Teen Gothic

I asked for her phone so i could get music (connected to her Alexa) and i looked up her goth mix on spotify (specific to each person) and she went “ew i don’t know any of thes- THE CURE WE LOVE THE CURE”

then i sent her my own playlist and she scrolled through it and went :((((( i don’t like this stuff are you sure it’s gonna help you work faster on my bookshelf? like yes mom lmao it’s MY music it gives me motivation

It was glorious and just wanted to share with y’all. Happy Gothing to everyone this holiday season! 💀

My dad, uncle and their mates all grew up in the 70s so you can sort of see where this comes from. They would have admired kiss when they where about 10 before growing out of it. They all took turns posing with me and making gene Simmons faces for the camera and I didn’t know how to take it lol. It got me wondering, would you guys take it as a compliment or feel belittled like they see your style as a costume?? Its the first weird encounter I’ve had due to my clothing so it was quite unexpected heheh

Not really a rant. But yesterday one of the lunch ladies at my school asked if I was gothic or just dressed like that, how she put it really caught me off guard. The other lunch ppl were listening in and I just kind of felt like I was put on the spot? After that she said its a nice style and I just said thank you and carried on, probably offended her by not answering but I just didn't feel like explaining myself? Idk. Just sharing an experience. I'm not comfortable expressing that I'm goth to strangers, or people who I feel like just wouldn't get it. I get complimented a lot and don't mind people expressing that they like my outfit but I don't feel like I owe anyone an explanation and refuse to give them one as I have done so in the past and when I think back on it I find it kind of humiliating.