For the first time in my adult life I’m not at college on Halloween (just graduated) and I’m passing out the candy for my household. I always knew going without a costume on Halloween was lame but now that I’m seeing it from the eyes of an adult passing out candy, I can see it is actually REALLY lame. Do y’all pass out candy to kids not wearing a costume on Halloween?
Edit: The comments here are pretty unanimously on the side of passing out candy no matter what, and I don’t disagree. Trick or treat is a very big thing in my neighborhood, so it has surprised me to see as many kids without costumes as I have. Still, I try to not make assumptions, I’ll just be a chill adult and do the job of passing out the candy either way. I appreciate yall’s input!
Is this a thing? I’d feel like I was punishing a kid for having broke parents.
I rarely run out of candy so fuck it.
Anyone who shows up at my door gets candy
As no one has this year, or the last several years
If a 45 year old not wearing a costume and strung out on Ketamine says trick or treat at my door, they’re getting candy.
What am I, the fucking Halloween police? ACAB.
Is everyone getting the same candy or do you have “kid” candy and “adult kid” candy? Asking for a friend.
I love this energy.
I know what I’m doing with my evening now.
Yes. Because for the kids that show up at my door without a costume, candy is probably not in their family budget, at all, ever. I load em up.
Dude, it was like 70F here on Halloween night. Both my kids were sweating bullets when we got them out of their costumes. A couple kids in our group had to take them off because it was overbearing.
Hell I went as Hagrid so my costume was like…sweatpants and a wig. And I had to take my wig off. Granted, I had filled my 30oz Yeti with a pretty strong cocktail for the walk. But still.
Yeah, fuck it. I’m gonna razz em tho.
I’m telling the kids “take two or three!” And when the costume-less ones show up I say “hmm, no costumes? You can only take two or three then.”
The only time I went without a costume as a kid was because I lived in a dysfunctional household and I was super stressed and didn’t have enough time or support to plan a costume - so I threw on an oversized coat and went with my friends; some adults tried to give me trouble and refused me candy, and that was a bummer because I felt like I had failed … anyway - I guess my point is that maybe some kids are being lazy or something, but you don’t really know.
I personally would definitely give kids candy regardless, but I wish people would actually trick-or-treat where I live, it makes me so sad that nobody does.
Sometimes it’s not the kids’ fault. I’d say most of the time the parents need to be involved in some way with the costume (buying, making, helping to make) and some kids just don’t have present parents so I don’t want to punish them for that.
Also I really don’t want leftover candy in my house (because I’ll eat it) so…
It’s free candy day, so yea.
Sure. Life’s hard enough.
Not being very immersed in pop culture, I just assume they’re dressed as someone from a show I don’t watch.
My wife used to get all grumpy with high school kids (and sometimes even adults) trick or treating. I told her, I’m glad to see anyone that still has that spirit and energy. And if they don’t have costumes… They probably can’t afford them. Worst case, they’re doing something better than the trouble they could be up to.
… But fuck those people that take the whole bowl at houses with no one home.
Candy for everyone!
If they show up I hand out the candy and I’ve been doing it that way for decades. No telling some kid or teens situation in life and there’s no need in making it harder on them.
Yeah, I don’t usually bother anymore
