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The MFF story.
10 years ago
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Vellux and I were all packed up and ready to go the night before. So we set out at 7:30 am to drop my husband off at the train station to save money on Uber. After that we went on our way to the con! I forgot to tell the GPS no ferries so we had to take one to get into the US. Not gonna lie I was pretty freaked out about being on a boat with my car. But we made it safe to land in just a few mins. There were 3 cars on the boat and we got off 2nd in line. The first was a truck and he went through NP. Once we got there we handed our passports in and they asked why we were coming into the US. We told them the truth since I feel like it is the best way. 'We are going to meet some friends at a con in IL. He then opened the back of my car and looked around at the clear box I had packed with my table set up. He asked a few more questions and I answered truthfully. There was also a gift that was wrapped up with a box and he had asked the contents. (It was a mug and a bath ball)
I guess he felt like he needed to look in the car with more detail so he told me to pull over to secondary and step out of the car. We pulled into a small spot and I took the keys out and set them on the dash so he could see. I grabbed my phone and wallet and went inside the little office with Vellux since it was really cold. The officers inside were very nice. They asked about where we were going again and a few other questions like what my husband did in Canada for work. We spoke about that for a while since people always have interest in his work. After a while he had torn the car apart and started to walk inside. I thought 'Ah good we can go on our way now' NOPE he had a small bottle of pills in his hand. They were from when we drove up to Canada in the first place. I had gotten really sick and had to go to an urgent care in some random state. But what I did not know is that 2 of my low dose pain killers had been mixed into those. I honestly do not remember how they even got put in there but there they were. Two 500 mg Vicodin. Just my luck right? He of course asked what they were and I was open and honest. I explained that I was in a bad hit and run accident 4-5 years back that left me with some extreme pain when I walk. I did not recall the name of the urgent care I was taken to at that time because I was very out of it. So then he had a huge issue. 'How do you not know where you went to get treatment' he asked in an aggressive tone. So then I explained to him that I was driven by my husbands mother at the time shortly after I was found blacked out on the side of the road. I also explained that we did not have the money to go to the larger named hospital at the time so I supplied him with the city it was in and the time frame hoping it would be enough. It was not. He then told me that it is a felony to have a controlled substance with out the correct papers. At that point I held my tongue since he was not really listening to me. If he was he would know that it was just an honest mistake that I even had them on me and that my story was real. He had no reason to believe I was lying since all my details added up and I did not say um or have to think a lot. Since I told the truth 100% there was not a single gap in the story. He also asked about my husband. 'Why aren't you wearing your ring if you are married.?' I told him I do not really wear jewelry so I find them to be uncomfortable but I do carry my bands in my purse. I invited him to go look for them and he did since he did not believe I was even married.
He told me to sit down. So I sat. Some time went on and another male officer came in and talked to me a little bit. he asked me some of the same questions and I gave the same answers in different ways since the questions were a little different. I think he called him in to try to get me to mess up my 'story' but you can't mess up the truth, sorry man. Some more time passed and two female officers walked in that did not look very happy to be there. They looked over and pointed at Vellux asking if that was the person and the male officer handling us shook his head and pointed at me. They called me by name and told me to go into this small room. They closed the door and did a full body search on me. I wont go into more detail on that since it is more personal. They of course found nothing. So I was asked to go sit back in the waiting area. They spoke to the male officer for a while then left. More time passed and he made two more trips to the car to further tear it apart. A sheriff pulled up and came up to the outside area near my car and they spoke for some time outside so I could not hear. She then took the pills to her car and sat in there for it must have been 30 full mins typing on her comp. She then came back in and stood in front of me as I sat on the metal bench in the waiting area next to Vellux. She asked opened with a questions but cut me off as I started to answer and said 'You can go down two roads. I can let you both go or haul your ass to jail and impound your car. So you choose, tell me the truth or say goodbye to your husband and your car because you won't be going back over that border and seeing him' She then asked me about the pills and I showed her the car sickness bands on my wrists so she could see I was not lying about the hospital trip for those. Then I also explained to her how I was hit and run a number of years ago and how the pain is so bad some days I cant even get out of bed. I also told her that I have never done anything to break the law and that I am the person who stops to let people back out of a parking spot and holds door open. That person what will chase trash if it blows away in the wind. She continued to threaten me and told me 'If you could even make bail you will never go back to Canada and you will never see your husband again' At this point I knew what she wanted. She wanted to feel like the tough guy and make me cry. So I gave her what she wanted and mustered up a few tears and whined that I was sorry. She verbally abused me for 20 mins or so while I sat there and just took it. After all they did not believe the truth and I refused to lie. So I said nothing more.
At the end of her threats she said 'You are very lucky i am so nice consider this my Christmas gift to you. You can go now. Dont let this ever happen again or I will put you in jail.' We quickly took our things and rushed to the car. It was a mess. Everything was pulled out of my glove box and scattered all over the floor and seat the boxes were torn up. No stone left upturned. We cleared off the seat and I left as fast as possible. Not gonna lie I was shaken up.
We got to the con 4 hours late since they held us for 4 hours. But then it started to get better. We met up with out group and hit the hotel. There was a cool glass shower there and I think everyone saw my boobs but its whatever <3 Did not get much sleep that night but got up early to set up for art show and also get in line for Artist Alley.
Got into both with no issues.
Vellux and I also hung out with 
Calista and his friends! They were all so damn sweet and we all played cards and walked to get pizza.
I was also really lucky and met 
whitetailmoon 
RyokoNoKalo 
royalty 
iggi and 
PocketWolfCollections Did some trades and they were all freaking amazing. Seriously go watch them.
On our way home we met up with Pocketwolf and had a ton of fun in the city. We wanted to stay so bad but had to get on the road.
We got to the crossing at about 5:30am and of course pulled to secondary. From here it went down hill. Again we both stuck to the truth. Vellux had applied for a temp visa with us as his sponsor. We moved in Sep so he still had 3 full months before he had to go back. They pulled us inside and spoke to Vellux for a long while. I sat helpless on the sidelines as she told him he could not come in and that his application was denied. She then told us that it is up to me what happens with him but he can not come into Canada. We got a hotel on the US side and got some rest. The next morning we scrambled to find a place for him to stay. Both Calista and 
Viswey helped out a ton and it was nice to have you guys helping.
I ended up taking him to the airport and he is now in IL staying for a while.
As you can tell this has been a very emotional con for us. While we had fun at the con the chain of events were so bad it is hard to tell if it was worth it to go or not. We are both recovering now and getting back to work as fast as possible.
TLDR::
Got stopped at the border and almost arrested.
Had a good con.
Vellux was not able to come home.
PS sorry if anything is worded oddly. I am still super tired.
Vellux
Calista
whitetailmoon
RyokoNoKalo
royalty
iggi
PocketWolfCollections
VisweySome awesome artists you should go watch!
sorry you guys had such a rough time q.q I hope the next cOn goes better for your next trip
WE WILL BEAT THOSE CARDS AT SOLITAIRE!
*hugs* I wish you two the best of luck. I know you two will be reunited. ; v ;
They just dont listen </3
I am glad you both had fun at the con despite this. It was awesome getting to hang out with you two! Hopefully we didn't scar you too much. =p
And since I do live in the area please let me know if there's any way I can help.
It was amazing hanging out with you all and I had a ton of fun.
We may live near you soon! After all this I am scared to have to go back and forth. So we will be saving up to break the lease and move to the US again.
My boyfriend is Canadian and I'm here for a few months with him and... God, I can't even imagine.
I've been hassled at the border a few times, but I've always found honesty the best policy. Yes, we met online. Yes, we've met each others family. Yes, I know I can't do A, B, or C while in the country. But they still seem to want to make a big deal out of small things. I have to wonder if they get off at trying to ruin other people's lives.
But that... Just. Wow. I have no words to describe how fucked that is. I'd honestly say raise some hell, get papers of proof for your hospital stay and prescription, mail copies to that office and thank them for causing you undue stress with as much sarcasm as you could muster. I'd say that... but I know how stressful dealing with a border can be, and there's no point in risking them ruining your relationship through retaliation. That just makes me so angry, though. That's the behavior of sadists. I'm really sorry you had to go through something like that.
Time and hassle of dealing with them may not be worth whatever could be done.
I wish you the best if you have to go back and forth a lot. Since even a small honest mistake was blown way out of control.
Instead of taking what I said and seeing that I was being honest and giving me a warning. They decided to make a HUGE scene and threaten me repeatedly.
There is always a right and wrong way to handle things and this was the wrong way.
The time and effort may not be worth the outcome.
I'd give ya all the hugs i can if i could ;-;
Harass the honest ones. I hope you don't get stopped ever again!
But yah. Border crossing. Declare nothing. Say visiting friends and family or returning home. Mention about business if and only if you want to get searched and interrogated.
I am worried about when I got to Califur now -_- Maybe it would be worth it to just ship it to my mom.
Why not that? Life is just too short to be like they were.
I just hope I dont have to deal with it again </3
I got the only ass in the building.
On the trip back without Vellux I told the guy I was a furry because I had suit stuff in my car and he was just interested in that then told me to drive safe.
None of this surprises me in the least.
I really hope things go uphill from here. ;n;
But hooooly shit that interrogation over a couple of vicodin. That seem WHOLLY unecessary like whoa buddy. Especially seeing as how you gave the same story multiple times. Like dude..America...chill~ I would've freaked the hell out and would've been crying loooong before you did man lol. Screw all of that, that was sooo unfair to you. And to threaten you with not being able to see your husband and going to jail over and over like that, abuse of power. Stupid chick just wanted to assert herself and wasn't getting the reaction she wanted. :T
And I'm glad you had fun at the con but I feel so so badly that you had all this trouble just to go to it. I'm so sorry for that and I hope everything gets cleared up soon
I'm glad the con itself went well enough, that's a wild story.
See you in 7 months hopefully! :P