1. Your first bands.
#GrowingUpEmo Emo Band Starter Pack
2.
Violently yelling “What a shame the poor grooms bride is a..” only to be let down by the clean version on the radio #GrowingUpEmo
3.
#GrowingUpEmo being able to recognize welcome to the black parade from the first note
4. Your first attempts at doing your own makeup.
#GrowingUpEmo never being able to do your eyeliner as good as them
5.
#GrowingUpEmo you would get mad bc the shade of black on your shirt wouldn't match the shade of black from your jeans
6.
#GrowingUpEmo "what does your shirt say?" "oh, it's a band"
7.
#GrowingUpEmo having Xx_ at the start and end of every username
8. Your late-night Google searches.
this was your google search history #GrowingUpEmo
9.
#GrowingUpEmo google history be like
10.
#GrowingUpEmo Seeing a guy at Hot Topic with "flippy" hair and wanting to marry him right then and there
11. Your first edgy haircut.
#GrowingUpEmo Asking the hairstylist to make your hair look like this
12.
#GrowingUpEmo when the hairdressers never get your bangs how u want it
13.
"Why don't you pull your hair back so we can see your pretty face?" #GrowingUpEmo
14. Your comic collection.
#GrowingUpEmo loving these comics because they truly expressed your inner-emo
15.
#GrowingUpEmo wanting everything with these
16.
#GrowingUpEmo "I'm Not Okay" by MCR speaking to you on a personal level
17. Your first use of the word "rawr."
#GrowingUpEmo why did i make this????????
18.
#GrowingUpEmo Having your father take you into the city to see a marching band
19.
#GrowingUpEmo Doubting myself for liking NeverShoutNever's songs because they were too happy & against the emo moral code
20. Your first middle-finger photo.
#GrowingUpEmo : You know, sometimes you'd just... #ItsNotAPhaseMom
21.
#GrowingUpEmo when this described you perfectly
22.
#GrowingUpEmo getting frustrated with kerrang because they put your 2 fave bands on a double sided poster
23.
When you had to make your parents walk away from you when browsing the Hot Topic tshirt wall because parents... #GrowingUpEmo
24. Your first breakup.
#GrowingUpEmo having your first heartbreak
25. Your first time reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
#GrowingUpEmo underlining passages in "The Perks of Being A Wallflower" or "Go Ask Alice"
26.
#GrowingUpEmo calling yourself emo ironically but after awhile you weren't so sure...
27.
#GrowingUpEmo "You're emo" Me: "acts super mad bc u called me emo but secretly happy that you noticed my black hair and all back clothes"
28. And of course, the first time you realized it all really was "just a phase."
#GrowingUpEmo having to tell your parents this isn't a phase, but 4 years later you look back and thank jesus it was
29. ...or not.
#growingupemo never truly leaving the phase and secretly still listening to all yer emo tunes at 3am