1. Styled your hair so that your fringe covered one eye.
Parting your hair all the way from the back so that your bangs appeared bigger + Escape the Fate = life #GrowingUpEmo
2. Wore fake piercings and told people they're real.
3. Had an "emo name" that you would use on social media, and insisted your friends IRL use it too.
4. Congregated outside with fellow emos to listen to music out loud on your phone.
5. Drew all over your Converse.
6. Referred to everyone who wasn't emo as "mainstream".
7. Used these cartoons to express your feelings.
8. Whisper-screamed to most of the songs you liked.
9. Wore a lot of red eyeliner.
10. And wore multiple studded belts at the same time.
11. Refused to shop on the high street so gotten everything from Hot Topic or Grindstore.
12. Secretly memorised the dance routine from the "Dance Dance" video.
13. And pretended to know the full titles of all the long Fall Out Boy songs.
14. Took all your selfies from a really high angle so you could mostly just see the top of your head.
15. Made a "free hugs" sign to take to gigs.
16. Covered everything you knew in badges and patches.
17. Wore a tie with your everyday clothes because it made you feel like Billie Joe Armstrong.
18. Drew cat whiskers on your face, just because.
#growingupemo The cat whiskers come from within. I regret my younger years!
19. And of course, strenuously denied being emo even though you defintely were.
