In the 1970s OP would have been the mom gaslighting her kids by claiming that carob was the same as chocolate.

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Anonymous wrote:NP, and haven't read the replies, but I can tell you, it's people who wait too long to buy Halloween candy and there is nothing left at the store.

I just grabbed the last three bags of candy (Milky Ways) at our store (actually there were five and I left two for someone else to buy)

There was nothing left to buy at my store today because some time in the last two days they took down Halloween and put up Christmas. WTH, Harris Teeter?

I hate that they do this now, but it's the rule. Go on Christmas Eve and it's all Valentine's Day stuff.

And for the record, we order our full size bars weeks before Halloween, so that we've got a big box of different varieties.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. This thread is hilarious. I do love candy corn, for the record, but I don’t give it out. I buy good candy—no pretzels, no raisins—but fun sized. Yes, it’s a terrible value, ounce for ounce. But when I see the haul that my kids come home with—like an absolutely insane volume of candy—it just makes me wonder why she people feel the need to get the exact same product everyone else is giving out, just bigger. It still doesn’t make sense to me, even after reading all your replies. It would seem generous if no one else was giving out candy, or chocolate, but it’s just bigger and more expensive. On top of a mountain of the exact same stuff.

Are you usually this wound up about things, or is it just full-size Halloween candy that is so bothersome? Isn't Halloween about overindulging in candy? Do you get equally bothered by people who let kids take more than one fun-sized candy/chocolate?

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Anonymous wrote:Full-size (or occasionally King-size) candy was a true childhood delight. Decades later, I can still recall which neighbors gave them out to T-o-T.

I’ll bet they’re still patting themselves on the back, too.

Grow up, pp. It says more about your insecurities.

We give out a big handful of small candy bars/skittles/etc. and it adds up to more than one full size bar. I think a full size bar is nice too.

It started one year because for a long time we didn't get that many trick or treaters because we live at the dead end of a long street. The full size bar box happened to be on a good sale at Costco so we bought one on a whim, thinking it would just be a fun treat for the handful of kids who made the effort to come all the way to our house. Then we noticed that the kids would spread the word and tell other kids to come down our way because "that house has full sized bars." Now we have a reputation in the neighborhood. Kids come back year after year because they remember our house (which is somewhat distinctive in our neighborhood because it looks different from the others. So I'm stuck! Ah well, it makes the kids happy.

I give out Dole fun sized salad bags. Does that make you happy?

You're thinking too deeply about it. Kids love full-size candy bars and some people really get into the Halloween spirit. Nobody thinks of it as a negative; their intentions are good.

Anonymous wrote:NP, and haven't read the replies, but I can tell you, it's people who wait too long to buy Halloween candy and there is nothing left at the store.

I just grabbed the last three bags of candy (Milky Ways) at our store (actually there were five and I left two for someone else to buy)

There was nothing left to buy at my store today because some time in the last two days they took down Halloween and put up Christmas. WTH, Harris Teeter?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. This thread is hilarious. I do love candy corn, for the record, but I don’t give it out. I buy good candy—no pretzels, no raisins—but fun sized. Yes, it’s a terrible value, ounce for ounce. But when I see the haul that my kids come home with—like an absolutely insane volume of candy—it just makes me wonder why she people feel the need to get the exact same product everyone else is giving out, just bigger. It still doesn’t make sense to me, even after reading all your replies. It would seem generous if no one else was giving out candy, or chocolate, but it’s just bigger and more expensive. On top of a mountain of the exact same stuff.

We do it to piss you off specifically, OP.

😂😂😂

Anonymous wrote:NP, and haven't read the replies, but I can tell you, it's people who wait too long to buy Halloween candy and there is nothing left at the store.

I just grabbed the last three bags of candy (Milky Ways) at our store (actually there were five and I left two for someone else to buy)

Thanks, but that’s not it. It’s all about the joy. Small candy is not joyful enough.

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s just to go with their unnecessarily large McMansions and oversized SUVs. Part of a theme.

Ha! I drive a vw golf and live in a small house so you are wrong.

NP, and haven't read the replies, but I can tell you, it's people who wait too long to buy Halloween candy and there is nothing left at the store.

I just grabbed the last three bags of candy (Milky Ways) at our store (actually there were five and I left two for someone else to buy)

Anonymous wrote:OP here. This thread is hilarious. I do love candy corn, for the record, but I don’t give it out. I buy good candy—no pretzels, no raisins—but fun sized. Yes, it’s a terrible value, ounce for ounce. But when I see the haul that my kids come home with—like an absolutely insane volume of candy—it just makes me wonder why she people feel the need to get the exact same product everyone else is giving out, just bigger. It still doesn’t make sense to me, even after reading all your replies. It would seem generous if no one else was giving out candy, or chocolate, but it’s just bigger and more expensive. On top of a mountain of the exact same stuff.

What do you not understand? Kids absolutely LOVE receiving full sized candy bars at Halloween. Numerous posters have told you this. You simply are simply dense.

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Anonymous wrote:We give away two liter bottles of soda. OP would have an aneurysm.

Our street has a cooler for adults we know. OP would narc out our cul de sac

No, I’d be in to that, but go on with your assumptions.

Going above and beyond for adult joy 👍
Going above and beyond for child joy 🙅‍♀️

OP here. I think it’s great when neighbors have adult beverages to share. I would find it incredibly odd if they were handing out an entire bottle of wine to every adult. Sometimes more of the same thing is just odd. That’s all.

Yes, let's equate an 80 cent candy bar with a $10 bottle of wine. Even the single serving beverage they're sharing costs more than that full sized candy bar. Full sized candy bars really aren't that expensive. I spent $30.

So you feel good about spreading joy by handing a bigger block of cheap, sh*tty chocolate?

Yes. Snickers are delicious.

They used to be when we were kids. The quality is terrible now.