GeddyRulz Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 QUOTE (workingcinderellaman @ Nov 1 2011, 02:51 PM) QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Nov 1 2011, 01:14 PM)My daughter Iris (8, almost 9) chose to be Princess Leia. Enjoy them while they're young. Teens aren't as much fun. She's an innocent little naive girl we've overprotected; she knows so little about the bad stuff in the world... and yet I sense she's eager to grow up and become a teenager. She idolizes teens, likes to follow them around like a little pet, likes talking about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmotionDetector Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 This was yours truly this past Friday at a Halloween-themed Stag & Doe... http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t100/EmotionDetector/GeneCostume11.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Enemy Without Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 QUOTE (danielmclark @ Nov 1 2011, 12:19 PM) We had some bastard teenagers in the neighborhood trick or treating without costumes or bags for the candy. They'd just eat whatever they were given house-to-house, throw it on the ground or put it in a pocket. I felt like hitting them with a fking brick - metaphorically speaking. Are you saying you would want to hit me with a brick? Granted, I didn't litter, but I don't understand why you were so angry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 QUOTE (An Enemy Without @ Nov 1 2011, 03:47 PM) QUOTE (danielmclark @ Nov 1 2011, 12:19 PM) We had some bastard teenagers in the neighborhood trick or treating without costumes or bags for the candy. They'd just eat whatever they were given house-to-house, throw it on the ground or put it in a pocket. I felt like hitting them with a fking brick - metaphorically speaking. Are you saying you would want to hit me with a brick? Granted, I didn't litter, but I don't understand why you were so angry. I can understand, although I wasn't angry at them for going around. I see it like this: Trick-or-treat is usually for little kids. If you can drive - drive yourself to a Halloween party and leave the candy for the little ones... unless you have no friends, then swipe some candy from mom and dad's candy bowl. Then to not put any effort into it and just walk around asking for candy because you know the majority of people will give you some because of the fear of eggs or TP winding up on their property. Then to litter?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostGirl Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Nov 1 2011, 03:26 PM) QUOTE (workingcinderellaman @ Nov 1 2011, 02:51 PM) QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Nov 1 2011, 01:14 PM)My daughter Iris (8, almost 9) chose to be Princess Leia. Enjoy them while they're young. Teens aren't as much fun. She's an innocent little naive girl we've overprotected; she knows so little about the bad stuff in the world... and yet I sense she's eager to grow up and become a teenager. She idolizes teens, likes to follow them around like a little pet, likes talking about them. Total hijack, but speaking as a former overprotected naive little girl...loosen up just a BIT so there's not a huge "forbidden fruit" aspect to the big bad world out there, so that she goes kind of wild as soon as she gets a little freedom. Hope that doesn't seem ugly - I mean it to be helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaldad Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 QUOTE (EmotionDetector @ Nov 1 2011, 03:40 PM) This was yours truly this past Friday at a Halloween-themed Stag & Doe... http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t100/EmotionDetector/GeneCostume11.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 QUOTE (An Enemy Without @ Nov 1 2011, 04:47 PM) QUOTE (danielmclark @ Nov 1 2011, 12:19 PM) We had some bastard teenagers in the neighborhood trick or treating without costumes or bags for the candy. They'd just eat whatever they were given house-to-house, throw it on the ground or put it in a pocket. I felt like hitting them with a fking brick - metaphorically speaking. Are you saying you would want to hit me with a brick? Granted, I didn't litter, but I don't understand why you were so angry. From what was described, it's obnoxious entitlement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielmclark Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 QUOTE (Lost In Xanadu @ Nov 1 2011, 03:09 PM) QUOTE (An Enemy Without @ Nov 1 2011, 03:47 PM) QUOTE (danielmclark @ Nov 1 2011, 12:19 PM) We had some bastard teenagers in the neighborhood trick or treating without costumes or bags for the candy. They'd just eat whatever they were given house-to-house, throw it on the ground or put it in a pocket. I felt like hitting them with a fking brick - metaphorically speaking. Are you saying you would want to hit me with a brick? Granted, I didn't litter, but I don't understand why you were so angry. I can understand, although I wasn't angry at them for going around. I see it like this: Trick-or-treat is usually for little kids. If you can drive - drive yourself to a Halloween party and leave the candy for the little ones... unless you have no friends, then swipe some candy from mom and dad's candy bowl. Then to not put any effort into it and just walk around asking for candy because you know the majority of people will give you some because of the fear of eggs or TP winding up on their property. Then to litter?!? That's it in a nutshell. I'd add this: Going around sans costume and without even making the effort to grab a plastic grocery bag on your way out the door doesn't make you cool. Doesn't make you clever. Doesn't make you look witty or ironic or anything other than a d'bag teenager that can't be bothered to play along with the holiday. Go vandalize a school, that's what we did on Halloween at age 15 and we liked it that way! Worse? Start smoking cigarettes while doing it. They weren't lit when they showed up at my door, but they were down the street. That is a real d'bag move, and I don't even mind smokers in general! But when you've got hundreds (literally, our neighborhood was jammed) of kids walking around and you're a teenager who really should have better things to do anyway, smoking just adds to the impulse to start chucking bricks (again, metaphorically speaking). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Janie Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 QUOTE (danielmclark @ Nov 1 2011, 10:19 AM) We had some bastard teenagers in the neighborhood trick or treating without costumes or bags for the candy. They'd just eat whatever they were given house-to-house, throw it on the ground or put it in a pocket. I felt like hitting them with a fking brick - metaphorically speaking. I've learned to stop handing out candy around 8pm. The fun and cute little ones trick-or-treat between 6-8pm and the teenagers come around after then, or so I've found. We got back from trick-or-treating early because it was SO cold out. Me and my oldest handed out candy from about 7-8pm. We had a brother and sister duo come by who were around 15-years-old. They had trash liners as their trick-or-treat bags!? Anyway, we gave them their handful of candy and both were so polite, "Wow, you guys are generous, thank you, thank you, Happy Halloween, thank you." Very nice. Cannot say that for all the kids. But still... it's so much fun to see the costumes. I thought all the kids were nice. I love it when they practically come in the house! Speaking of which, my two-year-old kept going into peoples houses. At least everyone was nice about it when I came charging in after him. And, dang did we see some awesome decorations!! Some people go all out and really know how to decorate their porches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 My little cop and jail bird: http://i378.photobucket.com/albums/oo228/LifesonPics/Satparty004.jpg The cop costume came with handcuffs and I was half debating actually handcuffing these two while we trick-or-treated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 Me, if I trick-or-treated: http://i378.photobucket.com/albums/oo228/LifesonPics/ND187.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 QUOTE (danielmclark @ Nov 2 2011, 06:38 AM) QUOTE (Lost In Xanadu @ Nov 1 2011, 03:09 PM) QUOTE (An Enemy Without @ Nov 1 2011, 03:47 PM) QUOTE (danielmclark @ Nov 1 2011, 12:19 PM) We had some bastard teenagers in the neighborhood trick or treating without costumes or bags for the candy. They'd just eat whatever they were given house-to-house, throw it on the ground or put it in a pocket. I felt like hitting them with a fking brick - metaphorically speaking. Are you saying you would want to hit me with a brick? Granted, I didn't litter, but I don't understand why you were so angry. I can understand, although I wasn't angry at them for going around. I see it like this: Trick-or-treat is usually for little kids. If you can drive - drive yourself to a Halloween party and leave the candy for the little ones... unless you have no friends, then swipe some candy from mom and dad's candy bowl. Then to not put any effort into it and just walk around asking for candy because you know the majority of people will give you some because of the fear of eggs or TP winding up on their property. Then to litter?!? That's it in a nutshell. I'd add this: Going around sans costume and without even making the effort to grab a plastic grocery bag on your way out the door doesn't make you cool. Doesn't make you clever. Doesn't make you look witty or ironic or anything other than a d'bag teenager that can't be bothered to play along with the holiday. Go vandalize a school, that's what we did on Halloween at age 15 and we liked it that way! Worse? Start smoking cigarettes while doing it. They weren't lit when they showed up at my door, but they were down the street. That is a real d'bag move, and I don't even mind smokers in general! But when you've got hundreds (literally, our neighborhood was jammed) of kids walking around and you're a teenager who really should have better things to do anyway, smoking just adds to the impulse to start chucking bricks (again, metaphorically speaking). When I was 15 I helped a buddy hand out candy at his place which was all decked out in ghastly, scary, hocus-pocus, dead things. He sat on the porch handing out the goodies in a zombie costume with the front door open and the stereo constantly blasting Witch Hunt. I was lying on his front lawn in some monster costume that had eyes that had flashing lights and freaky red hair. Trick-or-treaters thought I was just a prop so after they got their candy from my zombie friend I stood up to frighten the crap out of them. Fun! After a few hours of that, we did a little trick-or-treating. BUT, believe it or not, after a dozen plus houses we simply gave our candy to the smallest kids we saw on the street that were with their parents. Some parents were (naturally) a little untrusting about that generosity but most were very grateful and surprised. We hadn't planned to do that, we just did it. Man, I used to be a good kid. Wtf happened?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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danielmclark Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 QUOTE (Janie @ Nov 1 2011, 06:18 PM)We had a brother and sister duo come by who were around 15-years-old. They had trash liners as their trick-or-treat bags!? Anyway, we gave them their handful of candy and both were so polite, "Wow, you guys are generous, thank you, thank you, Happy Halloween, thank you." Very nice. Cannot say that for all the kids. But still... it's so much fun to see the costumes. I thought all the kids were nice. I love it when they practically come in the house! Speaking of which, my two-year-old kept going into peoples houses. At least everyone was nice about it when I came charging in after him. And, dang did we see some awesome decorations!! Some people go all out and really know how to decorate their porches. That's awesome - and I should point out now that for all the bashing I've done of the teenagers in this thread, some of them (not the majority) were just fine. There were some in costumes with bags (yeah, trash can liners, I've done that ) and they were polite when they came up to the door. Several of them were escorting little brothers and sisters (or cousins, who knows) and that was cool to see. I do think that unless you've got a reason (like escorting siblings), if you're older than 13 or 14, you should be making other plans for Halloween. But I'm not bothered by young teens that get into the spirit of the holiday and hit the houses with their friends. It's the ones that, like I said, don't dress up, don't even grab a bag, and just go door to door with hand outstretched that piss me off. Side note - my daughter did the *exact* same thing when she was 2, trying to go into people's houses - it was hysterical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowItIs Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 QUOTE (Janie @ Nov 1 2011, 05:21 PM) My little cop and jail bird: http://i378.photobucket.com/albums/oo228/LifesonPics/Satparty004.jpg The cop costume came with handcuffs and I was half debating actually handcuffing these two while we trick-or-treated. Oh how adorable!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 QUOTE (HowItIs @ Nov 1 2011, 07:14 PM) QUOTE (Janie @ Nov 1 2011, 05:21 PM) My little cop and jail bird: http://i378.photobucket.com/albums/oo228/LifesonPics/Satparty004.jpg The cop costume came with handcuffs and I was half debating actually handcuffing these two while we trick-or-treated. Oh how adorable!! Connor's blowing a whistle. He used it so often it broke! Everyone got a kick out of the duo. "Honey come here! You have to see this!" The poor kids did well though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Necromancer_77 Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I love Halloween Mine ended up being really boring though. I usually don't like candy but I had quite a bit last night XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 QUOTE (GhostGirl @ Nov 1 2011, 04:13 PM) QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Nov 1 2011, 03:26 PM) QUOTE (workingcinderellaman @ Nov 1 2011, 02:51 PM) QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Nov 1 2011, 01:14 PM)My daughter Iris (8, almost 9) chose to be Princess Leia. Enjoy them while they're young. Teens aren't as much fun. She's an innocent little naive girl we've overprotected; she knows so little about the bad stuff in the world... and yet I sense she's eager to grow up and become a teenager. She idolizes teens, likes to follow them around like a little pet, likes talking about them. Total hijack, but speaking as a former overprotected naive little girl...loosen up just a BIT so there's not a huge "forbidden fruit" aspect to the big bad world out there, so that she goes kind of wild as soon as she gets a little freedom. Hope that doesn't seem ugly - I mean it to be helpful. Doesn't sound ugly at all; advice taken in the spirit in which it was given. Yeah, I'm trying to loosen up a bit with the kids. I remember when I was their age I was walking several blocks to school by myself, and me and my younger sister went all over the neighborhood and beyond without adult supervision. My naive and starry-eyed kids couldn't do that without getting struck by a car or abducted... but giving them little doses of added freedom would be wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostGirl Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Nov 2 2011, 08:08 AM) QUOTE (GhostGirl @ Nov 1 2011, 04:13 PM) QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Nov 1 2011, 03:26 PM) QUOTE (workingcinderellaman @ Nov 1 2011, 02:51 PM) QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Nov 1 2011, 01:14 PM)My daughter Iris (8, almost 9) chose to be Princess Leia. Enjoy them while they're young. Teens aren't as much fun. She's an innocent little naive girl we've overprotected; she knows so little about the bad stuff in the world... and yet I sense she's eager to grow up and become a teenager. She idolizes teens, likes to follow them around like a little pet, likes talking about them. Total hijack, but speaking as a former overprotected naive little girl...loosen up just a BIT so there's not a huge "forbidden fruit" aspect to the big bad world out there, so that she goes kind of wild as soon as she gets a little freedom. Hope that doesn't seem ugly - I mean it to be helpful. Doesn't sound ugly at all; advice taken in the spirit in which it was given. Yeah, I'm trying to loosen up a bit with the kids. I remember when I was their age I was walking several blocks to school by myself, and me and my younger sister went all over the neighborhood and beyond without adult supervision. My naive and starry-eyed kids couldn't do that without getting struck by a car or abducted... but giving them little doses of added freedom would be wise. Exactly. Teach them, be honest with them about what could happen if they don't follow the rules they've been taught (like staying away from strangers, all the basics) and then...this is the tough part...let go. My son will be 14 in a few months, and while he's no goody-two-shoes, he has remembered the things we've taught him, and has slowly earned trust. It's tough, but in the end you'll have raised a stronger kid. And...happy halloween. Again. Or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 A guy in my neighborhood dressed up as the headless horseman and rode a real horse around the neighborhood. That was the coolest costume ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielmclark Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Nov 2 2011, 02:29 PM) A guy in my neighborhood dressed up as the headless horseman and rode a real horse around the neighborhood. That was the coolest costume ever! "What if the Headless Horseman had a headless horse? That would be fkin' chaos." - Mitch Hedberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowItIs Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Nov 2 2011, 01:29 PM) A guy in my neighborhood dressed up as the headless horseman and rode a real horse around the neighborhood. That was the coolest costume ever! Any pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 QUOTE (HowItIs @ Nov 2 2011, 07:30 PM) QUOTE (ColdFireYYZ @ Nov 2 2011, 01:29 PM) A guy in my neighborhood dressed up as the headless horseman and rode a real horse around the neighborhood. That was the coolest costume ever! Any pictures? http://i960.photobucket.com/albums/ae82/jviola95/319135_2580761166610_1481877955_2854305_1797655274_n.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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