Hi~

Um, hello. I'm Meniskos, but you can call me Meni... I got the name from one of the daughers of Selene and Endymion. Uh, I'm an initiated Witch and a Goddess worshiper, I follow the Greek pantheon but I'm not a Reconstructionist. My patrons are Apollo and Artemis... Uh, I'm pretty soft-spoken and I don't talk a lot in person. I try to be nice and respectful to everyone and I usually withhold judgement on people because I don't feel like it's my place to condemn anyone. I grew up in a sort of pagan household. I love the wilderness and swimming and the outdoors and I want to work for an environmental organization or the Forest Service. I'm not good at school and I get pretty lousy grades, and most people don't think I'm that intelligent. I, uh, usually don't say anything to disprove them, but I wouldn't call myself really stupid either.

I've known I was a wolf since I was eight...or rather, I felt like I was a wolf since I was eight. I've always liked dogs and canines and cats have always hated me...but that's probably just because cats hate me, haha. Um...my mom and I got in a big fight when I was younger because I believed I was a wolf and it didn't end well and I told myself I was just crazy. Um so...I finally accepted my feelings recently, thanks to support from my coven. I like my coven, because they're comfortable with me being a...therian, I guess? I'm new to the community...but there are also times when I feel separated or just...irritated with them because they treat me like I'm a dumb dog. Which is understandable, and I like it when they treat me kindly, but sometimes it seems they just use my, um, identity as a way to insult me... Haha, I'm probably just paranoid. Um...so yeah, that covers it.

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Welcome <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s --> How did you come to the conclusion that you're a wolf therian as opposed to a different species of canine?

Thanks for all the welcomes. And yes, I did bring cookies. Mint chocolate chocolate-chip cookies~

Well, I came to the conclusion that I'm a wolf because it...I feel more wolf-like, physically, I guess? I'm pants at explaining this, but I've seen pictures of dogs and wolves and my form, I guess, feels more like a wolf. Wolf has always felt better suited to me as well, because I considered that I was a dog of some sort and even after meditating and researching different dog species I still didn't feel comfortable calling myself that. I hope that explains it well enough...if not I can try again <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s -->

Hello and welcome to the forums!