People always say that im a furry poser or they dont believe it when i say i am...?

what do i do? i dont really care what they say and another add-on Q is like im not sure if my friend is one i think he might be, but yeah im not sure and i dont want to be all noobish and say, " IM A FURRY :D," you know? so yeaaaah i hope this makes sense ._. how do i tell him? Its just awesome cuz i never had a friend in real life thats a furry and he's like my best friend and i just want to have that connection with him so yeah....how do i tell him and ask him?