Introducing myself to the fur community!

[abitoni48]

I want to introduce myself to the fur community. Since I've never done that before. I was a member on FFG back in the day, I made a couple accounts here but almost never posted. I've mostly been someone that has sat on the sidelines of the fur community.

Well, now I wanna change that. I want to become an active participant. 

A little background about me. I'm 30 years old. I kind of had a thing for fur back when I was a kid, I can potentially discuss it further. But I always knew I liked fur from watching movies with my mom, maybe I didn't know why. Whenever Youtube became a thing I remember eventually getting around to searching up "fur" or fur related stuff. I eventually stumbled on the type of content you'd find on Youtube for fur at the time. (This would be 2006-2007 at the time) One video must have been tagged with furbound or fursluts or something to that effect. (Likely Furbound since Fursluts might have gotten taken off Youtube.) I went to the website, I checked the last tab that had additional websites/resources and one of the links was to Fur Fashion Guide. The Mecca for the Fur Community at the time. Keep in mind, I was ~12 at the time. - I'll leave the story right there. I'll save it for more of an appropriate time.

However, most of my life I haven't really been in a pro-fur environment. I live in the south near the gulf coast with my family (my mom and dad) and while they're both kind people who are good to me. They're both anti-fur. And I think the way it's impacted my life is that I never really thought fur was for me. Until a few years ago. I never even knew there were pro-fur arguments to the fur debate. I thought it was a given that fur was bad and that people with fur were just oldschool people guilty pleasuring there way through things. 

Well. I do want to change somethings in my life. I do want to become an open and active participant in the fur community, I want to wear furs, and I also want to make broader improvements to my life. I did a lot of really cool things in real life in 2025, pushing my boundaries socially and with a new career, I grew a lot as a person. I want to continue that growth in 2026. 

So starting to post more, while it may sound weird, is a good first step in the right direction. And of course because I'm a lazy piece of shit, I'm doing this 27 days after the start of the New Year, haha. (again this is what I'm trying to change) - Also, I'm not a kid anymore. I'm all grown up now! Haha.

So ya, maybe a bit of a weird post. I made a couple posts earlier about Sabrina Carpenter about half a year ago. People really liked it, I was gonna do one with Kim Kardashian because people were talking about it but, I think I'm gonna get back into that avenue, that lane. I also am interested in what I might call, "the fur zeitgest" I'll probably make posts about that too.

Also, my name is Alexei. That's not my actual name but it's what I'm going by. I like the name for a couple reasons but one reason is because I like Russian History and culture, so ya. Oh also, I'm a male.

Pleasure to meet you guys.

Edited January 27 by abitoni48
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[thomas renard 450]

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[minkme]

Welcome Alexei

[FoxFurStory_35]

Welcome to the forum Alexei.  Very open and honest sounding introduction.  I can relate to the fur fetish starting young and being a secret as I had a similar experience.  Tough to suppress such a strong passion for fur and keep it to yourself.  
 

Cheers

[FullLengthFox]

Welcome Alexei! Any plans of moving out? It would certainly help gaining some more freedom to explore your passion for fur. 

[abitoni48]

On 1/27/2026 at 8:52 PM, FoxFurStory_35 said:

Welcome to the forum Alexei.  Very open and honest sounding introduction.  I can relate to the fur fetish starting young and being a secret as I had a similar experience.  Tough to suppress such a strong passion for fur and keep it to yourself.  
 

Cheers

Thanks for the kinds words! Ya, I didn't initially plan on divulging too much information about myself but I read someone else's introduction post and saw they put a decent effort into and then thought, hey what the hell, I want to one day be someone that wears furs out in the open and I'm trying to change some things about my life - fuck it, I might as well just be as naked as I can be.

So yes, to your point, open and honest.

20 hours ago, FullLengthFox said:

Welcome Alexei! Any plans of moving out? It would certainly help gaining some more freedom to explore your passion for fur. 

Thanks and ya, that's the plan eventually.

I moved in with my family sometime before the pandemic and then didn't have a job during the pandemic. I get save some money on rent and put more money away which is nice when living with family. 

But at the end of day, I have to move to a completely different city to enjoy furs. It's just too damn hot down here. But hopefully I eventually get there, that's the plan at least.

[FoxFurStory_35]

20 hours ago, abitoni48 said:

Thanks for the kinds words! Ya, I didn't initially plan on divulging too much information about myself but I read someone else's introduction post and saw they put a decent effort into and then thought, hey what the hell, I want to one day be someone that wears furs out in the open and I'm trying to change some things about my life - fuck it, I might as well just be as naked as I can be.

So yes, to your point, open and honest.

Thanks and ya, that's the plan eventually.

I moved in with my family sometime before the pandemic and then didn't have a job during the pandemic. I get save some money on rent and put more money away which is nice when living with family. 

But at the end of day, I have to move to a completely different city to enjoy furs. It's just too damn hot down here. But hopefully I eventually get there, that's the plan at least.

“Be as naked as I can be” leading to the pun “Open and honest” LOL.  That was a good one.  You have a way with words! Your affinity for furs must be so strong if you’re willing to move to a colder climate away from your family.  Have you ever told anyone how you feel about furs?