/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>Still live at home
>Am 20 for reference
>Pretty liberal parents
>Get into lolita
>Wear it out a couple of times
>Regularly buy new things
>They seem indifferent at first
>Con happens
>Suddenly dad is hype over my new coord
>He makes me pose next to cosplaying sister
>Takes dadly photos of beloved daughters
>Guess he has accepted this
>Week after con
>Wear same main piece but toned down
>Dad is confused and concerned
>Wonders where I'm going
>Calls it a costume
>I assert that it's alternative fashion
>Likens it to punk
>He's having none of it
>Expresses that he thinks it fits better at a convention
>Says "people will think you're stuck inside of a world of your own"
>Can't argue with that
>mfw dad asked me to be a conlita

I'm not going to quit of course, but I can't say I'm unaffected by parental judgement. If he could understand, or better yet approve like he did when the con came around that would make me happy. My preferred style so far is between casual and classic, so it's not like I'm looking overly childish. All of my collars are high and I don't own a single item in pink.

I have a copy of Kamikaze Girls, but I'm wondering if showing him that will only make matters worse. Momoko is exactly what he said, lost in a world of her own.

But at the same time that description fits me. I've invested tons of time into various nerdy interests and am studying literature at university. I'm extroverted and socially capable to own up to these outlandish dresses I've come to love. They fit me and I look so good. No way I'm going to reserve the frilly feeling to a select few weekends of the year. I just wish he'd understand.