So. I've already explained and told my brother what a furry is (all he thinks I do is watch bestiality, which I don't).

Now for the hardest step. My brother has recently been trying to 'trap' me into telling them what a furry and brony is (my brother recently thought I was a brony, I'm not) at the dinner table.

I've tried to explain what a brony is, they were somewhat shocked, I guess, but the forgot all about that.

The main reason for this: How would I come out as furry to my parents?

Don't bother.

No seriously, don't even think about it.

Ryuzaki_Izawa said:
Don't bother.

No seriously, don't even think about it.

This.

Yeah, I would say don't.

Oh... Ok.

But it's kinda hard to deal with it everytime my brother drags furries into the normal dinner conversation and asks me to explain what they are and why I am one just about every time he comes over to the house.

It's getting pretty hard to keep changing the topic, because it seems like my parents are interested in what a furry is.

The last thing I need is for them to google something about furries and get completely the wrong idea, since it seems most of the internet has the wrong idea about furries.

The last thing I need for them to click on is Encyclopedia Dramatica's definition of furries.

Oh boy...

Peekaboo said:
Wait, fursuiter type of a furry? Or the type of furry who jerks off to anthropomorphic animals on the internet?

Just... In general, you know? The... Nicer side of things. The one that the public is OK with seeing

Don't tell your parents what you like to masturbate to, that's pretty weird.

Also, how the hell does your brother suspect you of being a furry? also if he keeps bringing up the topic it almost sounds like he himself is also a furry

AmericanExistence said:
Just... In general, you know? The... Nicer side of things. The one that the public is OK with seeing

Why do you want everyone to know what a furfag you are? It's just so incredibly pointless.

Peekaboo said:
Wait, fursuiter type of a furry?

If this then you're overreacting. It's not that big of a deal.

Peekaboo said:
Or the type of furry who jerks off to anthropomorphic animals on the internet?

If this then it's best to keep it to yourself

Peekaboo said:
There's two ways of doing this now.
1. Briefly go over the basics of it all, the good art, how the interest in it started (watching Disney movies etc), the community you enjoy (or don't enjoy) etc.

2. You can create a folder filled with furry porn with various pieces of art. Art like greasy bears doing each other up the butthole, incest comics where the brothers marry each other in the end, images that would make tubgirl, goatse and Mr. Hands blush in comparison, and so on.
2.1 Leave your home, move to another country and never see your family again.

That was a joke.

I LOL'ed waaayyyy to much at that

I once accidentally left the forum page of e621 on my monitor and my father saw it. He knows a bit about the Internet and didn't recognise the page design as any of the popular websites so he asked me what it was. I replied "it's a website full of pictures of humanlike birds doing each other up the ass".

He thought I was joking and life went on as usual.

Saffron said:
I once accidentally left the forum page of e621 on my monitor and my father saw it. He knows a bit about the Internet and didn't recognise the page design as any of the popular websites so he asked me what it was. I replied "it's a website full of pictures of humanlike birds doing each other up the ass".

He thought I was joking and life went on as usual.

XDD

furballs_dc said:
XDD

agreed XDDD

Take your shame to the grave. Pack it up nice and neat where no-one will find it, and bide your time.

lol I still think never share things that is not gonna help you later with people know you are a furry I will most likely to bring harm than good. lol if people ask me how I know furry or pony stuff I said "I know them but not part of them, and I also know your dad fucked your mom lol"

AmericanExistence said:
So. I've already explained and told my brother what a furry is (all he thinks I do is watch bestiality, which I don't).

Now for the hardest step. My brother has recently been trying to 'trap' me into telling them what a furry and brony is (my brother recently thought I was a brony, I'm not) at the dinner table.

I've tried to explain what a brony is, they were somewhat shocked, I guess, but the forgot all about that.

The main reason for this: How would I come out as furry to my parents?

Serious answer: Are they open-minded people? Over the dinner table is not the best way, taking whichever is the more open-minded aside and informing them about it might be better, but even still I wouldn't really do it. If they flat out ask, just say that it's someone who likes anthropomorphic animals, and show them e921.net or something; As for your brother, kick him in the balls a few times until he gets that deliberately sabotaging your life like that isn't kosher.

AmericanExistence said:
Oh... Ok.

But it's kinda hard to deal with it everytime my brother drags furries into the normal dinner conversation and asks me to explain what they are and why I am one just about every time he comes over to the house.

It's getting pretty hard to keep changing the topic, because it seems like my parents are interested in what a furry is.

The last thing I need is for them to google something about furries and get completely the wrong idea, since it seems most of the internet has the wrong idea about furries.

The last thing I need for them to click on is Encyclopedia Dramatica's definition of furries.

lol your brother maybe a furry... just saying.. MAYBE(not sure but there are HINTs)

Nothing good has ever come from the statement, "I'm gonna tell my parents I'm a furry"

AmericanExistence said:
The main reason for this: How would I come out as furry to my parents?

Walk up to the dinner table with a manly strut dressed in a full fur suit. Sit down and move your tail out of the way, smack your "paws" down on the table and say in a commanding voice. "I AM LORD OF THE FURRY, IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT. SUCK IT." And when they all stare at you like you belong in a mental hospital hold up your tail and say. "Oh and don't forget I LOVEEEEEEEEE tail play."

There is absolutely positively no reason to ever tell anyone you're a furry, unless you already know that they are. Especially family. It's not like telling them you're gay, which is important. They will not benefit at all from knowing. In fact, it will only alienate them. They won't understand what it is, and if they decide to explore it, they will probably be disgusted and ashamed of you.

"At least they'll finally know who I am" you might say. No. Liking furry doesn't define you. It isn't who you are. It's not a character trait or a lifestyle. It's liking anthro characters. Don't tell people because they don't care and they don't need or want to know.

Full disclosure, one of my friends knows, but only because I got mega high on (prescription) Ambien one day and showed him some pics for some perplexing reason. Thankfully, he didn't mind and in fact we joke about it all the time. But this will rarely happen. Just don't do it. Odds are, in a few years you'll probably forget about furry. But the people you've told about it won't.

Not attacking OP here; this is a topic I see time and time again and people need to know how much this can damage your quality of life if you disclose this to people outside the internet.

Same thing goes with being a brony. I made the fatal mistake of admiring a coworker's daughter's Rainbow Dash shirt not long ago and instantly got weird looks from everyone within earshot. I was asked how I knew her name, and I just made some shit up about my niece watching the show. Point is, all I did was divulge that I knew one's name and that was all it took to draw worried looks. Just think about how they'd react if I said I was a fan of the show.

The only ones who know of my dragon double life are my Boyfriend and rommate (long story don't ask)

thatoneclarinetist said:
The only ones who know of my dragon double life are my Boyfriend and rommate (long story don't ask)

I will ask

TheHuskyK9 said:
I will ask

It involved him being super sad about family death and yaddah yaddah showed him the fandom shudda showed him e921 but showed him my fave list instead and he reacted like this

ippiki_ookami said:
There is absolutely positively no reason to ever tell anyone you're a furry, unless you already know that they are. Especially family. It's not like telling them you're gay, which is important. They will not benefit at all from knowing. In fact, it will only alienate them. They won't understand what it is, and if they decide to explore it, they will probably be disgusted and ashamed of you.

"At least they'll finally know who I am" you might say. No. Liking furry doesn't define you. It isn't who you are. It's not a character trait or a lifestyle. It's liking anthro characters. Don't tell people because they don't care and they don't need or want to know.

Full disclosure, one of my friends knows, but only because I got mega high on (prescription) Ambien one day and showed him some pics for some perplexing reason. Thankfully, he didn't mind and in fact we joke about it all the time. But this will rarely happen. Just don't do it. Odds are, in a few years you'll probably forget about furry. But the people you've told about it won't.

Not attacking OP here; this is a topic I see time and time again and people need to know how much this can damage your quality of life if you disclose this to people outside the internet.

Same thing goes with being a brony. I made the fatal mistake of admiring a coworker's daughter's Rainbow Dash shirt not long ago and instantly got weird looks from everyone within earshot. I was asked how I knew her name, and I just made some shit up about my niece watching the show. Point is, all I did was divulge that I knew one's name and that was all it took to draw worried looks. Just think about how they'd react if I said I was a fan of the show.

All of this.

If you wouldn't tell someone that you enjoy BBW or Grandma porn, you shouldn't tell them you like furry porn either.
It's all fetishes, and that's not something you tell family about.

Peekaboo said:
I wonder how people reacted if I told them I'm the #1 uploader of castration fetishistic art on a website featuring animals fucking each other up the arse.

Wonder how people would react if they found my pages of really rough blood play pony porn...

I avoid telling anyone because then they immediately think pervert, and they don't really need to know either

Rainbow_Dash said:
I avoid telling anyone because then they immediately think pervert, and they don't really need to know either

Wait, you aren't a pervert?

Halite said:
Wait, you aren't a pervert?

Well not entirely. I don't go out and do perverted things, I just have a different liking in erotica

Rainbow_Dash said:
Well not entirely. I don't go out and do perverted things, I just have a different liking in erotica

Meh, everyone's a pervert imo.

Rainbow_Dash said:
Well not entirely. I don't go out and do perverted things, I just have a different liking in erotica

That's a lie.

Every time I pop into IRC for training, you are so perverted to me

u so lewd gurl

Patchi said:
That's a lie.

Every time I pop into IRC for training, you are so perverted to me

u so lewd gurl

I blame your avatar :o

Patchi said:

Rainbow_Dash said:
Well not entirely. I don't go out and do perverted things, I just have a different liking in erotica

That's a lie.

Every time I pop into IRC for training, you are so perverted to me

u so lewd gurl

*le gasp*

Rusteee said:
Also, how the hell does your brother suspect you of being a furry? also if he keeps bringing up the topic it almost sounds like he himself is also a furry

He isn't a furry, he just saw me on e6 browsing the forum one day and asked what I was doing, convo eventually led me into explaining this to him

123easy said:
As for your brother, kick him in the balls a few times until he gets that deliberately sabotaging your life like that isn't kosher.

He would kick my ass, he's twice my size

tfkcex said:
lol your brother maybe a furry... just saying.. MAYBE(not sure but there are HINTs)

He would never be a furry, he thinks its wierd

Dude, your brother doesn't own you. Try, I don't know, getting a restraining order.

AmericanExistence said:
He isn't a furry, he just saw me on e6 browsing the forum one day and asked what I was doing, convo eventually led me into explaining this to him

He would kick my ass, he's twice my size

He would never be a furry, he thinks its wierd

Wait until he's asleep, sneak into his room, punch him in the throat.
Explain to him that you'd appreciate that he stop bringing it up.

Halite said:
Wait until he's asleep, sneak into his room, punch him in the throat.
Explain to him that you'd appreciate that he stop bringing it up.

Or you could do that. Tho, I'd say a testicle and throat punch simultaneously would get your message across a bit more clearly.

How I explained I am a furry to my family:
1) I took a picture of a girl with cat ears and asked if my brothers found it appealing.
2)Then I added fangs. They were ok with it.
3) next furry paws
4) finally full body fur.
5) "I fap to this".
6) after criticism i stated "I know you have a thing for Mystique from X-Men"
7)siblings are now ok with it
Now Parents are fly or die so just show them a SFW picture not ecchi at all and say "This is my fetish".
If this fails point out their fetishes and make it sound worse than yours.
I do not advice you to do any of this because i still cant believe it worked for me. In all honesty i would just take the part i said about a sfw visual example and use it to explain. Let em in gently so when stuff gets more... ahem... odd its not a total "Holy shit what am i seeing right now" moment.

JoeX said:
Or you could do that. Tho, I'd say a testicle and throat punch simultaneously would get your message across a bit more clearly.

Testicle punch causes a surge of adrenaline, average man can manage to maintain fighting ability for a solid 5 minutes after getting hit in the nuts, even really hard.
A punch to the throat and most people can't do anything but choke for quite some time.

This is why in combat training (military, police, etc.) they don't teach you to go for the nut shot.
Nut shot does make a good feint though, the defensive instinct is extreme in that area.

Okay, then. Yeah, I'm with Halite. Punch him in the throat. Maybe whack his Achilles tendon.

This is such a great idea, nothing could possibly go wrong from this. It's such a great idea, that I've decided to come out to my family as a foot fetishist, I know they'll accept me for this lifestyle choice.

Actually, fuck that. That is the dumbest possible thing anybody could do short of eating your own genitals as a mid-afternoon snack. If you tell your family about your gross fetish, you're going to look like this guy.

Fight your faggot brother naked. Nobody wants to hit a naked guy.

Spess_Muhreen said:
If you tell your family about your gross fetish, you're going to look like this guy.

Fight your faggot brother naked. Nobody wants to hit a naked guy.

Wierd

My brother can life me up with one arm

I have no chance
His door makes too much noise if you try to open it quietly
It makes too much noise if you open it normally

Our dog goes crazy and barks very loudly if you are sneaking around the house

The last thing I need is my dad waking up, grabbing his pistol and shooting me because he thinks I'm an intruder

AmericanExistence said:
Wierd

My brother can life me up with one arm

I have no chance
His door makes too much noise if you try to open it quietly
It makes too much noise if you open it normally

Our dog goes crazy and barks very loudly if you are sneaking around the house

The last thing I need is my dad waking up, grabbing his pistol and shooting me because he thinks I'm an intruder

bust in and throat punch him quickly before he can react.

123easy said:
bust in and throat punch him quickly before he can react.

He will kill me. He's faster than me too

I don't stand a chance.

Besides, my brother isn't evil or a douche like everyone is making him out to be

Wait until he's not in his room and put something in his underwear. Try superglue or hot sauce. Or superglue his hand to his forehead.

JoeX said:
Wait until he's not in his room and put something in his underwear. Try superglue or hot sauce. Or superglue his hand to his forehead.

... Everyone here is missing the point

I cannot harm him, he will beat the shit out of me
Then I will have to deal with my dad

And I would have to be suicidal if I wanted to do this

Oh wait, I AM suicidal

But seriously, I cannot harm him. He will fucking BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF ME

Oh, I know! Make slideshows! Everybody loves them!!

Why don't you tell your dad that your brother is being a dickhead? Is he one of those dads that sides with the bigger brother? If he is, I hate people like that. There's got to be a way to deal with it.

Quality thread 5/5

Just in case it wasn't already incredibly clear; DO NOT come out to your parents about being a furry. They do not want to know and you gain nothing.
As for your brother, well you're just gonna have to live with him teasing you for a while. It'll die down. Eventually.

elad said:
As for your brother, well you're just gonna have to live with him teasing you for a while. It'll die down. Eventually.

It's been 6 months already though......

He hasn't stopped
But he HAS been doing it a lot less frequently

He must be starting to except it

JoeX said:
Why don't you tell your dad that your brother is being a dickhead? Is he one of those dads that sides with the bigger brother? If he is, I hate people like that. There's got to be a way to deal with it.

1. Bad move
2. He is my dad's biological son, considering I'm adopted. However, he is basically the only dad I ever really knew

My biological father was a dick, he hit my mom, abused drugs, and was a alcoholic. I hope he's dead.

Too much personal info

AmericanExistence said:
2. He is my dad's biological son, considering I'm adopted. However, he is basically the only dad I ever really knew

He does tend to be less harsh towards him though, you know, like less... Strict. Just more easy-going on him than he is towards me.

Patchi said:
That's a lie.

Every time I pop into IRC for training, you are so perverted to me

u so lewd gurl

I will re-iterate

I don't go out to do these things, I do them in my house

Admins please lock this thread

No one wishes to give me an actual answer rather than beating the shit out of my brother, so this thread is now useless.

Lock the thread please

Rainbow_Dash said:
I will re-iterate

I don't go out to do these things, I do them in my house

XD :P

Rainbow_Dash said:
I will re-iterate

I don't go out to do these things, I do them in my house

Sure, sure...

AmericanExistence said:
No one wishes to give me an actual answer rather than beating the shit out of my brother, so this thread is now useless.

You've recieved so many answers. They are 'don't' and we mean them.

I have a friend who I'm like 99% sure is a brony. I snag on him about it sometimes, but I really don't feel I can pass judgement because of obvious.

I do not beleive I will tell even the people that would most likely be fine about it that I like what I like. It's just not something that has a positive effect on any facet of anything ever.

We exist to vindicate ourselves here, we as a community are for this kind of thing. You'll most likely never meet any of us in real life, and even if you did we would be sympathetic. That's the point.

Thanks to 4chan and other places on the 'net, I have been hearing about this stuff for like ten years, and for every time it works out, it ruins like twenty other peoples' family and social lives. You can't expect people to understand. Even if you have that 'freak out the squares' mentality, it does no good to act upon that in this day and age.

I just wish I could have at some fisticuffs with your brother for you.

I agree, in this generation we live now it's best to NOT tell anyone "in real life" that you are a furry.

I used to tell people, like friends and my mother that I was into furries (sexually) and that I was zoosexual and I had to go through so much hate and shit from people.

I lost friends because of that.

I even met some "so called" furries at college but they grew hatred towards me after I told them I was sexually interested in furries and it also didn't help when I told them I was a zoophile.

Also, do NOT get tempted to say that you are a furry to your parents even if they are telling you that "Oh, it's ok. I won't think your weird, there is nothing to hide."

People tell me that, I suspect that I have gained their trust and then I tell them, then they walk the other way.

AylyaDarkAngel said:
I agree, in this generation we live now it's best to NOT tell anyone "in real life" that you are a furry.

I used to tell people, like friends and my mother that I was into furries (sexually) and that I was zoosexual and I had to go through so much hate and shit from people.

I lost friends because of that.

I even met some "so called" furries at college but they grew hatred towards me after I told them I was sexually interested in furries and it also didn't help when I told them I was a zoophile.

Also, do NOT get tempted to say that you are a furry to your parents even if they are telling you that "Oh, it's ok. I won't think your weird, there is nothing to hide."

People tell me that, I suspect that I have gained their trust and then I tell them, then they walk the other way.

You cannot be surprised that people don't like you that you're a zoophile.

Shit, if my friend said that to me, I would walk away also. I have no tolerance for people who want to fuck animals. Yes I know how silly that sounds.

Patchi said:
You cannot be surprised that people don't like you that you're a zoophile.

Shit, if my friend said that to me, I would walk away also. I have no tolerance for people who want to fuck animals. Yes I know how silly that sounds.

Nature takes it's own revenge.
I saw a study a little while ago that showed that sex with animals significantly increases your risk of genital cancer.
http://www.livescience.com/16903-sex-animals-bestiality-penile-cancer.html

Halite said:
Nature takes it's own revenge.
I saw a study a little while ago that showed that sex with animals significantly increases your risk of genital cancer.
http://www.livescience.com/16903-sex-animals-bestiality-penile-cancer.html

"In addition to SWA, three other risk factors for penile cancer were found: smoking, the presence of premalignant lesions on the penis and phimosis, a condition where the foreskin cannot be retracted over the penis." I can't really take any study seriously that has smoking as a common factor between patients studied, let alone premalignant lesions. It also goes on to talk about how these men have lifestyles that involve visiting prostitutes more often than other men and group sex with animals causing a greater occurance of STDs that can cause cancer. It's just... I want to palm the face of the author of this study so hard.

Halite said:
Nature takes it's own revenge.
I saw a study a little while ago that showed that sex with animals significantly increases your risk of genital cancer.
http://www.livescience.com/16903-sex-animals-bestiality-penile-cancer.html

I'm female btw

I think I'm just going to go back into being a lurker for now on...

I swear for every zoo, furry, spiritual forum I go on there is always people who are quick to put me down for just me being myself.

I find it more or less the same as any hobby I might do. I don't go broadcasting it to everyone and their dog. It's need to know

Rainbow_Dash said:
don't go broadcasting it to everyone and their dog

especially not the dog

AylyaDarkAngel said:
I think I'm just going to go back into being a lurker for now on...

I swear for every zoo, furry, spiritual forum I go on there is always people who are quick to put me down for just me being myself.

This isn't a zoo forum. This is a forum for people who enjoy furry artwork.

Naturally, people are going to be angry if you just start tossing out information about your IRL fetishes, especially if it's something like bestiality.

"Coming out" as furry is like "coming out" that you're into BDSM, water sports or rape. Except a hell of a lot weirder, harder to explain but similar in the fact that you don't tell your whole fucking family.

Ugh. On second though, I'm a big fan of Darwin and his whole shindig. Go ahead. Come out of the yiff closet to all the people close to you. I'm sure having them do a quick Google search will clear up everything.

Patchi said:
You cannot be surprised that people don't like you that you're a zoophile.

Shit, if my friend said that to me, I would walk away also. I have no tolerance for people who want to fuck animals. Yes I know how silly that sounds.

Seconded, i can't stand people who would abuse animals.

AmericanExistence said:
Admins please lock this thread

No one wishes to give me an actual answer rather than beating the shit out of my brother, so this thread is now useless.

Lock the thread please

post #28461

Well now that we have a decent example ad extra, I sincerely hope AE does not go through with this.

Tangent said:
Well now that we have a decent example ad extra, I sincerely hope AE does not go through with this.

It's a battle between his libido and his brain. Take a guess which one I think wins out.

AylyaDarkAngel said:
I think I'm just going to go back into being a lurker for now on...

I swear for every zoo, furry, spiritual forum I go on there is always people who are quick to put me down for just me being myself.

You are very sensitive