trick or treat?

[dukedogsmom]

As a dispatcher, I have to agree with everyone else. You are old enough to surely know that it's not cool to be hiding from the police. We get many calls involving juveniles and that does tie up the units from responding to other calls. Things like kids playing on the phone. If we get 911 hangups, they are considered emergencies and the officers are pulled off of other calls to respond. Sounds like you might be up for a little criminal mischief or something? Not a good idea unless you want to get into trouble. Or maybe you want to wear prison orange?

[Suki Wingy]

I don't know what I'm going as but for the veryy least I'll go out with my younger sister or cousins. I may go with friends though.

[cali]

I grew up not being allowed to participate in halloween, I was not allowed out, not allowed to dress up, or go to the haunted houses at school, or allowed to hand out candy. when I started high school I was finally allowed to hand out candy to those who came to the door, but I was NOT allowed to turn on the light to let anyone know they were allowed. the following year when I was 16 I was allowed to go trick or treating for the first time in my life, and I have gone every year since. I will be 19 just before this halloween and I would still be able to go out without a single questioning look if I wanted too, why? same reason the theater hands me child tickets when I tell them I am an adult, and restraunts dont even ask, they just hand me the 12 and under menu, and I can go to the fair tell then I am a child and get in at half the price without so much as a second look while people who really DO classify as "child" get raised eyebrows lol I dont look older then 14, it annoys the heck out of me, but its real helpfull at times

[Pembroke_Corgi]

I haven't been trick-or-treating in a long time, but I still do like to dress up (ok, Eric is the big fan of Halloween, but it's fun!). And of course I hand out candy and eat whatever's left over!!!

One year we entered a costume contest with the dogs, and Eric & Adele won for scariest costumes (they were devils). Not sure what we'll do this year.

[lute]

i'm glad to see some people are planning thigs for Halloween! it can be a lot of fun. i feel you can never out grow trick or treating. if you are older than 20 and still go trick or treating, hats off to ya for staying young and having fun!

we aren't so inmature that we make prank calls to the police. that is real childish. i'm talking TPing people's houses and the school yard. soaping windows, etc. we don't tear anything up or hurt anyone.

[GreyhoundGirl]

Last year I bought a panther costume and took the stuffing out of it, and put white paint down the front. I looked just like Jenny. ( Yes, that was my plan )

A lot of the time, people would refuse to give me candy. Because I got driven into town for halloween. I sort of agree with those people, kids shouldn't get driven into a different place for halloween, they should walk around their neighbour hood. I would have to walk a long time though, because the closest house is about 30 miles away. My dad would drop me and a friend off and we would walk around a little neighbourhood together. That was really fun.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

A lot of the time, people would refuse to give me candy. Because I got driven into town for halloween. I sort of agree with those people, kids shouldn't get driven into a different place for halloween, they should walk around their neighbour hood. I would have to walk a long time though, because the closest house is about 30 miles away. My dad would drop me and a friend off and we would walk around a little neighbourhood together. That was really fun.

Refused to give you candy!! That's horrible. I think anyway, I would never refuse any kid candy!

[BC_MoM]

we aren't so inmature that we make prank calls to the police. that is real childish. i'm talking TPing people's houses and the school yard. soaping windows, etc. we don't tear anything up or hurt anyone.

But if the police are responding to these calls, you are taking them away from more serious issues.

I'm 17, I'm not sure if I will be going out this year; trick or treating. If I don't, it will be my first year ever not going. I really love all the candy and trying to see how long it lasts - but maybe I'll go all out on my house this year with something really spooky and dress up to hand out candy!

I don't know if it's me, but it seems each year there have been less and less kids out!

[ramanth]

we aren't so inmature that we make prank calls to the police. that is real childish. i'm talking TPing people's houses and the school yard. soaping windows, etc. we don't tear anything up or hurt anyone.

That's still vandalism and takes up valuable police time if they were to be called.

I know I wouldn't want to be cleaning up TP out of my yard.


As for trick or treating itself, the last time I went was in college. None of us had younger siblings or relatives that we could take, so we dressed up in elaborate costumes and hit a few neighborhoods close to the campus. We were polite, always let children go up to the door first, recieved compliments and few pieces of candy. A lot of people loved our costumes. Then one elderly couple threatened to call the police on us. A few parents with kids who had been walking with us tried sticking up for us, but they weren't hearing any of it.

So we called it a night.

What's the difference if a kind adult goes around in a nice costume compared to a parent that takes their newborn infant? Is the kid going to remember any of it or eat the candy?

I really dislike being told I'm too old to trick or treat. Come Halloween, all my options are is the bar scene. Blah! (And my place is too small to host a decent party)

[wolf_Q]

we aren't so inmature that we make prank calls to the police. that is real childish. i'm talking TPing people's houses and the school yard. soaping windows, etc. we don't tear anything up or hurt anyone.

Uhh people still have to clean that up, which is not fun. Can't you have fun that doesn't involve making a mess of people's yards/houses?

I haven't been trick or treating in a long time. Maybe since grade school? Junior High at the latest, I'm not sure. I haven't dressed up for Halloween since then either. I hate handing out candy to the kids the schnauzers bark at the door and its just rather annoying to me honestly. Ok, so I do enjoy dressing up Nebo and taking him to the dog halloween parties, that's about all I do for Halloween! How pathetic is that?

[k9krazee]

I haven't been trick or treating in ages! I usually walk with my family though when my little cousins and sister go, but I doubt I'll even be going home this year. I have dressed up every year though for school, only because I enjoy being one of the few that do

I may dress up just for fun, and I'm sure I could find a few crazy parties if I wanted

[Vela]

Uhh people still have to clean that up, which is not fun. Can't you have fun that doesn't involve making a mess of people's yards/houses?

I own my home and my cars and I work hard for them. I don't feel like cleaning up after people who ought to know better. I have a husband with a degenerative neurological condition, work two jobs, and spend most of my time as a single parent to 3 kids and taking care of his needs, not to mention my house and pets. I sure as **** don't have time to clean up that kind of mess and you ought to think about the people that have to clean up after your stupid crap. Things like that infuriate me because those who do it don't think about the consequenes to others, even if it is just spending time cleaning up, not everyone has the time and often those things can ruin other's property. Kids like you piss me off. No respect for other people's property and things.

To all of you who have something fun planned, I hope you enjoy it! I am taking my kids bowling I think, in their costumes, not sure if we will trick-or-treat or not.