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Hey Y'all! Hope you're having a good day when reading this. I sortta am (finals start tomorrow so it's kind of eh). But I wanted to ask a question that's been on my mind for quite a long time, well before I joined the fourm. How do I meet other people who are furries in real life? I live in Atlanta Georgia most of the time because I go to Georgia Tech, so I'm literally in the middle of downtown Atlanta which is one of the biggest cities in the Southeast. It'd seem there should be a few here. I mean we host Furry Weekend Atlanta here. I want to attend but it's a while away and I don't really want to go alone. And I don't really want to advertise it. I kind of feel like back when I was semi-closeted for being gay. I had to take baby steps lol. Anyway back on track. I just want to be able to meet up with other furries IRL but also do so safely. I'm well aware there is a very real danger to meeting people from online in IRL. I've done it before, so I know what to and not to do. But I'm not as familiar with the dynamics of this particular fandom so I want to know what I should be aware of. So does anyone have any suggestions on how I could find friends IRL who are also furries? Does anyone happen to live in or near ATL? Whatever advice is given I'm grateful for. Thanks again guys! Also for mod's I'd read the rules and I don't think this counts as a location shout out. It's a bit more generalized than that I believe. I'm referring to my specific location in this instance, but it's more for anyone anywhere. On that note, if this does break the rules, then obviously remove it and let me know so I'll know for future reference. Thanks!

Hey guys. I know we're all somehow maybe part of the same niche interest, but we don't know a ton about each other. What's your irl job? What do you do, how difficult is it? Do you like it? Does it have a career ladder or is it a resume builder? I love shit like that. I freelance professionally right now as a graphic designer. I focus on web design. I'm a junior in art school though, so I'm not 'full fledged' so to speak. I'm not a complete ameteur either as I've been doing this for four years, and I'm very excited to see my work in select areas in my city that I live in. Whenever I don't have a graphic design contract, I draw for furries online. It's mostly fetish focused, as I believe sexuality should be celebrated and the avenues to get to the stuff you like should be safe, sane, and consensual. Were I not a graphic designer for Ui/Ux, I'd love to work as an artist for sexual health books and comics like Oh Joy Sex Toy.

No, I'm not going to let that sit out there. I'm just going to say I talked to my mom this evening, and she dropped this bomb on me after I felt like I wasn't mourning tess properly. The idea that I may or not be only scares me because if its obvious I'm not all there to my friends and family, the careful structure I've built around me will come crumbling down. I'm not ready to relinquish that control, because that is all I have. I have had an incredibly fucked up past, and it makes me wonder now if some mental illnesses are raised and not born. Or, now the idea is in my head that I was just born this way, and destined to feel as though I need to adopt personalities to get what I want. I love and hate and nurture and care, but it still feels like a coat of wallpaper over a concrete wall. My therapist isn't going to be helpful. She still talks to me like a wounded animal in a quiet, "Soothing" voice that infuriates me. I'm not a tiny, helpless child anymore. I'm a woman who is in a LOT of control and can't afford it to come toppling down because someone gets a whiff that I have to carefully observe other people to make sure I'm doing this shit right. At my default I am full of rage, incredibly bitter and very cynical. Machiavellian, even. I need to pad that with things like charisma, intelligence, wittiness and empathy that I don't feel like it comes from within, but instead done as a function because people expect me to. There, a less soul baring rant.