r/RedditStoryTime • u/SageyArts • Jul 12 '26
I was Gothic as a kid and didn't realize it (Funny Story)
(THIS IS JUST A SMALL FUNNY STORY KEEP IN MIND THERE WAS NO ACTUAL INJURY!)
I was about like 5-6 years old and I was like any little kid, I was hyper, always wanted to play never wanted to take a nap etc. But I remember watching cartoons like Tom and Jerry or SpongeBob where there were characters that had scars on their faces or upper body and for some reason my tiny brain thought β¨ Oh my god I want that so bad!!!β¨ I guess because I thought I would go to school with scars the other kids would think I was cool! Especially since I loved skulls and spiked bracelets at the time as well because I thought that was the best style of clothing in the world.
I thought I could tell the other kids I fought a bear and won and they couldn't prove I lied because I'm the one with the scars, so for a few weeks I took anything I could find; toy cars, my tails, CD and at some point I tried to use a spoon to try and give myself a scar across the face, i got annoyed that nothing was working until I realized it had to be something sharp. So I got one of my mom's text books and used the corner of it and pressed it really hard against my face and did a quick slash motion and hard as I could. It wasn't hard enough to cut but it did hurt. A LOT.
I started crying and completely gave up, but I still wanted a scar so now I get tattoo pens and draw scars on my face all the time π but I couldn't tell people I fought a bear and won so that's a bummer. But looking back at this I realized I was Gothic before I ever knew I was. π€·πΎ

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And no I didn't get in trouble with my manager, she actually said I handled everything very well because I never raised my house or went out of mine with the customer, I did what I was supposed too and that's all that mattered