Things we do to fit in"When I was fifteen," writes No3L, "I curled up in a Budgens trolley while someone pushed it through the supermarket doors to nick vodka and Benny Hedgehogs, just to hang out with my brother and his mates."
What have you done to fit in?
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chthonic, Thu 15 Jan 2009, 12:30)
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a ftting anecdote of fitting inBack when I was a young teen, and beginning to find "punk" - my limited wardrobe and emerging belief system didn't quite correlate - so I combined them.
At the time, I saw nothing wrong in wearing a brand of press-stud based, three-striped tracksuit bottoms and a wallet chain hanging from my right pocket.
As time went by, and my image changed to match with how I felt, I grew a rather large mohican and purchased a Coal Chamber hoodie, with the ironic slogan "Don't be afraid to be different" on the back.
My drinking habits were also affected, instead of urine based ciders, I preferred Scotsmac and QC, and anything I could get my hands on.
I changed my appearance to fit in with these people, because they were more interesting than the 'tingers' as we so called them, before 'chav' hit our locale.
Not long after, I decided that charity shops were the way forward, and have happily purchased all my clothing from them for the past 8 years, and have no intention of stopping
(, Sun 18 Jan 2009, 18:16, Reply)
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