It's probably exaggerated. I usually keep it to myself and semi-hide it, but I've never had anyone been like EWWW WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU!?

I get jokes about being a disgusting furfag and dogfucker jokes, and my parents were like lolwut when I went to AC, but I've never had anyone seriously judge me negatively for it.

I don't blare it around. I just don't go NO IM NOT. I DONT DRAW DOGS EITHER NOPE NOPE NOPE XD

I don't get dogfucker jokes. I get sparkledog jokes from my sister, but only until I start dissing on her lolita obsession.

I don't get sparkledog jokes :C I'd rather have them then dogfucker jokes. What was the first thing my sister asked when I got home from AC? "So did you get any yiff?"

Hahahahha.

JUST MAKE A SPURKLDOG THEN. :V :V :V

But I like my original character do not steal :C

Oh also I had my mom ask me that question too except she didn't say yiff :|

You know how teenagers over exaggerate their problems. Parents know, they dont get it and i made it clear to them i dont murrsuit lol

Yeah it's dumb! XD

It doesn't happen as frequently as you see, I'm sure. But it wouldn't surprise me if it happened a few times. Some people consider yiff bestiality, and of course there are people avidly against that, so if yiff is put into the same category, then I can see it becoming a problem really fast. And then there are the furries who draw feral yiff, which is illustrated bestiality, and that adds an entire new element to it. There's also the age issue in the US about pornography being for people who are 18 years and older, and when you take into account people's lifestyles and beliefs and how strict they can get, you can see it becoming a problem there.

I'm not saying it's necessarily right or wrong, or that it's common by any stretch. Personally, I've never seen it happen, and I've never gotten slack for being a part of the furry fandom. I get the occasional nag or joking shove, but I've never really gotten reamed out for it. So I can't say it if actually DOES happen, but it wouldn't surprise me on a more extreme level. People get up in arms about the dumbest shit in the world, even when it comes to morals, their lifestyles, and their children. So it just wouldn't surprise me.

That being said, most, if not all, of those fourteen year olds on this site who claim it are probably enjoying their persecution complex and the attention it brings.

I still think your dad sounds awesome.

There's aren't adequate words to describe how jelly I am.

Although, to be honest, my mom would probably love furries if I exposed her to the non-sexual side of things. She wants to be an elephant. ._.;

It's an exaggeration. Furries just LOVE drama so when anything small in their life happens (they drop something, they trip, they get yelled at by their mom for not cleaning their room) they have to make it so much bigger.

Furries who say "MY PARENTS ARE KICKIN' ME OUT CUZ I R FURRY" are usually being "kicked out" because they expose their parents to stupidity, like fucking in murrsuits or running around town with an ear and tails claiming they're real and that they truly are the animal that they chose to represent them. Their parents have nothing to go off of except the suiting, the ear and tails, the "yiff" and "murr" words that they eventually find to mean something sexual. So they just assume furries are disgusting and they don't want their kids around if they're gonna be gross.

There's also the furries that think they need to hide it; even if they're just in it for the art, they make it a lifestyle and then hide it. Then their parents are like "WHAT THE FUCK IS A FURRY?!", research it, and only see the horrors of the fandom.

My mom KNOWS I'm a furry. I explained furries and furfags, and then that what she saw on CSI was somewhat accurate. She didn't care. At all. She was like, "If it makes you happy, whatever. Just don't do it in front of me."