I'm a little unclear on how the furry identity works. Is it like an LGBT+ thing where you just are this thing regardless of your feelings or desires, or does wanting to be a furry make you one? Like, I've fought against being trans much of my life, but now I see I pretty much always was. But I don't know if liking the puppygirl idea makes me a furry, or if that's something I have to have always been? (this is not a reaction to a recently popular puppygirl, I've meant to ask this for a while) I also may be terribly misunderstanding furries; that's a taboo subject where I live, so I don't know much.
my first partner told me that if u sleep with a furry u are a furry and that automatically makes u a furry, and also apparently everyone i have slept with since.
now i don't think that's actually the case but i find it very funny.
as for what truly makes u a furry i guess it's about identity and relatability. u don't need to be into (necessarily) full on fur suits to qualify. i think being a puppygirl absolutely qualifies - but being a furry is also about calling yourself a furry, identifying as one. furrydom is a diverse queer art culture and social group, and it's something u actively identify with, as opposed to automatically being made one because of who u are.
if u wanna be a furry then basically i would say u are one.
i'm a kitten (i fear that may be obvious) and i'm not like super deep in any furry communities but i definitely feel like the term fits me to some degree. tho i also feel like the kitten thing maybe goes deeper. i just am a kitten. but i'm also a furry.