Am I wrong for not giving out candy this year?

MaryJane_8810002
MaryJane_8810002 Posts: 2,082 Member
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So 2 Halloweens ago it was a rain out and the only trick or treaters were 4 kids and a pregnant woman. Last year there were one large group of kids that were kind of rude. None of them said "trick or treat" or "thank you" and there was a teenager banging down my dining room window shouting "Y'all got candy?!" while my sick grandfather was trying to rest. This year I feel as if the only candy that I should buy is for myself. Plus I have to leave around 7. I feel like putting an "out of candy sign on my door and porch. Am I the only person that feels this way?
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  • ThePlight
    ThePlight Posts: 3,593 Member
    Not at all, just turn your lights off and relax. Enjoy your day/night :)
  • sunglasses_and_ocean_waves
    sunglasses_and_ocean_waves Posts: 2,757 Member
    I wouldn't say wrong, but perhaps a little grumpy. Just get a bag if kit kats @ rite aid and enjoy the spirit.
  • bloominheck
    bloominheck Posts: 869 Member
    You should do what makes your life easier. Now myself, I was raised as a child on a large hill with a very steep driveway. So we almost never got children.

    Now, I want as many kids as possible. I love seeing them no matter what their age. Usually they are all polite and so cute, even the teens. I can never get enough kids. I love Halloween.
  • Laurayinz
    Laurayinz Posts: 930 Member
    You don't even have to do that much if you don't want. Some houses in our neighborhood don't do anything. They leave their lights off and we know not to go there.
  • tknuzum1984
    tknuzum1984 Posts: 14
    Our town doesn't do the street walking trick or treating much any more, so we have all sorts o places you can go to get candy, drive thru's or church parking lots. I say don't worry about it. Leave lights off, and if you get a knock, just politely say your out. No worries.
  • doctorsookie
    doctorsookie Posts: 1,084 Member
    no. it sure beats the hell out of giving kids letters telling them they are fat like that ***** in Fargo.:explode:
  • Iron_Lotus
    Iron_Lotus Posts: 2,295 Member
    I'm lucky, we live in an apartment building and there is no trick-or-treating allowed in the building
  • molonlabe762
    molonlabe762 Posts: 411 Member
    Were not doing the candy thing becuase we only get a couple people stopping by. So we would end up eating the leftover candy.
  • ThePlight
    ThePlight Posts: 3,593 Member
    Were not doing the candy thing becuase we only get a couple people stopping by. So we would end up eating the leftover candy.
    Very good reason to not do it.
  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
    do what u want. you may disappoint a kid, but hey- if you don't care- more power to you.
  • hbrittingham
    hbrittingham Posts: 2,518 Member
    I see no reason for anyone to give out candy on Halloween if they don't enjoy doing it. I love seeing the kids in their costumes, so I love giving out candy. But not everyone does and they shouldn't feel guilty about that.
  • NinjadURbacon
    NinjadURbacon Posts: 395 Member
    well watch out for the punk teens who were banging on window.

    And watch out for the poor lil kids who come to door and say trick or treat and you say no. Lil kids will still go to door if light is off. When i lived in neighborhood with only a few kids who came buy I had only 1 bag of candy and not the huge halloween onces. Took left over to work.
  • Dovekat
    Dovekat Posts: 263 Member
    Well I'm in the UK and Halloween is not such a big deal here, unfortunately. Loads of folks don't give out sweets. We are not doing so here, nothing to do with being grumpy or mean but simply put the weather is terrible, the nights are getting very dark very quickly parents won't want their young kids out alone and often cannot be bothered to go with them and teenagers are far too "cool or insert whatever word is being used these days" to do to it. I cannot imagine very many (if ANY) kids trick or treating this year.
  • Ely82010
    Ely82010 Posts: 1,998 Member
    I haven't done Halloween in over 20 years, and I don't feel bad about it. After my kids left home and since my husband and I were coming back from work late, we decided to go out for dinner on Halloween night and leave the front lights out.

    We have been living in gated communities for the last 15 years, with no young children around, so we don't get any kids on Halloween. My youngest grandchildren live in another state and the oldest are too old for trick or treat, so no worries for me.
  • outlandish30
    outlandish30 Posts: 21 Member
    I didn't buy candy this year. I had a few persistent kids. They got taco shells.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    No one should have to participate if they don't want to.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    Leave the front porch light off and you are fine. There's not law that says you have to hand out candy.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    I love giving out candy (though we rarely get any kids where I live), but there's no law that says you have to. A lot of people don't.
  • conniemaxwell5
    conniemaxwell5 Posts: 943 Member
    My husband and I always have date night on Halloween. We get home from work, hurry to get ready and get out the door before the first trick or treaters come and leave all the lights off and go out for the evening and don't get home until after 9:00. I don't even buy candy so then I'm not tempted by it either.
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    Not wrong at all. I've been taught since I was little that the porch light off = they aren't participating. Even now, it seems to be the going message. Last year, we (my kids and I) walked past probably a dozen or so houses, at least, that had lights off (though most people did). There's nothing wrong with opting out.
  • Chain_Ring
    Chain_Ring Posts: 753 Member
    Just leave your lights off and you're good to go. :-)
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    NOPE!, we hand out rocks, no one knows, it is dark.
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  • RainaProske
    RainaProske Posts: 636 Member
    I haven't given halloween candy to anyone in decades for moral/religious reasons. But regarding the children on my block, each year, earlyish in October, I go to their homes to remind them that we don't do halloween, and I give them a gift, telling them that I appreciate each one. I admit that I do this because I really love and enjoy the children, and I don't want them to think otherwise.
  • CardiacKev28
    CardiacKev28 Posts: 172 Member
    Personally I say do what you want. we don't give it out anymore. Last year we had over 350 kids(they bus them in from everywhere) We don't even have more than 5 kids in the neighborhood. Plus if I buy it I might be tempted to eat it so nope on that.
  • 1longroad
    1longroad Posts: 642 Member
    I am very blessed to live in a wonderful neighborhood, with safe streets and unfortunately droves of trick or treaters. You see the trucks, vans and cars drive in to our neighborhood loaded with trick or treaters, from areas that are not all that safe for trick or treating. Last year we had over 200 trick or treaters.

    This year, due to having surgery and not being able to answer the door every two minutes, I will not be handing out candy. Makes me sad, but there's always next year!!!
  • HunterKiller_deleted
    HunterKiller_deleted Posts: 458
    Nothing wrong with that. I on the other hand am giving out candy laced with poison. Trick!
  • KatrinaWilke
    KatrinaWilke Posts: 372 Member
    I am totally bummed out that I won't be handing out candy this year!! I do it every year! Even when I lived in a neighborhood with close to no kids and I only got 2 trick or treaters.
  • mapenguinkeeper
    mapenguinkeeper Posts: 191
    we haven't given out candy since our son went to college. Halloween happens to be our anniversary (30 years today) and we go out to dinner. Didn't get to do that for 18 years. We also live on a quiet cul-de-sac and don't get much traffic anyway.
  • awtume9
    awtume9 Posts: 423 Member
    Unfortunately the "lights off" thing doesn't seem to work very well in my neighborhood. When we run out of candy we turn off the lights and put a sign on the door, but there are always kids that still ring the doorbell. Usually teenagers that really should know better. Bahumbug!

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