Is it weird to take part in trick or treating without kids?

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Love Halloween and love the whole trick or treating thing.
We don't have any kids yet but I plan on putting some decorations in the window and a pumpkin at the front door so kids know we are taking part.
I've bought some sweets for the trick or treaters.
Friend says it's weird because we have no kids yet but I don't think giving out some sweets is that weird is it ?

That's totally fine! Going door to door would be a little odd though 😂

Your friend is wierd! Nothing wrong with what you're planning at all.

I don't think the kids will care if the person handing out sweets has kids or not. Who cares if it is weird, if you will get enjoyment out of it do it.

I just remember being little and not many people opening the door one year so I always like to open the door and hand out a few sweets

Not weird at all. We decorated our house for several years before having children. Not sure why anyone would think it odd.

I thought you meant you were going trick or treating without kids which is weird.

But absolutely nothing wrong with giving out sweets to kids who knock. Get loads though, you’ll be surprised how many you’ll get.

I also thought you meant you knocking on doors 😂

Nothing wrong at all with handing sweets out or decorating

Not weird at all. Take dd out round our local area. There are many people without children who have sweets etc for the kids. Especially older people who's kids are no longer at home but still like seeing the children happy.

Not weird

Not weird.

I sometimes wear a witch's hat or put on a voice.

I've been here 20+ years so I have seen children who came in costume transform in to teens who are too cool to dress up but take younger siblings around.

I don’t have kids but I love the trick or treaters coming round! It’s one of my favourite days of the year!
Childhood goes so fast, it’s lovely to see them enjoying themselves.

I personally would think it's odd to go trick or treating . But not to decorate your home and dress up and make it fun giving the kids sweets etc. The kids quite like it when the sweet givers dress up.

I too was picturing you going trick or treating as an adult without kids 🤣🤣

Yes! Decorating your house and making it clear you’d like children to call is a perfectly normal thing to do!

Ours are long grown up and Gdcs live 60 miles away, but since dds and now Gdcs love T or T-ing, I always put a lit-up pumpkin* in the front window and have goodies ready for any kids who call. Nice to do it IMO if you can be bothered - not many houses around here bother.

*usually made into a Thai style soup next day - onion, ginger, chilli, garlic, chicken stock, coconut milk - waste not, want not…

I am kind of disappointed that you are not going trick or treating., I wanted to see what you were going to dress up as.

Your friend is weird, it is quite normal to give out sweets regardless of whether you have kids or not.

I thought you meant you yourself would be going Trick or Treating because, in that case, that would be weird 😜 Our kids are older so it’s just us who answer the door. We dress the house and dress up and we love it! 🎃 👻 🧙

Of course it’s fine! Loads of houses take part who don’t have kids. I thought you meant you wanted to go trick or treating on your own as an adult. That might have been a bit odd.

I don't think it's weird at all! Lots of children will be out trick or treating so normally a parent stays home anyway to hand out sweets to any trick or treaters they get. So I don't think anyone would think anything of it at all!

Yes it's fine. Putting a pumpkin out or some decorations just means that you're happy to give out sweets to the kids that knock. We only knock at the houses that look like they are participating.

From your title, I thought you meant go out trick or treating!

But absolutely not weird to be handing out sweets and decorating with pumpkins. When my children grow up and leave home I’ll continue carving a pumpkin and buying things for trick or treaters. I love it!

My children are too old to go now but really loved it when they did. I set up shop now as as a giver having had children on the recieving end. It's fun. We just put a pumpkin out so bring it in once we have run out of sweets. I think it's a nice thing to do regardless of having children.

Completely normal. It’s actually the houses without kids that are the best because they aren’t out trick or treating themselves. In our old village, there was a road that was all retirement bungalows and they went wild for Halloween. It was the best bit. Because they had the time to organise it and really enjoyed seeing all the kids.

What? Of course it's fine! In fact half the houses around here would be in darkness if the residents didn't celebrate! My kids are adults and we still do it! In fact I think it's weird not to as it's part of belonging to the community. Perfectly fine to not participate for whatever reason, but this isn't one of them!

Very odd imho