"You're Not a Furry Are You?"

[Hyenaworks]

Yes, in short. More often than not it goes like this...

"Are you a furry?"

"Yeah."

"So, do you like...you know...have sex in animal costumes?"

"Nope."

"Oh, okay."

Then it's basically back to whatever we were doing or talking about when the question came up.

 

[shebawolf145]

Ya know. That phrase "you aren't a furry are you" is what got me into the fandom.

I was talking to my ex about how much I love animals (not that way) and I showed him some of my art and the first thing that came out of his mouth was "You aren't one of those FURRIES are you?" back then I had no clue about furries so I said no. Then after he left for work that night I got online and looked it up, and waddya know...I'm one of those FURRIES. Btw..me being furry is one of the reasons why him and I are ex's now.

 

[leon101]

Eh, for me. No one would even know, not in the slightest. What they would notice when walking in my home, would be that I am a video gamer and then some.

 

[Internet Police Chief]

It depends on who is asking.

If it's someone who is openly anti-fur asking if I'm furry, I'll of course say no.

If it's a friend or someone who I think would be fine with it, I'll say yes.

I'm not going to throw myself under a bus for "FURRY PRIDE LOL" or anything like that. If someone who is against it is asking, why say yes?

 

[SirRob]

Thankfully I've only had one conversation about furries IRL, and the question has never come up. But if someone DID ask me that IRL, I'd probably say no. I'm a wimp. ;_;

 

[Wild_Wolf]

i have never been asked this but then again i just really got to know the whole furry thing last week

 

[coolkidex]

Yea.
One day, i wore a shirt with on of my friends from an old school's fursona on it, and another one of my friends recognized it.
And i was in a group, so i was stuck in a group of kids (some were drunk or high) and had to explain (and show) what furries really were. Everybody lost interest kind of fast...

Oh well.

 

[Hazza111]

I would love a friends who was into furry as well, i don't think i would tell people at the moemnt if they asked, which is a shame.

 

[Crumpet]

I've never really been a furry. I've tried...but I just...I dunno. I have a 'mascot' if you will. An impish satyr, but I'm more of a fan anyways.
I have tons of furry friends, and well, growing up in highschool, it was never a problem.
I've met some really nice people in the fandom.

 

[Darth GW7]

No-one in my area has any clue what a furry is, so no.
Hell, I've explained about the various types of furries there are and ended with "And, well... Some seem to prefer drawing or acting out furry sex.", and he only replied with "Riiiiiight..." and nodded blankly.

 

[Gavrill]

No-one in my area has any clue what a furry is, so no.
Hell, I've explained about the various types of furries there are and ended with "And, well... Some seem to prefer drawing or acting out furry sex.", and he only replied with "Riiiiiight..." and nodded blankly.

Why would you tell anyone that

 

[Darth GW7]

Meh.

I just said it, I didn't think he would freak out (Which he didn't).

 

[JoeStrike]

For the tl;dr inclined, basically: Ever had an incident where someone's said something to the tune of: "You're not a furry are you?" And if not, how do you think you'd react if someone did?

Rick rolled? tl;dr? You dern whippersnappers with all yer modern intynet jargon, dagnabbit...

I've actually volunteered being a furry once or twice. Best time was when I bumped into some goth/lolita gals in front of a museum. They were surprised I recognized their thang but when I mentioned the 'f' word they did an 'ewww' number. Fortunately I had my con sketchbook with me & showed them a bunch of really cool fur art various folks had done therein. (Fortunately it was my PG book )

They were impressed at what they saw, had no idea 'furry' also meant anthro artwork. They went on their way with a little more realistic idea what we're about.

Long story short: people will think those stereotypes tell the whole story about furry unless we set them straight - say it loud, you're furry and proud!

 

[EmoWolf]

This hasn't happened to me yet, however there is a large group of girls that call me a werewolf from some book that they're reading or whatever.

I speculate that throughout my high school years i'll be asked once, but that moment hasn't come yet. :/

My GF and her group of friends have nicknamed me 'Werewolf' for some reason XD.
Still not sure how that started, but I have a silent laugh when I hear it.

lol, this girl that sits in front of me in Lit. calls me werewolf.
I was like, "huh? why are you calling me that?" I was thinking that I let it slip that I was furry.
"You need to shave."
Then I was like, "So? I don't feel like it."
Been calling me that ever since.

 

[jagdwolf]

lol, this girl that sits in front of me in Lit. calls me werewolf.
I was like, "huh? why are you calling me that?" I was thinking that I let it slip that I was furry.
"You need to shave."
Then I was like, "So? I don't feel like it."
Been calling me that ever since.

growl everyonce in a while when she says that. see if she growls back

 

[beyondspecies]

I'd respond to that question with another question: "What's a furry?"

Everyone has their own definition, so just go with the definition they give you. And how they say it will give you a clue as to whether you should say yes or no.

 

[south syde dobe]

I only play as Luigi in SSB, does that mean I'm an Italian plumber with an exceptionally hairy upper lip? :V

I get what you mean but I guess they were suspecious, also why did my friend ask me if I knew what a furry was? Other than that I don't give out any indications I was a furry -.-

In anycase that was in highschool, now that I'm in college I just found out my best friend there is one by accedent lol but I'm not sure if he knows I'm one but there is a chance :-/

 

[J-wolf]

Well, in a way this happened to me.
My friend and I basiclly got onto the topic of "if you tell me a good secret i'll tell you one" From there I gave him hints until he guessed "You're not into anthro are you?" since he guessed right and he was a good friend I simply replied "Yes" After I answered, he pulled out his Zune and showed me his collection of over 2GB of furry related pics.

I now have trust in him that I share with no one else.

 

[Lost~Koneko]

I'd been kinda testing the waters, seeing how my friends would react if I said that I'm furry...Turns out not a single person I know has any idea what a furry is...*sigh*
Oh well. but I'm proud of what I am, so I'm not going to lie or duck the question

 

[jagdwolf]

at work the other day, now mind you I am a grey fur and own my own company, I dropped something and one of the people who hired my company say your a bit clumbsy today. I answered.....Yea these paws are kinda weak as I have a cold

She said, Paws? are you a furry......

I said yep. been one for a long time.....to which she shocked the hell out of me. (she comes accross as the I am an administrator your just a carpenter/business owner, my breeding is much superior than yours BS)
she said....sweet which forums are you one...maybe we know each other! (long conversation ensued)

 

[Naynay]

I honestly have no shame when it comes to telling people I'm a furry and I've got multiple reactions from it.

There was a time where my ex-boyfriend's best friend ((once you hear this you'll know one of the reasons why I dumped him)) was really bashing Furries with no remorse, I normally ignore it but the room had at least three furries in it one of which won't talk about it with anyone but me cause he is afraid of what people think were there and getting upset. I spoke up saying you know there are furries here and we don't really appreciate you saying thoses things. And he was like um yeah I know you're furries and I don't really care you guys are freaks. So instead of putting up with it we left and my ex said that his friend had a right to his opinion and I shouldn't have said anything. ((which yes opinion is one thing but he was calling us freaks to our face and saying we couldn't go near his pets cause he didn't want us to screw them))

Then another interesting experience was at work. I'm not even sure how it came up at work , but a co-worker said she was afraid of people in mascot costumes if she didn't know who they were and we got to mentioning furries and I was like I'm a furry and she is like: "OMG wait you telling me you get in a animal costume and screw people?!" . The nice thing about her though is at lunch she let me explain to her what furries really were and now she is mad at things like CSI for making it seem like every furry is into screwing plushies and animals.

 

[The Wave]

Yeah, but only otherwise: I asked it. There is this girl I really like, and she seems to use a lot fur speaking like pouncing, purring and :3 smiles.


Me: "Are you a fur by any chance?"

She: "No, not fur."

She: "Just a long purrrrrr."


I still don't know if she's a fur or not, but maybe she isn't. Oh well, I don't care about that. ^^

 

[Whitenoise]

I honestly have no shame when it comes to telling people I'm a furry and I've got multiple reactions from it.

There was a time where my ex-boyfriend's best friend ((once you hear this you'll know one of the reasons why I dumped him)) was really bashing Furries with no remorse, I normally ignore it but the room had at least three furries in it one of which won't talk about it with anyone but me cause he is afraid of what people think were there and getting upset. I spoke up saying you know there are furries here and we don't really appreciate you saying thoses things. And he was like um yeah I know you're furries and I don't really care you guys are freaks. So instead of putting up with it we left and my ex said that his friend had a right to his opinion and I shouldn't have said anything. ((which yes opinion is one thing but he was calling us freaks to our face and saying we couldn't go near his pets cause he didn't want us to screw them))

Then another interesting experience was at work. I'm not even sure how it came up at work , but a co-worker said she was afraid of people in mascot costumes if she didn't know who they were and we got to mentioning furries and I was like I'm a furry and she is like: "OMG wait you telling me you get in a animal costume and screw people?!" . The nice thing about her though is at lunch she let me explain to her what furries really were and now she is mad at things like CSI for making it seem like every furry is into screwing plushies and animals.

I lol'd, this is a reasonable precaution IMO, I certainly wouldn't let furries near any of my pets :V . Also why are you people still butthurt about that CSI episode? It was unfathomably generous, an honest depiction of the fandom would have made you look much worse :V .

 

[Rhythm]

Couple times, once with a group of people ive been hanging with for years, though I may very well leave that place soon. Anyway, it's chock full of chan retards who believe anything that gets spouted out of those cesspools. So I get asked, and I'm not afraid to admit it, and all of a sudden there's some uproar and I get tossed this "Why god hates furries" document which of course I'm not going to bother reading, along with the common insults and ignorant statements. What was neat though is that all of a sudden I start getting PMs from people in the group who never said anything, revealing that they were furs themselves.

 

[Cronus616]

I've got this comment a couple times at school.
Just from wearing my collar.
One person was just like "That's so dumb?? What is even the point of it"
a couple people were just cool with it, didn't really care
but two people are furries themselves