It's been over a year and a half since I joined this lovely fandom, and it's been about 3 months that my mate and I have known each other... so far. My mate is one of the most perfect men I have ever met, I love him deeply, and he loves me back, even if we do live 400 miles away. But, like everything else in life, it has it's price. I have known my mate through this fandom, and I even wish to see him irl someday, and maybe, just maybe live together, but there's one thing that might change that outcome.... my parents. My Mom and Dad, as I have mentioned here before, do not approve of furries, they think that it's a group of pedophiles. They have threatened to punish me and ground me some times before, and could. This has made me wary on being true to who I really am, especially if they think if it was this fandom is what made me gay. Before I joined it I was heterosexual, but then opened into bisexuality an then just plain out gay. I know that my Mom would accept me even if I was gay, but I don't know if my Dad would though. I am always afraid if they find out that I have a mate over the internet. Mom is afraid that I end up getting kidnapped or whatever, but I know that my mate is my age, I have 2 pictures of him, and I plan on video chatting with him whenever we have time to. I don't want to cause my parents to think that I am purposely trying to rebel against them, I just want to enjoy life with someone that I care for, but if my parents think that I am lying or trying to rebel, they have the power to go and take away my internet and/or my computer, which is my only way of contacting my mate through skype. I don't have a cellphone, and my Mom has passwords over my Ipod, so if I loose my computer, I will be forced to never see my mate again. I worried and tried to plan what to do every day on what to do. Lately, I have been open about my orientation to my friends irl, so should I need it, I have people to fall back on. I don't know if I should tell my parents that I am gay or not, and if I should tell them the truth about my mate. What if they ask and threaten to punish me if I say yes? I don't want to be ripped apart from my bf, I just want my parent's blessings. Please reply if anyone here is going/went through a similar situation or knows someone that did or just knows stuff.

~Zoraki Husky