As the end of October comes rolling in, so does Halloween. I think most can agree that Halloween is a pretty great day, or at least that’s what I think. But the age-old question is, “what is the cutoff age for trick-or-treaters?”
I don’t think high school teenagers should really go out trick-or-treating after their freshman year because, let’s face it, teenagers can get a little too crazy. They might start off trick-or-treating, but part of you knows that they’ll end the night toilet papering someone’s house or smashing people’s pumpkins. It almost always ends like that on my street, and I live around the Stockdale High School area.
If you’re 18 and over, since technically, you are an adult, you should refrain from going door-to-door asking for candy. I mean, I don’t know about you, but I’m not really quite fond of the idea of adults coming to my door at night for any reason other than to deliver pizza. Maybe it’s just because I’m a girl, and I’m normally stuck home alone handing out candy to strangers on Halloween while my parent’s take my kid brother out to go trick-or-treating.
Also, have you seen the costumes they have available for adults 18 and over? There is a time and place for women to wear those costumes and that is not on my front door step. Especially since there will be children asking for candy. I don’t know about parents, but I wouldn’t want my 4-year-old niece surrounded by women in skin tight outfits or outfits that show off more than needs to be seen. I mean, it’s also kind of weird to see grown men and women walking around neighborhoods in costumes unless they are trying to scare children or taking their young one’s out to trick-or-treat.
If you’re 18 and over, and don’t have a child to take out on Halloween I would assume you would want to go out and maybe hit up some haunted houses or if getting scared isn’t really your thing, I know it’s not mine, then maybe try going to some Halloween parties and if you’re not into either of those, you could always have a movie night at your house with some good friends. There are plenty of things to do on Halloween if you’re 18 and older.
There should be rules for trick or treating. If you’re old enough to have job and buy your own candy, then you should not be going door to door asking for candy.