Yeah, I get candy. Hell yeah, lol. Mind you, I'm 4ft11, so I do get mistaken as a younger teen. But I really believe it shouldn't matter. That's like saying you're to old to ride rides!
Where does that seem sketch anyways? I live in Covington, and there are teens who look older than I do who still trick or treat. It's funny-the most well off people in the world are always the most worried when it comes to stuff like this.
*Shrug* My parents always turned kids away when they knew they were older than middle school (and they usually knew, since we lived in a fairly small city and they were usually my classmates). Maybe it was just our area, but the older kids usually didn't put much effort into it; they just showed up with some face paint, a dark hoodie, and a pillowcase, and basically threatened us for candy. (That is, after all, what Trick or Treat means :-P). Now, if a high-schooler was escorting their siblings or something they'd get candy from us (since I've done it and that's a hassle) but we felt it was appropriate to deny those who were clearly just doing as little as possible to get free candy.
Because trick-or-treating is different from rides in that other people are paying for your fun. I'm all for adults dressing up and eating Halloween candy 'til they die. (I certainly will be!). But I think it's unfair to demand your neighbors pay for your sugar fix when you're legally old enough to drive to the store and buy candy for yourself.
Yeah, I guess you're right. In my situation, I've never once given out candy in my life-mostly because I've lived in areas where kids would end up trick or treating around where I lived. I lived in a lot of apartments growing up, so I went out and trick or treated around to the houses, like most kids did. And the one time I could have given out candy, I went trick or treating with a group of friends to another neighborhood.
When it comes to money, though, candy n be found cheap, really. But I always figured the people giving out candy want to do it, because they think it's fun. It never occurred to me people were doing it out of obligation, or because it's "traditional".
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Where does that seem sketch anyways? I live in Covington, and there are teens who look older than I do who still trick or treat. It's funny-the most well off people in the world are always the most worried when it comes to stuff like this.
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Because trick-or-treating is different from rides in that other people are paying for your fun. I'm all for adults dressing up and eating Halloween candy 'til they die. (I certainly will be!). But I think it's unfair to demand your neighbors pay for your sugar fix when you're legally old enough to drive to the store and buy candy for yourself.
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When it comes to money, though, candy n be found cheap, really. But I always figured the people giving out candy want to do it, because they think it's fun. It never occurred to me people were doing it out of obligation, or because it's "traditional".
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