Good morning/afternoon/evening/night, zoo community!~ :D

Hey all, been so long since I have been around here ~ hope all is well

What happened? Do you want to talk about it? Im no shrink, but I can listen.

Well my message doesnt make much sense now that the one I was replying to is gone.

I literally have no time tonight, but I wanted to say to all the new members in the last day or two, I hope you all enjoy your time here, find any answers you seek or just hangout with like minded people. So welcome one and all.

Aroooooo! Or, erm, squeak?

*every single animal noise ever*

Thats a lot of different sounds to make all at once.

he must be the metatron

I'm back, briefly. Just got caught up. Extraordinarily busy as of late. So much to do and so little time in which to do it. Wishing you all the best, ZoobyDoobyDoo.

Life is definitely busy!

Well, I failed an attempt to come out to my best friend. Every time I tried to it just got caught in my throat. Better luck next time I guess.

Aww. I hope that goes better next time! I was with some furry friends a month ago, and wanted to bring it up, but I didn't want to just blurt out, "Oh, hey, I'm zoo!" I was waiting for some kind of opening, but it didn't come.

Anyone here have a stance on the age old "maws vs paws"? Personally im a paws fan (rabbit pheets are best pheets, not in a foot fetish way though i just think they're cute) but i can see the appeal in maws

Very relatable, @Brass Bulldog. It took me like 6 months from telling my best friend I had something I needed to tell him to finally say it. And he ended up being accepting! By the way, if your "best friend" shuns you for your attraction - they were never really your best friend. You could easily find much better online friends on here than people like that. Don't confuse this with initial skepticism/questions though. Most people don't know or care about this and will want to learn more in time.

I know. I'm not really worried about how he'd respond. That's why I decided to try to come out to him, but the words just wouldnt come out. I will continue to work on this. I could always just send a text, but this is too important to me to do that.

Do you know that he'd be accepting? Or are you aware it doesn't matter how he does respond? I had to come out to my friend over text because we no longer live near each other, but I did tell him after the fact that I honestly would have preferred to come out in person, and I think the same goes for most of us. A deeper understanding and acceptance can be achieved that way, even if the risk is slightly higher

Im confident he would be accepting. He's very logical and knows me well. Not the type to pass judgement without knowing the facts.

Nice, nice

My friend at the very least accepts the attraction. We have not talked about whether actual relationships with animals are appropriate, but given he sounds a lot like your friend (doesn't pass judgement without knowing the facts) I'm confident he would accept that as well. As I am currently not an active zoophile I have not felt the need to discuss this with him yet, but when the times comes that I will introduce a non-human companion in to my life I'm sure that's a conversation we'll have.