(Continuing the Goth Challenge questions -- follow the tag below to see all.)
Worst -- Haven't been many, but I do recall my grandmother picking on a coffin-shaped necklace I wore during a visit to see her, maybe a dozen years ago. Even tho' I was wearing a white T-shirt and blue-jean cutoff shorts. She zeroed in on the only goth thing on me at the time and criticized it. Sheesh.
Best -- All my friends. Offline, I don't associate with that many people who self-identify as goths. Not on purpose, but "goth" isn't the first or main thing I look for in a potential friend. My friends have no issues with my style, it's just part of me that they love because they're my friends. That's why we're, y'know, friends!
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Exactly -- most of my BFFs in real life aren't Goth, either. Not even alternative at that. :-)
ReplyDeleteMy friends have mostly grown up with me, and now that we're older, we keep folding more people into our circle. Like a shifting human snowball, kind of. Or maybe more of a series of Venn diagrams where everybody is vaguely connected. They're a pretty diverse group, but no Goths although a few people fit into the hippie/alternative crowd. I love my crew! :-)
ReplyDeleteThose patch sashes are awesome! Some kind of alternative Girl Scout thing? I am a failed Camp Fire Bluebird, so naturally curious.....
Tenebris In Lux - My hubbi is kind of ex-goth, & one of my best friends jokes that she's proto-goth, but that's as close as it gets!
ReplyDeletelazysubculturalgirl - That's our Pink Drink Commando uniforms w/our Demerit Badges :-) It's a joke costume we put together & was one of the least-goth pix I had of me & friends (tho' I do have skulls on my dress) - explanation here: http://trystancraft.com/costume/2009/08/04/pink-drink-commandos/
My grandmother and one of her sisters also my worst (and pretty much only) critics. Especially now that I'm married and pushing 30, I should be out of that "phase" according to them. I have always been a very casual type of goth, so most people didn't care. Even if I tone it down to the max when visiting my grandmother, she will criticize the one thing I can't change or hide: my black hair.
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother was also very picky when I had just started to "be goth". On one of her visits I didn't wear anything that would make me seem goth, but as TheDormouse said, the black hair still remains. So she was like "Why black? That's the color of satanists." But now a days she's mostly just happy to see me at all and/or maybe got used to me wearing black. :D
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