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Took my 30 month old trick or treating for the first time yesterday. Saw a number of other trick or treaters. I'd say half the houses participated in either handing out candy or leaving bowls out.
I can understand being a little shaken by COVID but cannot understand being such a soft little pansy that you don't even answer the door and hand out candy when you're obviously home nuless you're 70+ in age. Our kids have suffered enough. How do these people even get on with their lives, go to work, get gas, shop for food, etc, while being such pansies they can't even hand out candy. It's not like you're inviting the kids into your living room.
I am no longer a LI'er, but for the first time since I live here, I did not hand out candy. God willing I will be able to next year. I can assure you that while I am a little less than 70, I am not a pansy. That said, I will explain, I go to the store during the early morning hours. They are still counting entrances into the stores here. I take a wipe and scanner and I check out my own groceries and bag them. I use my phone to pay, so I don't have to take a card out. I am retired so I don't have to worry about working and as far as gas goes, our pumps have disposable gloves so I use them and my phone. I have not been out to dinner since March, but we have had take out. This summer we had some friends over on the deck and sat apart from each other. I live in a resort area, so tons of out of state visitors come here and I prefer to be safe.
You may think I am a pansy, but if I get sick are you gonna drop what you are doing to care for me? No, nor would I expect you to, but my DH will have to and vice versa. I prefer to be safe and take only chances I need to.
So, unless things on LI have changed, giving out candy is an optional activity, and as such, it remains a personal choice. There are many people who for any number of reasons, CHOOSE, not to give out candy and that too is their right. Your 30 month old, (who I might add will not be able to eat much of the candy given out), will not remember this year trick or treating anyway. You would be better to be honest about your beef with 1/2 the people and say that you wanted the candy.
In my neighborhood many people set up tables or bowls but, some also gave out by hand. I can see some variation of no contact treat or treating taking off in the future.
Absolutely not. We are not buying candy and not opening the door and really do not expect anyone except maybe some teens to be out trick or treating. The grandkids will be home and the kids will be watching Halloween movies, carving pumpkins, making caramel apples, jumping in raked leaves, bobbing for apples and just doing fun, family things with them instead. We will be visiting them with treats and taking photos. I suspect it might start a new family tradition.
A good old-fashioned Halloween - That sounds like so much fun!
Took my 30 month old trick or treating for the first time yesterday. Saw a number of other trick or treaters. I'd say half the houses participated in either handing out candy or leaving bowls out.
I can understand being a little shaken by COVID but cannot understand being such a soft little pansy that you don't even answer the door and hand out candy when you're obviously home nuless you're 70+ in age. Our kids have suffered enough. How do these people even get on with their lives, go to work, get gas, shop for food, etc, while being such pansies they can't even hand out candy. It's not like you're inviting the kids into your living room.
Incredible. Everyone has suffered enough. Yet somehow you think everyone else has a moral responsibility to ensure that your child has a happy Halloween. Are you serious? You don't know what anyone's situation is. Many people have lost jobs, can't pay their mortgages, are suffering from isolation and depression, have elderly parents they help care for. But they should put their problems aside to hand your 2-1/2 year old candy. Look around. It's not all about you.
Incredible. Everyone has suffered enough. Yet somehow you think everyone else has a moral responsibility to ensure that your child has a happy Halloween. Are you serious? You don't know what anyone's situation is. Many people have lost jobs, can't pay their mortgages, are suffering from isolation and depression, have elderly parents they help care for. But they should put their problems aside to hand your 2-1/2 year old candy. Look around. It's not all about you.
Incredible. Everyone has suffered enough. Yet somehow you think everyone else has a moral responsibility to ensure that your child has a happy Halloween. Are you serious? You don't know what anyone's situation is. Many people have lost jobs, can't pay their mortgages, are suffering from isolation and depression, have elderly parents they help care for. But they should put their problems aside to hand your 2-1/2 year old candy. Look around. It's not all about you.
Don’t waste another minutes this selfish individual is also indicating she will run her gas blower as she sees fit because I guess her neighbors have no rights either. Lost cause. Not wasting another letter in reply.
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