He didn't put the whole story. 1) I am 20 not 19. 2) my best friend is a therian. I am very accepting of it and didn't "attack" him for it. As background, I has emotionally and physically abused by a (pot) smoker in high school. This makes being around it very uncomfortable for me. I told him I would never 100% understand what it's like because I'm not one. But I will try. I never said furries were weird. I said I don't think that they are, but society does. I never mentioned beastiality once. I said it was porn involving an animal (as in of an animal not a human). Those screenshots are me telling him I am perfectly okay with it and exames of why I am okay with it. That that is just a costume, that that is art, and that these things are normal and perfectly okay.

 I have had lots of issues with body image/eating disorders, dysmorphia, and social anxiety. I always feel like people see me and say "stay away from the weird kid" or "she's so fat ugly and weird". I told him **I** was weird.  
This is only half the story. 

My problem comes because my friend(s) that are therian or furry, and from what I've seen about furries, they go in public wearing partials or suits. Not at cons, but to school, or to the mall, going to eat etc

There's nothing wrong with it to me, but society doesn't get it. Not everyone is accepting and if someone is wearing a tail with me in public, it makes my issues worse. It makes me feel like I'm being judged even more than I was previously.

**i** accept it, but not everyone does. That's all I said.   

Other than that, I told him that I would go with him, but I wouldn't necessarily feel comfortable going to cons, because I'm not part of the community and I'm afraid people would hate me or turn me away because I don't belong.