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myzz7
10/12/18 8:23:39 PM
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Two years ago, on a Friday night, I was speaking to my friend Joseph on the phone. He said, "I have a confession to make. And when I say it... promise me you won't get upset."

"Alright. What is it?" I inquired.

"I'm...a furry." he said nervously.

"Oh, um...cool! Yeah, um..that's..great! Awesome. Umm...yeah."

I could tell that my response was making him extremely nervous. In a desperate and ill-advised attempt to get rid of the intense awkwardness of the moment, I blurted out a lie that would become the first link in a chain of many lies to follow:

"I'm a furry too!!"

"....really?"

"Uh, yeah! Totally. I've been hiding it, just like you. I didn't want anyone to know. But now that I know that you're a furry too, I feel a lot better."

"This...is...AMAZING!!!" he yelled through the earpiece. "I never knew you were a fur too!! Dude! This is awesome!"

"Yeah, uh...it's great, right?" I mumbled.

"Dude, you don't even know. There's so many things I've been wanting to do."

"Wait--like what?"

"Well, I mean, I've always wanted to make a fursuit, and...if you're a furry too, I was thinking that we could both make one, and go to a con together!"

"Wow! Uhhmm...yeah! That's a good idea. I've seen some really good suits at those cons. You could make a great one, I bet, if you had the right materials."

"Totally! Dude, I've gotta go, but get on Facebook later. I have some vids to show you."

"Alright."

"Cool, see ya dude!"

Anyway, let's fast forward to the present. For the past couple years, I've been going along with it. He asked what my favorite animal is, and I said foxes (which isn't too far from the truth), so he went ahead and drew something called a "fursona" for me. He said that it's like an anthropomorphic animal counter-part to your normal self.

"Alright, I drew it for you, but you have to give it a name."said Joseph.

"A name?"

"Yeah. Something personal. Just, a name that you like."

"Ok, uhh...how about...Frank? Like, Frank the Fox.

"Frank? Are you sure? Like, did you give it enough thought?"

"Yeah, Frank is a pretty cool name. Frank. It just sounds dignified, you know?" I lied, hoping to hurry things up so that we could play video games instead of talking about furry foxes."

"Ok, Frank the Fox it is then. Hi Frank!"

I laughed. He wasn't really going to refer to me as that from now on, was he?

Turns out, he was. He's been calling me Foxie Frank for years now. It's totally weird, but I don't say anything. As far as I'm concerned, as long as he keeps that s*** on the down-low, I don't care what he calls me. Unfortunately, there have been a few times when he called me by that name in front of my other friends, and he then proceeded to tell them that I was a full-fledged furry. I spoke to him about it later, and told him to never, EVER, do that again, and we made a pact swearing that our furry identities were only allowed to be revealed by ourselves, on an individual basis.

I thought that would be the end of any awkward furry crossovers with my friends and family, but Joseph wanted more. He wanted to start a business. A fur-suit business.
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myzz7
10/12/18 8:23:45 PM
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"Are you sure about this?" I asked.

"Absolutely! We'll make the suits, sell them online, and we'll split the profits. It'll be great!"

"Earth to Joseph. Fur-suits are niche. Like, SUPER niche. It'd be really difficult to even begin to make a profit from those. Plus, we haven't even made one yet!"

"It's never too late to start. But Derek, I thought you would be happy about this. You're my only fur friend around here. Even if we don't make that much money, life isn't about money. It's about the experiences, and I've always wanted to do this. Don't you want to do it too?"

"Well...yeah, but it's too much money. Too much effort. Too small of a pay-off. It's not worth it. Let's just forget about it."

"Derek, plllleeeeeaaaassssseeee, please help me. You're the only person I know who's a fur, and I can't do it with anyone else in this town."

"Umm...I dunno..."

"Derek, c'mon! We're the two fur buddies! We can do anything if we put our mind to it."

"I guess so..."

Later that day, we went to a crafts store in our town, and I helped him pick out materials for his fursona, which he called "IceFire, the Snow Wolf". After we found some fabric that looked suitably "furry" and some boots that he could later modifiy into wolf paws, we made our way back to his house. He was so excited. I'd never seen him more happy in my life. I figured that, being a constant procrastinator, Joseph would eventually give up on his fusuit dreams. Unfortunately, he didn't.

In the period of a few months, he worked tirelessly on his fursuit. It looked amazing. He consulted a bunch of internet guides on how to do it, and the end result was fantastic. I'm not even a furry, but even I could admire the sheer amount of detail that went into it. When he had the suit on, he looked like a walking, talking wolf. And it scared the f*** out of me.

Not in the sense that the costume was so realistic that I mistook him for a real wolf, but in the sense that I felt that he and I had crossed a certain societal boundary that I felt deeply uncomfortable with. You'd think that being a brony would've numbed me to thoughts about being "too different" or "too weird", but this...this was too much.

"Joseph...what now?" I asked hesitantly.

"Well, I was thinking we could start working on your suit now. And before you start saying how it's not worth the money, or how it's not going to be fun, just think about what it will be like to be at Anthrocon. You saw those videos I sent you! It looked fun, right? Everybody there was having a good time. Furries are the happiest people on the planet. We could get away from all the negativity here."

"I don't know...I guess."

"Look, are you a fur, or are you not? Because I've been seriously wondering lately."

"I AM a fur!" I insisted, not wanting to hurt his feelings. "It's just that I need more time to think about it, okay? I've never been to a con before, and it makes me nervous."

"Don't be nervous! It's fun! And everyone is accepting."

"I know, but...look, I have to go, okay? I have to take care of something."

"Ok..."

I left his house, feeling terrible. I have to tell him. I'm just not into the furry fandom. It creeps me out. I don't like the feeling of being "close" with a particular animal. It's cool with the ponies because they're sort of like, I dunno, fictional aliens in a way, but fursuits are based of of real animals. It just doesn't sit well with me. It's too deviant.

What should I do? Should I tell him how he feel? That I've just been going along with his furry antics to make him feel good about himself? That I lied to him all this time?
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LimboTraveller
10/12/18 8:28:52 PM
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"my friend"
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JimCarrysToe
10/12/18 8:33:34 PM
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Yikes, quite a situation ya got there. Yea you should tell him the truth, but if the lies been going on for years I'm not sure he's gonna handle it super well, but you can't keep this going forever. Hope everything goes ok ^_^
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WilliamPorygon
10/12/18 8:39:42 PM
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You could fake your death and then skip town. \_()_/

Or refer him to another potential friend who actually is a furry, like me.
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the_rowan
10/12/18 10:11:17 PM
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Jesus, I expected Bel-air at the end, not an actual "what should I do, I'm being serious".
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Breasts
10/12/18 10:13:26 PM
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you should have sex with him
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HashtagTartarus
10/12/18 10:13:36 PM
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I don't see it on Google or /r/furrypasta

What the fuck
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GiftedACIII
10/12/18 10:15:18 PM
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Double post copypasta. Intense stuff
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ultimate reaver
10/12/18 10:18:52 PM
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Spice up your script and maybe well talk about buying it
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pieisthebest
10/15/18 4:54:24 AM
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Posting in a furry fanfiction thread
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l Dudeboy l
10/15/18 4:57:01 AM
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Good story. Don't believe a word of it though.
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The_Doge
10/15/18 5:04:45 AM
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myzz7 posted...
"Are you sure about this?" I asked.

"Absolutely! We'll make the suits, sell them online, and we'll split the profits. It'll be great!"

"Earth to Joseph. Fur-suits are niche. Like, SUPER niche. It'd be really difficult to even begin to make a profit from those. Plus, we haven't even made one yet!"

"It's never too late to start. But Derek, I thought you would be happy about this. You're my only fur friend around here. Even if we don't make that much money, life isn't about money. It's about the experiences, and I've always wanted to do this. Don't you want to do it too?"

"Well...yeah, but it's too much money. Too much effort. Too small of a pay-off. It's not worth it. Let's just forget about it."

"Derek, plllleeeeeaaaassssseeee, please help me. You're the only person I know who's a fur, and I can't do it with anyone else in this town."

"Umm...I dunno..."

"Derek, c'mon! We're the two fur buddies! We can do anything if we put our mind to it."

"I guess so..."

Later that day, we went to a crafts store in our town, and I helped him pick out materials for his fursona, which he called "IceFire, the Snow Wolf". After we found some fabric that looked suitably "furry" and some boots that he could later modifiy into wolf paws, we made our way back to his house. He was so excited. I'd never seen him more happy in my life. I figured that, being a constant procrastinator, Joseph would eventually give up on his fusuit dreams. Unfortunately, he didn't.

In the period of a few months, he worked tirelessly on his fursuit. It looked amazing. He consulted a bunch of internet guides on how to do it, and the end result was fantastic. I'm not even a furry, but even I could admire the sheer amount of detail that went into it. When he had the suit on, he looked like a walking, talking wolf. And it scared the f*** out of me.

Not in the sense that the costume was so realistic that I mistook him for a real wolf, but in the sense that I felt that he and I had crossed a certain societal boundary that I felt deeply uncomfortable with. You'd think that being a brony would've numbed me to thoughts about being "too different" or "too weird", but this...this was too much.

"Well, I was thinking we could start working on your suit now. And before you start saying how it's not worth the money, or how it's not going to be fun, just think about what it will be like to be at Anthrocon. You saw those videos I sent you! It looked fun, right? Everybody there was having a good time. Furries are the happiest people on the planet. We could get away from all the negativity here."

"I don't know...I guess."

"Look, are you a fur, or are you not? Because I've been seriously wondering lately."

"I AM a fur!" I insisted, not wanting to hurt his feelings. "It's just that I need more time to think about it, okay? I've never been to a con before, and it makes me nervous."

"Don't be nervous! It's fun! And everyone is accepting."

"I know, but...look, I have to go, okay? I have to take care of something."

"Ok..."

I left his house, feeling terrible. I have to tell him. I'm just not into the furry fandom. It creeps me out. I don't like the feeling of being "close" with a particular animal. It's cool with the ponies because they're sort of like, I dunno, fictional aliens in a way, but fursuits are based of of real animals. It just doesn't sit well with me. It's too deviant.

What should I do? Should I tell him how he feel? That I've just been going along with his furry antics to make him feel good about himself? That I lied to him all this time?

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Pancake
10/15/18 5:08:59 AM
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go to the con for the experience and tell him afterward. sounds like he really wants the support for his first try into the unknown.
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apolloooo
10/15/18 5:10:32 AM
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Flee the country
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Turbam
10/15/18 5:15:05 AM
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Tagging TC as Foxxie Frank
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WafflehouseJK
10/15/18 5:15:22 AM
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What a story Mark.
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YourDrunkFather
10/15/18 7:08:30 AM
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IF this story is real you might as well be honest with him. It's gonna have to come out eventually. The worst he's gonna do is stop talking to you, which is a blessing from where I'm standing
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Eevee-Trainer
10/15/18 7:19:19 AM
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YourDrunkFather posted...
IF this story is real you might as well be honest with him. It's gonna have to come out eventually. The worst he's gonna do is stop talking to you, which is a blessing from where I'm standing

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ClockworkHare
10/15/18 7:40:20 AM
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I told my friend that I'm a furry...but I lied.


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0AbsoluteZero0
10/16/18 1:00:20 AM
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Ive already had TC tagged as a furry for a while now. This topic is a load of crap lol
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inloveanddeath0
10/16/18 1:13:39 AM
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Pitlord_Special
10/16/18 1:25:44 AM
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Post pics of the fursona he drew for you
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HashtagTartarus
10/16/18 8:38:44 AM
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0AbsoluteZero0 posted...
Ive already had TC tagged as a furry for a while now. This topic is a load of crap lol


I tagged them "wants to eff Pokemon"
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