to really hate the idea of trick or treating and wonder why the fuck it's become a 'thing'?

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I find trick or treating really quite anti-social. Why is it acceptable to be rocking up at someone's house on a dark evening basically begging for food? You don't know who lives there or what the effect of you knocking might be. For example, an elderly or disabled person who can't get to the door easily or someone who, for whatever reason, feels vulnerable in their own home.

Perhaps it's just because an anti-social cowbag and I hate people knocking on my door that I'm not expecting, especially at night.

And I also wonder how recently this has become a 'thing' that loads and loads of people do? When I was younger, I'm 25, no-one went trick or treating but over the last few years I've noticed my friends who are parents and family doing it as a matter of routine and I just wonder when that happened?

Is this just me being an anti-social bastard?

BTW, no children and never answer my door after dark whether its Halloween or not.

I agree with Laguna - the moon is absolutely made of cheese.

Op I am sure this has been said a few times I cant read 16 pages... But its NOT etticute to knock on peoples doors when they dont have decorations and I dont understand why people do it.

Perhaps its an area that doesn't generally participate?

I my town so many roads all do it and its great fun! People dress up and stand in gardens, some give witchy sermons...its a wonderful lovely evening thats such fun.

But we would never knock on someones door without decs. I never did it as a child and I love it now.

Laguna

What are you on about? I said it is a 'fact' that quite a few posters have supported or partially agreed with the OP, not that it is a 'fact' that the OP is being reasonable or unreasonable.

Not the way I read it wellies

Well maybe you should have read the entire conversation between me and Annie to get the gist.

stratter mitzi don't want to fucking join in! I have bad health problems!
Getting up repeatedly fucking hurts!
So does the anxiety of wondering who is wondering outside my house!
It's tedious the fact that some people can't understand that not everyone doesn't actually enjoy halloween.
Op is not vile.
Having signs up doesn't always stop people knocking people on your door either!( or egging your house and terrorising you and your pets!!)
I don't care if it's only one night, my disability and mental health problems don't stop for one night.

I grew up in the 70s and 80s in Ireland and we had to have something ready for the person who answered the door. A joke, a dance, a poem. That's a thing of the past! It was all just nuts and apples back then. YOu thought you were in heaven if you were given a bit of chocolate!

Is that what guising is? (to scottish people?)

Most of the time, the people would put their hand up before you got to the second verse and say thank yooooooooooo! that was lovely, nuts and apples?

I remember when it was turnips though. I was born in 1970 and it was all turnips at hallowe'en until fairly recently.........

Yes when guising you had to have your "party piece" ready.

Yes, Scottish guising involved a 'piece' usually song or jokes. Also would only go to neighbours and family friends houses, not strangers. Monkey nuts were popular rather than haribo!

That's what I grew up with yellowsquirrel in dublin. I miss that tradition.
My dd is 13 and she is going out with her friends, who have (just in case older people ask, and they do, sometimes!!) the shakespearean sonnet from Macbeth ready, 'toil and trouble'. They have the whole thing down. My son has a joke ready. JUST in case!

Hahaha, our doorbell doesn't work!

(sorry to the takeaway delivery person the other night)

At least on Halloween you can expect it, unlike the religious groups and charity collectors that knock on my door at any random time or day of the week.

I love Halloween and hope trick or treaters will come!

I grew up in Ireland - it was always the done thing, kids in our area generally trick-or-treated until they were around 13-14 and hung around at bonfires etc after that. It's just a bit of fun.