and I will not be going. Its the time of year for the local convention. I’ve though about going a few times, but I probably wouldn’t talk to anyone, or go to anything, so I don’t see the point.

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    Why wouldn’t you talk to anyone or go to anything? Do you have any local meets? I’m going to my first convention later this month - excited!

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      Because I don’t do well in open ended groups of people. A bit of anxiety mixed with just not knowing how to start conversations with strangers.

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        I understand that, but I guarantee that a lot of furries are in the same boat! I’ve found that the only way to improve is to get out there. Assuming that’s what you want

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          I’m sure I’m not the only one. I couldn’t tell you what I want.

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          I mean, if I just want a change of scenery, I can just go for a hike or bikeride like I often do. If I’m going to spend money to go somewhere, I’d like to actually want to go.

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    I’ve only ever been to Further Confusion and they had a fursuit talent show and other events with fursuiters that were fun to watch (year I went the theme was the Olympics, so they did a bunch of olympic-like games in full fursuits).

    I don’t know how common that is at other furry conventions. FurCon was great though, and I wanna go again despite never really interacting with anyone other than some merch vendors when buying stuff and hating crowds because of my anxiety.

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      I’ll say walking through to registration was interesting, and when I couldn’t register I was more disappointed than I thought I would be, especially because I wasn’t all that sure I wanted to go in the first place. I don’t think I would have done anything, but just being there was unique.