64 Spine-Chilling Halloween Disasters That Will Make You Question Everything Beyond Costumes
At that point, I was done. I contacted the neighborhood community and we managed to get some folks (cops mostly) to stand the at the gate with a list and only let in certain people. (folks that live here, family members, friends) If you wanted to get in, you had to be close to someone in the neighborhood. It was great, there were only about 300 kids in the neighborhood and after there was barely any trash. And, we’re doing it again this year.
I recently told my sister what I have done, and she got really angry. When we were kids, we had to trick or treat in other neighborhoods because we lived in a trailer park with no other kids. She told me I was a horrible person for ruining thousands of kids Halloween. But honestly, I’m not too broken up about it. It was a hazard, if there was a fire or an emergency, no one would be able to get in to help. When I was a kid, there was never any cars lining the streets, the residences could get out if they wanted, it was never dangerous.
I don’t think I’m in the wrong, but I’ve always respected my sister’s opinion. AITA?
Info: there was no one in the cars. They were parked in the middle of the road and in yards so there was no way for me or an ambulance to get through unless every driver in that neighbor at the same time went to their cars at the same time and drove out. My daughter was 13 and in that awkward phase where she doesn’t want to bother anyone for help, and said it didn’t hurt that bad.
I need some perspective here, this whole thing is so out of control
I (28/f) own my house and my bf (29/m) moved in January. We had a ton of early money arguments and agreed that we would keep to a household budget. Also, he agreed to pay down his credit card debt. I have more flexibility in my personal spending than he does.
Early after we moved in, my bf told me that as a kid he always wanted to live in one of the houses that were totally decorated for trick or treat and handed out full size candy.
Here’s where I messed up. I took this as a comment and not a plan. When the end of September came, we went to the halloween store, and he was under the impression we had savings for this. I didn’t know. We go over the monthly budget together, and it was never listed. When he found out that there was no halloween savings, we had an argument.
Afterwards I talked to friends who all said he had talked about trick or treat extensively and how much it meant. I chalked this one up to a misunderstanding on my part. So I came up with $500 my money, and went to him with an apology.
He decided to buy one big piece, an animatronic clown and some lights. It burned through the $500, plus he put a little on his own credit card.
He wanted another big piece and was mad I wouldn’t put it on my credit card. I asked if he wanted to put up handmade decorations or spider webs but he said it would look cheap.
A few weeks later, we had a fight over candy. He was still stuck on buying full size bars. We easily get over 250 trick or treaters and I said we just don’t have that much money. So we got the bulk bags of good small bars. I also had these little coloring books for the allergy and diabetes kids.
Jump forward to Halloween. Early kids show up and he is letting them grab handfuls. I remind him we have a ton of trick or treaters coming, and he got really annoyed. I had ordered a pizza for us. So I get it and go inside for about 10 minutes. By the time I came back out, the trick or treat bowls were empty. He had been dumping a third of a bowl in each kids bag and had given out all the coloring books to whatever kids came along.
He told me that I’d have to go run out and buy more candy on my credit card. I said I wasn’t going to do that, and it wasn’t my fault he just handed out 20 pounds of candy. He started yelling right there in front of the kids, and I told him to come inside. He responded that he wasn’t stopping trick or treating even if there was no candy. I told him to have fun with the clown, and went inside.
He came in 15 minutes later. Then he demanded that I leave for the night so that he could clear his head. He argued it was fair because I had already eaten and it was my fault that trick or treat was ruined bc I’m cheap. I handed the rest of the pizza at him and refused
He left and went to a friend’s house and I guess they spent the rest of the night drinking, handing out trick or treat candy and texting me how awful and cheap I am.
AITA?
So, this one is fresh, and I’m still getting a cold shoulder over it.
I’m going to give a bit of a backstory only because I think it’s relevant. I’ve been married 14 years to an incredible guy and we ended up with 3 kids. 8 years old, 5 years old, and 3 years old. We both used to be pretty athletic pre-kids and both picked up I hate to say it quite a bit of weight. I had a bit of a health scare after our 3rd kid was born. And, I took my health more seriously and dropped a good bit of weight along with feel absolutely incredible in comparison to where I was before. I tried to take my husband on this journey with me… but he wasn’t ready. He was half-committed to the effort.
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