Families that go Trick-or-treating but don't hand out candy?

[Scurvy]

WHAT!!!??? are you crazy? no really? now we have to think about trick or treaters before buying a home? NO ONE does that! NO ONE

Apparently the people who keep score about Halloween candy do.

 

[Hannathy]

Really!? I can't believe people have that attitude. I really thought Halloween was just about fun, not about being even. Well I will drive my kids into town this year as I always do. We will trick or treat with them. I'm not going to feel guilty about it.

that is fine but know you aren't appreciated and you are talked about. Why do you think we want to buy your kids candy that don't even live in our neighborhood?
How do you even justify that any way shape or form.

The people across the street turn their lights off when they see the vans start coming in.

 

[jiminyC_fan]

Well, no. Not everyone has ToT aged kids. Probably half the houses we hit now have teens/young adults or are empty nesters, and yet they still hand out candy. We'll be right there with them someday too, because for us Halloween decorating is almost as fun as Christmas. We loved seeing all the kids come to the door when we were just starting out and didn't have kids, and I'm sure we'll love it when our own kids are too old for cute costumes and going door to door. But in the meantime, Halloween is family time and we go out together as a family.

We are empty nesters and love, love, love to hand out candy. I said what I did because we once had kids that ToT. We still managed to hand out candy back then, too.

 

[livie1205]

Apparently the people who keep score about Halloween candy do.

I guess so...can you hear it now in homes all over "sorry babies you can not trick or treat because we built our home in the country and we get no trick or treater so we can not let you get candy"? YEH RIGHT! on the years we do go we go to maybe 10 houses then go home...we prefer to buy their candy ourselves so crazies dont put something in it...and we buy the good stuff.The first year we lived in our home we tried to leave candy out even though we KNEW no one would come...we came home to coons and dear in the candy bowl! NO THANK YOU. I think the give?take people should team up with the tattltale MSSSHP wristband people and take up a hobby!

 

[Hannathy]

I I think the give?take people should team up with the tattltale MSSSHP wristband people and take up a hobby!

glad to join that team. so you think it is OK to cheat Disney also and go to the party if you didn't pay? interesting ethics.

 

[kirstenb1]

that is fine but know you aren't appreciated and you are talked about. Why do you think we want to buy your kids candy that don't even live in our neighborhood?
How do you even justify that any way shape or form.

The people across the street turn their lights off when they see the vans start coming in.

We live in the country, and are one of 2 neighborhoods for probably 10 miles around. I fully expect the "country" kids to drive into our rural neighborhood. Why shouldn't they trick or treat? More to the point, we're talking about maybe an extra 30-40 kids, so what is that, maybe $5 worth of candy?

 

[Cinderella94]

that is fine but know you aren't appreciated and you are talked about.

No one's life can possibly be that boring.

 

[DisneyBeagle]

OP here again. For all of you that live out in the country, please feel free to come to my house. I am thrilled to death to get tons of ToTers. I keep track of how many kids come to the house (I guess I do keep score afterall ) so that I know how much candy to buy the next year. I remember the first year that we had over 100 ToTers...I was in heaven.

 

[luvmy3]

WHAT!!!??? are you crazy? no really? now we have to think about trick or treaters before buying a home? NO ONE does that! NO ONE

Oh yes, that is just as important as your credit check. With the stricter lending laws banks are going to be looking for any reason to deny a mortgage, and if you aren't gong to hand out candy on Halloween and still take your kids out then you run the risk of not being approved and not being able to move into your dream neighborhood

 

[scrapquitler]

I've noticed for the past few years that my neighbors across the street go out trick-or-treating (all 4 kids and both parents accompany them) but they don't have anyone stay at their house to give out candy. I also know they don't leave out a bowl of candy because I've got a clear view of their door.

I guess you could say that it all evens out since I don't have any kids, but I still give out candy. Personally, I think that if you're going to be taking candy from others then you should be giving out candy also.

What do you think?

If I had four children, I can't imagine that I would want to take them all out Trick or Treating in the dark by myself without some help from my DH. And I can't imagine that I'd be able to get away with staying home alone while letting him wrangle four kids alone.

It all evens out in the end...for years we gave out candy before we had children. When our kids are grown up and gone, I'll still be handing out candy. For now, going out as a family (with two kids) is what works for us.

If you follow the logic of you should give out candy if you get some, then no childless people should bother to give any out.

 

[scbelleatheart]

We have never lived inside town to give out candy. I would love to pass out candy but DMIL makes up for it. We add to her stash and she makes cute little bags stuffed with things (usually around 500) and makes up special bags for the kids in the neighborhood she knows and hand delivers them if she happens to not recognize them when they come by.
So we go in town and ToT. The fire/police also give out huge bags of candy donated by all the businesses in town and there is a big themed party for the whole town sponsored by a local organization. More Candy!
Gotta love little towns, only 6,500 people so you know everyone and they don't care if you give out candy or not. All they want to do is enjoy the evening. Oh, and the parade with costumes and floats! Then the VFW gives out more candy and judges costumes. It's a long week though!

 

[livie1205]

glad to join that team. so you think it is OK to cheat Disney also and go to the party if you didn't pay? interesting ethics.

yep crazy! IF you read my post on the matter you would have saw I said ITS NOT OK FOR PEOPLE TO DO THAT but....wdw can police themselves and people should be paying attention to their own familys before someone elses!

 

[livie1205]

No one's life can possibly be that boring.

GUESS AGAIN!

 

[friend of pooh]

But that was the choice you made when you moved there. You can't have the best of both world without it seeming greedy.

I live in an area that is on the edge of town and we all hate when they bring in the kids from out in the country to trick or treat in our neighborhood. You should trick or treat where you live and give out candy there also.

That's it. I'm calling my realtor. There was no box to check off about trick or treating when we bought our home. She obviously doesn't know what she is doing.

Affordable - check
Good schools - check
Opportunity to trick or treat - check

 

[Scurvy]

You know, the more I think about this the more I realize I'm getting the short end of the stick when it comes to this whole trick-or-treating thing. I only have one child, and he didn't trick or treat for very many years. But I've had the same families coming to my door for many years with their multiple kids, some of whom have been trick-or-treating for more years than my child did. We've definitely given out far more candy than we got over the years. Plus, we never gave out the cheap candy (mainly because I wanted leftovers that we actually liked). I think I need to start telling families that they may only bring one child to my door, and that they may trick or treat at my house for a maximum of 6 years before they have to stop. Oh, and they can only choose a treat from the bowl that is of equal or lesser quality to the treats they gave out when my child was trick or treating. If they didn't give any out those years, they're out of luck!

(No offense meant, OP. I think you had an interesting question. But this thread has gotten hilarious!)

 

[livie1205]

We have never lived inside town to give out candy. I would love to pass out candy but DMIL makes up for it. We add to her stash and she makes cute little bags stuffed with things (usually around 500) and makes up special bags for the kids in the neighborhood she knows and hand delivers them if she happens to not recognize them when they come by.
So we go in town and ToT. The fire/police also give out huge bags of candy donated by all the businesses in town and there is a big themed party for the whole town sponsored by a local organization. More Candy!
Gotta love little towns, only 6,500 people so you know everyone and they don't care if you give out candy or not. All they want to do is enjoy the evening. Oh, and the parade with costumes and floats! Then the VFW gives out more candy and judges costumes. It's a long week though!

now we HAVE tried that but people really dont like it when people walk up and offer their kids candy on the street to much...I think they like to have a little control over it.I also send left over candy to the womens abuse shelter for the kids that can not go OUT trick or treating because they are hiding.

 

[ilovepcot]

That's it. I'm calling my relator. There was no box to check off about trick or treating when we bought our home. She obviously doesn't know what she is doing.

How do you think I feel???!!! Took 2 years of wasting my time AND money on Halloween candy no one would come and get. Haunted house and all the neighbors knew it...all but me. We probably had the same realtor.

 

[TimeforMe]

that is fine but know you aren't appreciated and you are talked about. Why do you think we want to buy your kids candy that don't even live in our neighborhood?
How do you even justify that any way shape or form.

Really? Wow. That is just sad.

 

[DisneyBeagle]

You know, the more I think about this the more I realize I'm getting the short end of the stick when it comes to this whole trick-or-treating thing. I only have one child, and he didn't trick or treat for very many years. But I've had the same families coming to my door for many years with their multiple kids, some of whom have been trick-or-treating for more years than my child did. We've definitely given out far more candy than we got over the years. Plus, we never gave out the cheap candy (mainly because I wanted leftovers that we actually liked). I think I need to start telling families that they may only bring one child to my door, and that they may trick or treat at my house for a maximum of 6 years before they have to stop. Oh, and they can only choose a treat from the bowl that is of equal or lesser quality to the treats they gave out when my child was trick or treating. If they didn't give any out those years, they're out of luck!

(No offense meant, OP. I think you had an interesting question. But this thread has gotten hilarious!)

Don't worry, I'm not easily offended, plus the thread has taken on a life of it's own. I agree it has become a funny thread. I know people who give wedding gifts based on the same criteria listed in your post. They give a gift based on what gift was given to them or their children for their weddings. We have all heard of the "cover your plate" mentality of giving wedding gifts. Perhaps we could use the "cover your pillow case" mentality for Halloween candy.

 

[BriarfoxinWA]

Oh I dread the T or T'ers. We are one of two houses right on the edge of a small town. For years we never got anyone coming to the house. The last couple of years its been all teenagers or people from out of town with a car full of kids. I don't mind the cute little kids but really, after the're in high school I think that's a little much. I think I'm leaving the porch light off this year and not giving out anything.

Our downtown businesses do trick or treating for a couple of hours on night around Halloween. I get my DS14 to come help hand out candy. He really doesn't care, and hasn't cared for a couple of years about going out. We seem to get more and more late teens and adults T or Ting anymore.