon]

My best friend is the only one who knows that I'm a furry. Everyone else is completely in the dark.

 

[Fatal_Wolf]

Only a few of my friends on SL, my younger bro and my girl friend knows that I'm a furry. As for my other friends I'd rather keep it a secret

 

[Vatz]

Was at first. Someone found out. Thought I was a pervert. I decided I was a pervert after all. Let everyone else know. Turned bi. Let everyone else know about that too. Slowly turning gay. Not really telling everyone yet. But I'm getting to it.


I don't reall hold secrets after just one person discovers them.

 

[Allamo Fox]

Was at first. Someone found out. Thought I was a pervert. I decided I was a pervert after all. Let everyone else know. Turned bi. Let everyone else know about that too. Slowly turning gay. Not really telling everyone yet. But I'm getting to it.


I don't reall hold secrets after just one person discovers them.

*Facepaw*
You tell people your'e a pervert?!
Guess thats better than your girlfriend telling you she's bi after breaking up with you.

 

[Allamo Fox]

Just reviewing quiz results, shouldn't the only other furries know option always be checked, I mean you are on a furry forum, I mean common sense people... errr I mean... furs!

 

[coba]

i'm not secretive about it like my friend asked me
"are you a fuckin furry?" and i replied "well umm, yes i am." and he was pissed the rest of the day but i explained to him what being a furry is about and hes like " sweet shit Coba thats kool and well un-exspected." and i said with a weird look on my face " yes, yes it is!!!

 

[Nothing Too Interesting]

i'm not secretive about it like my friend asked me
"are you a fuckin furry?" and i replied "well umm, yes i am." and he was pissed the rest of the day but i explained to him what being a furry is about and hes like " sweet shit Coba thats kool and well un-exspected." and i said with a weird look on my face " yes, yes it is!!!

He went from seething anger to approval just like that?

You drugged him, didn't you? Don't lie. The truth will set you free.

 

[Angelikit]

Not really, if someone asks me about it I'm not really bothered and will tell them since I don't feel that it should be a big deal. My furry boyfriend and a couple of his (a few of who are also into it) and my friends know about it but that's because we all know each other so when it comes up it's just a case of something the lines of "Oh, you're a furry?" "Yeah" "Oh ok, cool, I had no idea".

 

[Tails The Fox]

Well, I'm not afraid to tell someone I'm a furry, but I won't go out of my way to let them know. If they ask me, I'll gladly tell them, but I don't run around saying "Hey guess what Ima furry"

 

[Oovie]

Oh I don't go flaunting about anything pretty much, furry would be no acception. I had friends who for years had no idea I was an Aussie, unless there is a conversation in regards to it I never blabber about myself!

 

[Allamo Fox]

My dad saw me on FaF once, did nothing just got pissed because i was on teh internets when i should be studying.

 

[flamingosrule]

I havent really told anyone really. Not even my room mate that is untill I was playing around with his ipod and found fur affinity in his internet history and asked him about it. I thought that was kind of funny.

 

[Vriska]

.....I think my mom knows.
I told her it would be fun to make a fake pug tail..

 

[Kilehye]

Let's just say I'd rather have people know that I draw gay anime porn than know I'm a furry. I'm pretty secretive about it.

 

[Shark_the_raptor]

I don't parade it around. But I'm not gonna deny it if someone asks.

 

[Syradact]

Heh there was this one time I went to Japan on a student tour, and since I was away from the net for over a week (omg) I took some furry pics on an mp3 player. Young and stupid, right. Well, out of paranoia I ended up deleting every pic from the device except two: one of Rednef with the party hat and Dr. P, and the other was that rainbow canine panorama thing by Blotch. I hid them in a folder-within-a-folder disguised as a system cache folder. Later, when I was showing two new friends my mp3 player, guess what those snooping bastards found! It was....unexplainable! I don't talk to them, lol

Some ex-friends knew and one even looked up stuff on fchan in his own time, but they turned out to be douchebags, so I broke ties and changed my number.

So because of these little 'life events' and my outgrowing the "tell everyone about the new thing I'm into" phase, I keep this shiznit a secret. I'm not a social butterfly, and this would be one more reason for well-adjusted-joe-public, and my family, to consign me to the loony bin.

When a big celebrity comes out (ugh) as a full-on fursuiting furry and it doesn't result in the premature death of their career, furry can be regarded as "accepted." That will be a glorious day.

 

[black tiger]

yes i am very secretive bout it. nobody knows im a furry that i know but one outher furry friend

 

[Naokishi]

to be honest everyone I know already knows to just nod, smile then walk on lol after yaoi(and drawing it in front of my parents ) and cosplay there is not much else you can do to shock them haha I was always the weird one in the family anyway and they put it down to my being artistic, so I'm not that secretive anyway :3 I wouldn't run around on the streets shouting it but if I am asked I will tell (I love it when people ask about yaoi and I just happen to be reading one lol)
Maybe... I need help with my attitude..... ah well I'll just be me

 

[Lasair]

Yeah im a bit secretive, really only my close friends and my Mother know I'm a furry. And really thats just because of past experience of me telling a (now-ex) friend who discovered me on F.A on my Ipod touch, and then he went, told more, and they then blew it out of proportion making it seem 'disgustingly wrong' to be a furry. But whatever.

But then I'm not totally secretive over it either, theres drawings i did of my fursona in my locker at school. I wont shout it out but, if somebody sees them and asks me about them, as long as their interest seems genuine I'll happily explain about the fandom

 

[Ben]

When a big celebrity comes out (ugh) as a full-on fursuiting furry and it doesn't result in the premature death of their career, furry can be regarded as "accepted." That will be a glorious day.

It's only as accepted as you allow it to be. The definition of what furry is has too many definitions to be pinned down to a single thing, and therefore, it cannot simply "be accepted" since there's no scientific definition of what a furry is. It's a hobby-- don't be so ashamed of it.