My sister is 23 and still dresses up and goes out knocking doors for candy… and I find it weird but I let her do her. It got me thinking, at what age do you think someone should stop Trick r Treating at? Just curious.
I used to think there should be an age limit, I think i officially stopped trick or treating at like 13 or 14. I live Halloween though and always did so I dressed up and trotted around with my little siblings to help keep an eye and make sure they were safe and didn’t get too scared because we did have a few houses that often provided “tricks” with their treats.
Most of the adults tied to give me candy too even though I wasn’t carrying a bag, some flat out refused my attempt at just saying I was chaperoning and not trick or treating. Got told by a few that I dressed up and that’s the rules, I got candy without trying just because I wanted to have fun and spend time with my siblings.
I remember a few people giving my dad candy when he took me as a kid because he always dressed up with us. He even stayed back on the walk way as we walked up to the house and the old guy giving out candy yelled out “Hey Wolfman!” my dad looked up as he was dressed as a werewolf and got a reeses thrown to him with additional compliments on his costume.
All this to say is I don’t think I’d give any side eye to anyone coming to get some candy, sometimes adults need a little pick me up as well and it just used to be fun seeing all the different costumes and creative stuff people would come up with or randomly scaring a couple older kids just by opening the door with whatever creepy costume I had that year.
As long as you’re wearing a costume, I don’t care how old you are. You’ll get a treat.
In my area, it is less age and more size. Someone that is large scares more people than a small person. I was large so stopped early, but a small woman with a mask could go quite a long time.
When I was 18, I took my little brother trick or treating. I’m short (and a woman), he’s tall. Everyone asked him if he was too old to be out, but nobody questioned me.
I give candy to parents with costumes. Knock on my door, say trick or treat, and you get candy. Them’s the rules.
I also give adults I know beer or seltzer.
If you don’t give a treat, you risk getting tricked.
Yep. If you show up to my door with a costume, you’re getting candy. Age is an afterthought if at all.
If it’s the end of the evening and you’re 47 with no costume and driving a beatup Civic, I’ll happily dump candy in your backpack so that I don’t have it sitting at home tempting me to eat it.
I need a van to write “Need Candy” on the side. I’ll come visit you.
I’d just be happy she has a costume on. Around here we get grown adults with no costumes asking for candy with their kids. I guess I enable them because I don’t want to call them out in front of their own kids, but come on.
18/20 because after that you ought to be able to be a candy-giver. This whole thing only works if we have enough candy-givers, and too late of a cutoff age skews the balance.
I’ve heard of people doing both on the same night. Some people like seeing costumes and some like wearing them. It doesn’t matter how old you are, do what you’d like and it will balance out.
How is a 20 year old gonna be a candy giver? Do you get handed a home at 18 where you live?
On your Halloween after turning 18, the first house you knock on is obligated to give you the keys.
Is there some rule I wasn’t aware of that you must own a home in order to give out candy on Halloween?
At 18, you presumably live SOMEWHERE. Nothing stopping you from giving out candy at that residence.
Note: this is not an endorsement that you shouldn’t be allowed to trick or treat at 18. Simply pointing out that your specific argument is bullshit.
We have like 4 children in our neighbourhood. If an adult showed up at my door in costume, I’d be thrilled to get a visitor, give them candy and offer them booze (it’s also common in my area for homes to offer drinks to parents who are chaperoning their kids).
On a similar note, when my son was about 7, my girlfriend at the time (who was 28) came with us in costume and and went up to houses with him with a candy bag and collected treats. The first couple houses, I actually felt like “this is a little embarrassing” but people just gave her candy and alcohol and I was like “You know what, this is fun!” I realized I was being a stiff adult and should just get over myself (a beer and a couple cup of hot cider with whiskey didn’t hurt my attitude either).
Any age that makes the effort to dress up and have fun. If you are not ok with that you need to ask yourself what killed your inner child?
Yeah! I think if you dress up and make an effort you can trick or treat and I don’t mind giving you candy. My partner and I usually go dress up and just wander around in costume and in character to “scare” people and contribute to the atmosphere. We’re obviously in the “too old to trick or treat” category so we don’t actually go and ask for candy and usually give some out while walking around… But people here give out candy waiting outside near the sidewalks, so it’s actually pretty common for us to get a “great costume, want some candy?” Which I totally don’t need and usually decline because I’m in character being spooky (which usually involves not talking), but I appreciate it in the sense that it’s clearly just a night for everybody to have fun and they don’t just see it as a dull social obligation to give out candy just to children.
There’s no age limit. Adulthood isn’t about not being whimsical it’s about being whimsical and not caring that losers are judging you for being happy
It’s better that teenagers are out collecting candy and not committing mischief.
They should do both
If someone has the confidence to dress up and ring my doorbell, they’re getting candy and positive vibes from me.
" I let her do it"
I just assumed that was them leaving off, “without giving her a bunch of shit.”
Bullying your siblings isn’t just a right but your social obligation sometimes!
There is no age limit. I will give candy to anyone in a costume that is trick or treating.
I stopped at 14. At 23 it’s definitely weird, but whatever. I think it’s unfortunate that our culture shames adults for partaking in controlled mischief aspects of holidays and other such fun holiday traditions.
Like I don’t give a shit how old someone is. If you show up in a costume I’m giving you candy. No matter the age. I don’t know why you’d care what she’s doing, how is it hurting you or anyone else?
