AIBU?
To not understand
introplease · 27/10/2018 19:05
Why the hell grown adults get excited about Halloween and dress up?
LaurieFairyCake · 27/10/2018 19:08
Because we don't do much in the way of masked balls anymore
AlphaBravo · 27/10/2018 19:08
For the same reason some get excited about Christmas or NYE or their Birthdays.
A lot of people do it the traditional way and are celebrating their dead loved ones.
Why so bitter, OP?
PinkHeart5914 · 27/10/2018 19:09
It’s just a bit of fun! Don’t be such a sour puss, do you never enjoy anything?
CubanHeels · 27/10/2018 19:10
I overheard a bunch of my undergraduates outside a lecture theatre this week having an ultra-serious discussion about the crucial difference between people who dress spookily to go clubbing at Hallowe’en and those who ‘don’t get it and just wear normal fancy dress’. They made it sound like some kind of war of religion.
gamerwidow · 27/10/2018 19:10
What’s to understand? Dont like it? Then don’t do it. Why do you care if other people like something different to you?
introplease · 27/10/2018 19:10
Celebrating their slutty dead teacher loved ones? 
Sirzy · 27/10/2018 19:10
Not my cup of tea but each to their own!
For those who enjoy its a bit of fun
Dragonglass · 27/10/2018 19:25
Off topic but I've got to ask. What those emojis supposed to be OP? I see them a lot but don't understand what they mean. I can see a woman with her hand up, a brown square and a female symbol.
Bluntness100 · 27/10/2018 19:29
Not my thing either op.
Dragon, it's a woman putting her hand up, she's used thr emoji to say, putting my hand up, yes I'm guilty.
Dragonglass · 27/10/2018 19:32
Thank you Bluntness, I wonder why there are brown squares and symbols too 
luckylavender · 27/10/2018 19:33
Definitely not my thing, I think it's ridiculous honestly.
LotsToThinkOf · 27/10/2018 19:36
I can't be arsed with Halloween, for adults or kids. Trick or treating is basically begging anyway. I don't care if that makes me boring.
Fishcakey · 27/10/2018 19:36
Halloween does absolutely nothing for me! Roll on Christmas.
chrisinthesun · 27/10/2018 19:36
Bitter much @introplease ??? Not been invited out by anyone for Halloween? Or to any parties?
Shame.
I wonder why? 
chrisinthesun · 27/10/2018 19:38
If people cannot be arsed, then fair enough, but why be so horrible about people who DO enjoy it?
There are some real sour fuckers on here. Bet you go round your neighbourhood smashing the fuck out of the pumpkins on display in their front gardens.
PlinkPlink · 27/10/2018 19:40
Any excuse for a party. Always celebrated Halloween when I was student, purely for the purpose of getting pissed.
Some people like to continue that tradition on past university. Not for me these days... haven't had a night out in years now (boo hoo)
MrsExpo · 27/10/2018 19:40
I’m another one who just doesn’t get Halloween. Just why?
And do people really buy all the associated supermarket tat? FFS .....
m0therofdragons · 27/10/2018 19:40
Because I'm a grown up and as such can choose what I like. Surely that's one of the few bonuses of being an adult.
pigeondujour · 27/10/2018 19:42
Bitter much @introplease* ??? Not been invited out by anyone for Halloween? Or to any parties?
Shame.
I wonder why?*
Jesus, chill the fuck out.
WhoGivesADamnForAFlakeyBandit · 27/10/2018 19:45
DS2 is going out with his mates in those inflatable dinosaur costumes - I am sooooo jealous. Other than that I don't like the whole knocking on doors demanding stuff.
LadyRochfordsSpikedGusset · 27/10/2018 19:51
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain
People focus on the Americanised version of it a bit too much now but I love the cultural significance. Not many traditions are held on to for this long 🎃.
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