That awkward moment

[xaq_the_aereon]

When you've been friends with people who all had a common interest that you didn't share and had no problem with, but when you find yourself starting to share that interest, and for some reason the ability to mention it to them just slams to a halt in your throat.

Been experiencing that with a couple of my friends over the past few days, and the reason why I can't bring myself to say "Hey guys, you know that thing you all like that I don't? Well, I kinda do now" completely eludes me. I should have no problem with it, and yet every time I get the urge to bring it up, I just choke.

It's infuriating in how stupid it is.

*bitchkvetchyammermuttergripe*

EDIT: Forced myself to say it in a reply to David down below.

EDIT: For those not interested in reading the comments, I've finally decided to start identifying myself as furry.

Just, don't expect me to start wearing a fursuit anytime soon, though. XP

Comments

[davidn]

Thanks for building up the courage to say it to me, that's really flattering :) I mentioned in that Tumblr post yesterday that there's still a huge stigma attached to it if you look at certain areas of the Internet, but it's really not a big deal. No requirements, no tests... it only matters what you enjoy, and no one's going to think any differently of you for it :)

[xaq.livejournal.com]

One step at a time, I guess.