how can i be a true goth?

Question

i am half goth but my mum wont let me be one she wont let me were leather or long coats/jackets, decorate my room NOTHING! how can i be a better goth but still keep her in the dark??

Answer 1

I guess you are a real goth if you feel like one on the inside. I don't know how old you are, but your mum doesn't really have the right to control your self-expression. I went through a hippy stage in my teens and my mum also stopped that. I wish i could have had more fun with it. Do you feel like a goth deep down or are you being one to fit in with your peers?? Just be who you are - clothes don't make who you are really. I can understand your frustration though. My personal opinion is that colour can be cool too!! Maybe there are more facets to your personality than just plain goth?? Its not even really alternative anymore.

Answer 2

Well i was never a goth but always wore black had my hair spike, black eyeliner.. the whole thing, i just like it, and i was classified as a goth by THE WHOLE SCHOOL! and one day this guy told me your not a true goth! I was like yeah, i don't care if i'm a true goth or not, i just wear this stuff because i like it. He meant that i didn't look like a ghost or i didn't cut my self like his "true goth" friends, one gurl thought she was a vampire so she went around biting people and sucking their blood, ewww. Man wear what you like, who cares what other people think. You can be the best goth, but than there will always be someone who is more punked o0ut than you. The term Goth has been changed into something that was never like that in the past