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Burns me up. And embarrasses me when he’s the only one there who didn’t do anything.
AITA?
So I (28F) come from a country where Halloween is not really a big thing. I think I was invited to one halloween themed party my whole life, it’s never been something I’m really aware of or cared much for.
I now live in a country where halloween still isn’t a massive thing but there is a huge expat population (especially from the US) who does take it very seriously.
So anyway last night a bunch of the kids on my floor of my apartment building decided to go trick or treating. I’ve lived in this building since it opened and it’s only with covid and new families moving in last year that the trick or treating is even a thing.
I didn’t buy any candy for this, nor do I have any in the house. I stuck a note to the doorbell saying “no trick or treaters, please” and carried on with work.
From 5:30pm until around 9:45pm my doorbell was going every 15-20 minutes and some of the kids were even pounding on the door. I ignored it and just put earphones in and carried on with work.
About half an hour ago as I’m having lunch, 4 mothers who live near my apartment came to my door and kept ringing the bell until I answered. I recognised a couple of them and thought maybe they needed something so I opened up.
They started saying they knew I was home last night and why was I acting like a grinch, was I too much of a cow to make children happy, they felt sorry for my baby (I’m 6 1/2 months pregnant) and overall harassing me for not taking part in halloween.
I did yell at them that they had no right to expect anything of me and that if they came back I would be calling building security and then I slammed the door in their face.
I don’t get why I’m obligated to take part in a holiday that holds no meaning or significance for me, especially when I had made it clear that I would not be involved in it.
AITA for ignoring the “holiday” and being aggressive to my neighbours when they confronted me?
I imagined that it wouldn’t be too much of an issue especially considering the fact that I am not going for a hyperrealistic or particularly scary cockroach, I simply was planning on making a paper mache helmet and using the cicada wings i made from last year and dressing in brown. However, my parents are not particularly thrilled- my dad especially. He claims that it is “too weird” to go as. The costume idea is not scandalous or questionable at all, if anyone has any doubts I can send a picture of the idea.
When my little cousin [10M] came over, I was in my room preparing the costume. When I opened the door wearing a cardboard bowl-shaped thing [the helmet is paper mache] so I could go see in the mirror, my dad, sister [9F] and cousin were all standing across the hallway and could see me. My dad quickly rushed over and told me that I will not show the costume to any of the cousins/uncles + aunts and he seemed a bit angry. When he gets mad, his eyes tend to bulge out a little and he makes this face- this was somewhat present in this situation. I feel sort of bad-in my mind, it is either a), I am too old to be dressing up for Halloween or b) there is something wrong or inappropriate with being a cockroach that I do not understand. I don’t think it was related to my school grades or anything either, as of currently im completely on top of everything and even a little ahead. He could very well be in the wrong here though, but I think I need another perspective [hence why I come to reddit]. I think jerk is a strong word, it’s more so a matter of who is being irrational or unfair here. AITA?
We’ve been together about a year. It’s just a local theatre thing. They’re doing Rocky Horror live. It’s about 10 shows, all around Halloween, and she’s playing Janet. She got given the role today. They said over the phone that they’d give her a free ticket for someone to come see one of the shows and she asked me if I’d come watch her. I said I didn’t want to go and didn’t want her to do it either for reasons that are obvious to everyone who’s seen the movie. She’s now mad at me. I want to make it clear that she does not see acting as a career and is doing something totally different with her life, she said when she auditioned that it would be fun and presented it as a one off thing, so it’s not like I’m crushing her lifelong dreams, I just don’t want to watch my girlfriend get groped on stage.
Edit: I saw the production last year. Same company, same theatre. Dude who played Rocky motorboated “Janet” and it’s the same Rocky this year. And I looked it up and it’s the same director, too.
Update: I took a step back, realised how crazy I was coming off, confirmed with a friend that I am definitely the jerk and apologised at length. I love my girlfriend, I trust her, and it’s not enough to just say I support her, I need to actually do it. She’s still mad at me and she’ll probably be taking someone else to the show, but I am going to fully support her from here on out.
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