Ahahaha. My dad never accepted it, called it "the weird fox people". And my mom only accepts it because it keeps me from mooching money off her. Otherwise she says I'm weird.
D':

Hahaha, same here with the mooching bit. As long as it resembles some sort of income, you could be drawing every fetish under the sun for all they care.

Of course! It's completely like that. No porn involved at all.

this is one thing i guess i've been half and half with, since majority of what i draw is portraits and human only 30% of the rest is furry, so whenever she see's it lying round open in my room, most of the time she thinks it's werewolves or a comic i like to doodle around with

Yes, just explain that it's werewolves. Any finicky stuff can be blamed on myths.

pretty much, but i just come clean with it and tell her

my mom considers it normal.

Lucky as balls.

My parents hate art, so the feeling is neutral.

They just hate art? Like, all art?

Yeah, like; they buy one portrait and stuff, but they claim it isn't a worthwhile activity for me or anyone, even with my spare-time that I've had on me lately.

Wow. What an ill-informed opinion. I wish you the best of luck in challenging their opinion through example. :)

I'm with Stigs--I hope they see the light!

Well what you gotta do is like draw only shemale representations of close family members with like dick shitting nipples and tell them that is your art. Then when you show them your furry stuff they'll be less horrified.

Anyway no art doubt - you're an awesome.

James I never doubted your brilliance until now. We'll see how it goes.

No you.

i just tell my parents i like animals and animal art
when i go to conventions i say i'm going to "animal art" conventions
i never, ever want them to hear it called furry because i'm terrified that they will do a google search

I mentioned this to them before "furry" was a known term. They're not curious--or brave--enough to commit a search. Then things would get really tangy.

Me mum thinks it's 'cute'. My dad doesn't care, he just wants me to paint something colourful for once

Your next goal is kawaii rainbow shota.

Why didn't you just say you drew animal-people?

This.

You know what--

I defined furry for them when I was a little younger and less aware of... THINGS. It's still an innocent hobby!

My mom found an old smutty drawing I had done of Fox and Falco, so I didn't even need to introduce the idea to her—she found out completely on her own.

Oh noooo!
How did you find out that she had found out?

I threw said sketchbook under a rocking chair in the basement and forgot about it for months. My mom was looking through it in an effort to find some sketches to show to her coworkers, because she was so proud of her son for "being so good at drawing things".

And after I found that sketchbook in my backpack with that page missing I knew she found it. We had an awkward, but ultimately hilarious conversation about it during the 4.25 hour drive to campus. She bought me a chocolate bar to make me feel better. It was great.

Oh man. Well it sounds like you have an understanding mom so that's really good.
But oh god that is the worst feeling when you know somebody's been through your stuff and seen something like that.

I am so glad to have witnessed this moment of bonding. ;^;

I bet you are.

Also, furriers makes them sound diseased.

Furriers STD circa 1983.