To not give out sweets when it isn't Halloween?

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I posted this exact post on 'breastfeeding yummy mummies' so interesting to see if the MN response differs generally...

I had a woman knock at 7pm tonight with her DD and two DS's.

I answered and the children said 'trick or treat '

I said that's lovely! (And in my head thought I got the date wrong!) but I then said sorry, no sweets tonight. Nothing in

They all went 'owwll ' at the same time. The mum turned her eyebrow up at me! I said I really am sorry

She said 'I've taken them tonight because im working Monday. Not everyone can do it on the exact day! It's nice to be inclusive'

She then told the kids to leave me to it, and she knocked next door

AIBU to think it's bonkers to trick or treat on a different day?! I know she's working but that's just tough....

It would have been tempting to give oxo cubes out or a carrot or whatever else you had lurking round!!

4 days early is very odd. Sunday might just about be ok.

31st only !! And from dark till 7.30 / 8.

Most people won’t have bought sweeties or chocolates yet, I understand her kids would be disappointed they shouldn’t go tick or treating days before hand.

That's ridiculous. I wouldn't have had anything to give kids, I was planning on picking sweets up this weekend 🤷🏻‍♀️ It sucks if she's working but that's the way it is, can't expect random people to get sweets in earlier on the off chance of strangers knocking at their door for them.

@Annabananna1 7.30/8 is a bit late, lots of young children are asleep by then I and I wouldn’t want to wake them up, it’s 5.30- 6.00 around here.

I haven't bought ours yet so anyone knocking tonight would be lucky to get a satsuma!

Trick or treating night is the 31st , whether people have decorated before is irrelevant , it’s no different to decorating before Christmas - you still don’t do the presents until the actual day(s) .

It's not fair game to knock on the wrong day, that just daft. Halloween is a one date only event for the trick or treating. People decorate their house for days beforhand but no one thinks that means you can knock for sweets 😂

Yanbu

How rude of her

It's brilliant

Yes we start about 5.30 but I am happy to open the door till 8. Mine will be as high as kites on sugar anyway

What a CF!! You’re politer than me, OP. I’d have shut the door on her.

Didn't really happen did it OP?

This happened me a few years ago I had nothing in and gave an apple and was forever known as the house that gives fruit so ppl didn't come anymore.
Gutted as I buy in loads of sweets now each year so I'm not caught out but end up eating them all.

Sorry to chime against the grain but I don’t think it’s a problem - either for her to knock or you not to have anything. We’re ready, had a couple of callers tonight. We’re going out tomorrow with some friends from our town. It suits us better than Monday night. We’ve planned ahead with our neighbours and will prob only knock if people have a pumpkin out. Not everyone’s lives fit into 31/10 boxes.

I've had it hapoen before! When I pointed out they were a whole week early, the little girl said "I'm at my dad's next weekend" as if she was actually doing me a favour.....

Rude. I've never once posted on Twitter and I don't have an account. What do you mean?

That's pretty much what we do but with out the rude sign.

My thoughts exactly.

I got my arse handed to me on here as a young mum, asking if it was ok to take the DC out before Halloween, as, like now, it didn't fall on half term and I didn't want them having a late night.

The answer was a definitive NO!! 😆

Having seen our local Facebook groups I'm going to get dc to make a sign saying 'small spooky creatures welcome on Monday' and laminate it for outside

If the Facebook group is really called "breast feeding yummy mummies" then I wouldn't give their responses any credence

What a CF! I’d have given fruit 😁