~MCallahan

Dear reader. please take one step back away from your computer screen and ponder... is there anything wrong with your human name?
Online I understand the whole fursona thing. I understand the image, the name and the anonymity. What I don't understand is when i venture to meet fur in the real world and none offer their human name. However on the acquisition of the secret human name they insist I only call them Kalandar the unquenchable (example)... and I don't get why for often they can be defensive, angry or even offended by their human name online or in person

The saddest point is when I went to meet a dear friend of mine... for the sake of argument I shall call him 'L'... L is very normal looking, normal acting and yet insists on being called his (slightly ridiculous) fur name, at some point deep in a dinner conversation his mother interrupted me to inquire as to (slightly ridiculous)'s name and although I was quick to come to a cover I came to a sad realization... in the whole time I'd known him. I'd used his human name perhaps twice. little enough that I had to sit back on my fat haunches and actually think of his name for a few moments

Anyways... I'm not sure where I'm going with this... DISCUSS

p.s. i know more than 30 furs and only five let me call them their actual names without fuss or tanty... maybe 1/4 of them i dont even know their actual name