# I hate Halloween parties **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 25, 2013, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-halloween-parties/669627 "2013-09-25T05:48:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-halloween-parties/669627/21 "2013-09-25T22:32:05Z")
I love Halloween. I love making costumes. I sometimes wear a costume for no particular reason. This year, I’m dyeing some linens and sewing myself a jester costume. I already have a fine velvet jester’s cap a friend gave me years ago. OTTOMH I have lying around- my old clown outfit that eveyrbody hated my new clown outfit that got good reviews my Cultist of Cthulhu outfit (robe, cephalopod helmet, staff) I could also reassemble my Tomorrow Knight (Mark III) outfit (hemet, cuirass, greaves, vambraces, mylar wings, and either lucite sword and shield or aluminum spear) ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-halloween-parties/669627/22 "2013-09-26T00:57:27Z")
I kind of agree with the OP; some friends usually throw a (great) annual Halloween party, and people really go nuts with the costumes. I love going, but always feel like I half-assed my costume because it’s usually something thrown together in the week prior to the partyh. Although the last couple of years, we just said “Fuck it.” and showed up in street clothes because we had a newborn and a 1 year old and were in no mood to bother with any costumes. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-halloween-parties/669627/23 "2013-09-26T01:02:52Z")
Eh, just throw on a funny hat or something. Pretty much every Holloween party has some contigent of people that either don’t dress up or just toss some random piece of weird clothing on and call it a costume. I’ve never seen it be a problem. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-halloween-parties/669627/24 "2013-09-26T01:29:48Z")
I don’t mind it too much, but I like Joel Stein’s take: > **[Forget the candy, grab the fishnets](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-26-oe-stein26-story.html)** > > Holidays are for children and conservatives. “Halloween should be freed of adults who use it as an excuse to dress up like hookers.” ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-halloween-parties/669627/25 "2013-09-26T01:34:38Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > “Halloween should be freed of adults who use it as an excuse to dress up like hookers.” That’s the only redeeming feature ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-halloween-parties/669627/26 "2013-09-26T09:16:40Z")
Normally a man will do anything to get a good lay. For women probably not, but I’m sure there’s something to a party that makes sacrifices worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-halloween-parties/669627/27 "2013-09-26T13:29:52Z")
Do what a friend of mine did - no costume on the day of a fancy halloween party? No problem - just get some friendly folks to _paint_ one on. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-halloween-parties/669627/28 "2013-09-26T14:26:50Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > So since I’ve become an adult, and could make my own decisions, I’ve decided to never wear a costume again. I had similarly resolved, and held to my resolve for more than 30 years. Then, last year, I broke down, and it wasn’t even for Halloween. My curling club had a movie-themed costume party–in February–and I attended. The Lincoln movie was hot at the time, so I decided to come as Lincoln. How hard can it be? Stores sell ready-to-wear Lincoln costumes. White Shirt, black pants, cloak, top hat, and beard, and you’re good to go. What a disaster. First, someone else had the same idea. We were the only duplicate costumes at the party, so everybody pointed at us and laughed. Second, the hat wouldn’t stay up, and I had to prop it up with cardboard strips that chafed my chrome-dome head. Third, my fake beard came unglued during dinner. Fuck costumes. Fuck “cosplay”. Never again. I’m **Freddy the Pig** , and if you don’t like it tough because that’s the only person I’m ever going to be. You want me to wear a costume, sign me to an Actors Equity contract. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-halloween-parties/669627/29 "2013-09-26T15:08:25Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > But what has happened is that the the adults have stolen Halloween from the children. Yup. It’s another example of how our society pushes adults to act like children, and it’s also an opportunity for corporations to sell cheap made-in-China costumes and artificial sugar. Just say no to Halloween. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-halloween-parties/669627/30 "2013-09-26T15:16:34Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > However, I hate having to dress up like an immature moron. Then dress up as a cowboy, gangster, astronaut; anything _but_ an immature moron! ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-halloween-parties/669627/31 "2013-09-26T16:35:29Z")
Right. Go as a mature moron. Maybe get a sign to go with it. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/4136/4774136353_d58d2b9ccb_w.jpg "moran-sign") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/26139347@N05/4774136353/) ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-halloween-parties/669627/32 "2013-09-26T16:39:40Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > I hate costumes, I hate parties, I hate dressing up, I hate Halloween. Ditto, except I like parties. Halloween is a depressing “holiday.” It’s about death! How is that fun? Please. Plus it’s a depressing time of year, decreasing sunlight, everything dying. Yuk. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-halloween-parties/669627/33 "2013-09-26T17:00:36Z")
> [@MLS](#): > > Ditto, except I like parties. Halloween is a depressing “holiday.” It’s about death! How is that fun? Please. Plus it’s a depressing time of year, decreasing sunlight, everything dying. Yuk. That’s why I dress up silly, drink, and eat a ton of candy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-halloween-parties/669627.md?page=1)