How to tell you are no longer Goth
American Goth
- When talking to the younger metal fans, you find yourself asking "What is a chemical romance anyway?"
- Sometimes you look at your wardrobe and think you have too much black.
- Eye liner is no longer your best friend. When you switch to autopilot applying, you think you look like a panda bear.
- You no longer get excited when you find a good quality black nail polish.
- You budget tattoos.
- You no longer have friends who are into your music, thus you blabber to anyone who'll listen. Some call you a closet metal fan.
- When you a meet a metal fan, you jump for joy.
- People sit next to you the train, when before you were a last option. They even smile. You smile back.
- You go to gigs alone.
- You quit smoking.
- You no longer shop at Utopia despite the coolness because you think the CDs are overpriced.
- Fishnets and other see-through clothes are donated to a charity.
- Hair is dyed a natural colour.
- A swear word isn't every second word out of your mouth.
- Corsets no longer fit.
- Piercing jewellery are gradually getting smaller or disappearing altogether.
- High heeled leather boots that you used to go dancing in now hurt your ankles.
- When you see a man in a leather skirt, your initial reaction is no longer "Oh, Shagrath! Sex material right there."
- You have "normal" clothes and then the ones you wear to metal events.
- Cartoons are funny, and not just Daria.
- You re-discover garters and whips only to put them away again.
- T.V is watched. Regularly.
- You get excited when someone is wearing a band tshirt that you love, but then realise you look completely normal and you can't compare.
- Upon hearing of permanent corsetry, you were aghast.
