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 went trick or treating when I was a kid in the 80s and I take my kids now. I also decorate our own house, have a load of sweets for halloween era and gush over how gruesome/ cute their costumes are.

Be as miserable as you like, that's up to you but YABU if you think everyone should agree with you.

TheHouse As I said, if you find it over done so much the why click on another one?

I'm in my early 30s and I know what you mean, OP. When I was growing up (or maybe where I was growing up) I'd only ever seen trick or treating on American TV programmes. So I was really surprised when I moved to my university city and received trick or treaters on Halloween. I tried to explain and offered fruit as it was all I had, got egged whilst the parents watched! I know that is not a typical experience and just unfortunate that it was my first one, but it's left a bad taste in my mouth, literally and figuratively. So I want to join in with whatever the Halloween version of Bah Humbug is, but accept I'm the unreasonable minority for it. Not sure how I'm going to deal with this when my son's old enough though. Definitely make sure he has no eggs on him though

Yabu. It was a thing when I was young. There is no suddenly about it.

The general rule is to only visit houses that are decorated.

Many 'old' people love it too.

but cunts people are knocking at my fucking door

What a horrible thing to say about young kids!

Halloweeners not halloween era

It was never a thing when I was growing up (37, grew up in the south west) and I also find it unpleasant. The first time I encountered it was as a 20-something living in London when the only trick-or-treaters were teenage boys in masks who were threatening and unpleasant - which hasn't made me like it.

Afraid I don't answer the door either. And would not be impressed to get a 'trick' just because I haven't provided a 'treat'.

There is always a few miserable fuckers post this every year: "begging for food" is a twatty way of looking at it. It's small children dressing up and having fun, and people who want to do so giving them sweets.
Turn your light off and dont answer the door, but fuck off with judging everyone else.
And yes, you are a miserable bastard, since you ask.

I hate it, I either take my dc out for the evening or just ignore the door. It's no big deal, nobody cares if I answer the door or not.

I love it! When done properly, it gives a real sense of community. If you're not interested, just leave a note on your door and that's that.

I love the sound of your village House. We have recently moved to a little village and had a baby. I can't wait to dress her up and get into the festivities and be part of the community.

Just don't answer the door OP!

MrsC I'm from the SW and moved SE too, seems like we had similar experiences. I wonder if it's just a regional thing, OP where did you grow up roughly?

Worra But it does make a difference to me if I'm not taking part (i.e. no decorations, just in my house living my life) but cunts people are knocking at my fucking door.

So stick a sign up asking them not to.

It's one night a year. Yes it's a bit inconvenient but you may as well get used to it as trick or treating isn't going to go away.

Turn your light off and dont answer the door Sit in the pitch dark?!

i have any easy answer to it all
I just switch the doorbell off

it is better than mischief night the replaced local custom round here.
That was big kids doing stupid dangerous stuff.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischief_Night

Well it saves on electricity bills doesn't it?

Oh dear OP, I don't think you have the temperament for posting in AIBU.

Maybe just close your curtains?

I bet op is a scrooge at Christmas as well...

If you don't have a spare £5 to buy some sweets or biscuits to give then fair enough OP, I can see why you are grumpy about this tradition.

Paul Oh god no, I absolutely love Christmas.

I'm 40 and did it as a child.

I'd say it's far better nowadays actually, it tends to be younger children properly dressed up and people tend to stick to the pumpkins out/ house decorated rule only

When I were a lass, we donned a bin bag and a witches hat and spent the 20p's on single fags from the paper shop