BC Furries

Hey all. I want to attend a con but I work with a furry. and want to keep my status on the DL. (I know he's a furry, he doesn't know I am. ) Im thinking specifically about vancoufur

Get a fursuit head and never take it off?

No, I kid. I dunno. Going to Vancoufur if you're both in the GVA there's a pretty good chance you'll run into each other.
You could also just ask him, if that happens, not to blurt about it?

Ack, was hoping I could delete the post before anyone replied to it. I'm mostly a lurker that had a bit of drunken courage last night. Thanks for the advice though..! Full time fursuit is a thought hah

As Vancoufur is nearing, I am gonna drag this one from the boneyard.

One of those big steps in life

is not giving a sh!t as to what 'strangers' think about you; people who are not important in your life.

It is a tough one, and many people never really get there (and easier said than done, I know).

At work alone, I have been called a nerd, geek, misogynist, a bully, a brony, a furry, The Gay, et. al.
I may be some of these things, I may not (I am no brony), yet these are only other people's perceptions.

I am who I am, and I will not let the perceptions of others, be they real, imagined, constructed or otherwise, alter how I go through life.
If you are able to safely navigate the laws of society, without being confined within how society says you need to be to 'fit in'
you are one step closer to being comfortable in your own skin, be it smooth, scaled, feathered or fuzzy.

if you know the other person is a furry, you should see that as support and not something to hide from. most likely they would identifywith your situation and wouldnt do something that made you uncomfortable. hopefully its not because you are ashamed of them and wouldnt want to be associated with them. it also doesnt mean you have to be friends with them, maybe they are loud and obnoxious. either way, you need to be yourself. vancouver is not scary and it is better having fun and getting out ther rather than hiding and always wondering. come out to a smaller event like a game night. there are less people and not out in the open. i just hate when people dont do stuff because of what others think, i know everyone doesnt have my mind-set, but im still alive doing whatever i want, im not scared, so why should others be?

Unless you have significant differences in any other realm and the only commonality is being a furry (which is rare) there is little reason to withhold you are a furry from another furry. And thankfully GVA is open to any lifestyles and pursuits. Adding to Warrior27, like huskies do whatever you want (yet be aware of the consequences).