{"id":3860,"date":"2012-05-15T02:08:31","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T02:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fashionvandals.com\/?p=3860"},"modified":"2012-05-23T14:59:49","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T14:59:49","slug":"my-mother-shes-more-punk-rock-than-she-realizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/?p=3860","title":{"rendered":"My Mother&#8211;She&#8217;s More Punk Rock Than She Knows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I of course realize that Mother&#8217;s Day has passed, but really, is it ever too late to write a post about mom? I think not.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/dscn04721.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3864 alignnone\" title=\"DSCN0472\" src=\"http:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/dscn04721.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/dscn04721.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/dscn04721-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Aww, you should have worn your cat ears today! They would have made a great conversation piece,&#8221; my mother said\u00a0to me while we were getting ready to meet up with the rest of our family for a Mother&#8217;s Day party. I couldn&#8217;t help but smile at the unexpected remark&#8211;it shows how far my mother and I have come since the teen year arguments about torn fishnets, combat boots, and my\u00a0excessively gloomy style.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3863\" title=\"3\" src=\"http:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/31.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/31-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>The awesome thing about my\u00a0mom is that, even though she hasn&#8217;t always understood my style choices, she&#8217;s always been a subtle and\u00a0silent supporter. She didn&#8217;t love the first pair of creepers I bought (and still have) from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angryyoungandpoor.com\/store\/pc\/home.asp\">Angry Young &amp; Poor <\/a>at age 15, but she&#8217;s the one who gave me the money to get them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3862\" title=\"2\" src=\"http:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/21.jpg 500w, https:\/\/petephillipsonline.com\/fashionvandals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/21-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>And there&#8217;s no way she could have known it at the time, but when she let me go to my first punk show, at age 12, my life was changed forever.<\/p>\n<p>And so, I thank my mom for helping\u00a0me become\u00a0the person I am today. We have majorly different styles, but we meet each other halfway. I dye her hair and help her pick out boots, she buys me fishnets and tells me when I wear too much eyeshadow&#8211;it works for us.\u00a0&lt;3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I of course realize that Mother&#8217;s Day has passed, but really, is it ever too late to write a post about mom? I think not. &#8220;Aww, you should have worn your cat ears today! 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