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I don't know why this matters so much, but I am a SAHM.

OK, apparently people don't like this tradition. OK, message received. I thought it was something fun for kids. My kids love it, and I don't know a single kid who wouldn't like a fun little surprise and some treats.

I was wrong to use the word "weird" about my neighbor. I should have found a better way to describe her. I did say stand-offish, I guess that's what I meant. We have kids who like playing together, she's nice, but she's hard to get to know and doesn't seem to get in the spirit of things sometimes. She's the mom at the block party who doesn't talk much. That's what I meant. I shouldn't have said "weird." That was the wrong word.

I didn't know people could be annoyed by something so small and harmless, but I guess I'll stop. I do appreciate some of the feedback, but some of you are downright nasty.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank God this isn't my life. Get a job OP and stop obsessing over inane Pinterest nonsense.

eh, you can't assume that Op is a SAHM. In fact, this sounds like classic over compensation to me.

Op, do you work?

I don't know why this matters so much, but I am a SAHM.

OK, apparently people don't like this tradition. OK, message received. I thought it was something fun for kids. My kids love it, and I don't know a single kid who wouldn't like a fun little surprise and some treats.

I was wrong to use the word "weird" about my neighbor. I should have found a better way to describe her. I did say stand-offish, I guess that's what I meant. We have kids who like playing together, she's nice, but she's hard to get to know and doesn't seem to get in the spirit of things sometimes. She's the mom at the block party who doesn't talk much. That's what I meant. I shouldn't have said "weird." That was the wrong word.

I didn't know people could be annoyed by something so small and harmless, but I guess I'll stop. I do appreciate some of the feedback, but some of you are downright nasty.

Anonymous wrote:Well this is awkward, OP. I think you might actually be the "weird" neighbor here.

Anonymous wrote:We have a neighbor a few doors down who seems nice, usually. A little stand-offish sometimes. Her girls and my boys play together nicely when they see each other.

She was packing up her car on Friday, and I asked if she needed me to look out for packages or anything. She said no thank you, just a short trip, got it covered, etc.

I was walking our dog later and noticed that they had put up a "We've Been Boo-ed" sign that was definitely not there when they were packing up. My boys and I usually do the first "Boos" of the season, and always get their house, because their girls are so nice and cute.

I get that they don't want to participate, but she could have said something or posted a sign that was like "please don't Boo us"; they definitely were not Booed, because no other house on our street that has kids has the sign up! I'm just bummed. It's not like I would have left it on their porch all weekend, knowing they were gone.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank God this isn't my life. Get a job OP and stop obsessing over inane Pinterest nonsense.

eh, you can't assume that Op is a SAHM. In fact, this sounds like classic over compensation to me.

Op, do you work?

Anonymous wrote:OP as usual you had to know the snark would be over the top. I'll make you feel better. You seem sensitive, sweet and your kids are young. "We've been boo'd" is actually a very diplomatic way of saying she doesn't want bags of candy on her porch. PPs are right. She doesn't want to announce her house is empty. It's not personal, so shake it off.

To make you smile...here's a timeline of how this goes. In my neighborhood, boo'ing was a rite of passage since kids were trekking down long, dark (scary) driveways. By middle school, kids did it with gross bag contents and funny, scary notes. At this point, we blew them away with air horns. Sadly, it attracted more tweens. By HS, 9th graders hopped the gate to boo and my very well placed husband in IT clown costume did the trick. Snap chat maps location made it easy to know when they were close.Think one kid sprained his ankle trying to get away over gate. We don't like him anyway, was great fun! Happy Halloween!

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Anonymous wrote:OP as usual you had to know the snark would be over the top. I'll make you feel better. You seem sensitive, sweet and your kids are young. "We've been boo'd" is actually a very diplomatic way of saying she doesn't want bags of candy on her porch. PPs are right. She doesn't want to announce her house is empty. It's not personal, so shake it off.

To make you smile...here's a timeline of how this goes. In my neighborhood, boo'ing was a rite of passage since kids were trekking down long, dark (scary) driveways. By middle school, kids did it with gross bag contents and funny, scary notes. At this point, we blew them away with air horns. Sadly, it attracted more tweens. By HS, 9th graders hopped the gate to boo and my very well placed husband in IT clown costume did the trick. Snap chat maps location made it easy to know when they were close.Think one kid sprained his ankle trying to get away over gate. We don't like him anyway, was great fun! Happy Halloween!

All of this is foreign to me, and I have lived my whole life in the US.

Anonymous wrote:There are whole worlds I know nothing of... Thank God.

Anonymous wrote:OP as usual you had to know the snark would be over the top. I'll make you feel better. You seem sensitive, sweet and your kids are young. "We've been boo'd" is actually a very diplomatic way of saying she doesn't want bags of candy on her porch. PPs are right. She doesn't want to announce her house is empty. It's not personal, so shake it off.

To make you smile...here's a timeline of how this goes. In my neighborhood, boo'ing was a rite of passage since kids were trekking down long, dark (scary) driveways. By middle school, kids did it with gross bag contents and funny, scary notes. At this point, we blew them away with air horns. Sadly, it attracted more tweens. By HS, 9th graders hopped the gate to boo and my very well placed husband in IT clown costume did the trick. Snap chat maps location made it easy to know when they were close.Think one kid sprained his ankle trying to get away over gate. We don't like him anyway, was great fun! Happy Halloween!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP as usual you had to know the snark would be over the top. I'll make you feel better. You seem sensitive, sweet and your kids are young. "We've been boo'd" is actually a very diplomatic way of saying she doesn't want bags of candy on her porch. PPs are right. She doesn't want to announce her house is empty. It's not personal, so shake it off.

To make you smile...here's a timeline of how this goes. In my neighborhood, boo'ing was a rite of passage since kids were trekking down long, dark (scary) driveways. By middle school, kids did it with gross bag contents and funny, scary notes. At this point, we blew them away with air horns. Sadly, it attracted more tweens. By HS, 9th graders hopped the gate to boo and my very well placed husband in IT clown costume did the trick. Snap chat maps location made it easy to know when they were close.Think one kid sprained his ankle trying to get away over gate. We don't like him anyway, was great fun! Happy Halloween!

Were you trying to make the OP feel better by demonstrating that she isn't the weirdest person on this thread? If so, mission accomplished.

Anonymous wrote:OP as usual you had to know the snark would be over the top. I'll make you feel better. You seem sensitive, sweet and your kids are young. "We've been boo'd" is actually a very diplomatic way of saying she doesn't want bags of candy on her porch. PPs are right. She doesn't want to announce her house is empty. It's not personal, so shake it off.

To make you smile...here's a timeline of how this goes. In my neighborhood, boo'ing was a rite of passage since kids were trekking down long, dark (scary) driveways. By middle school, kids did it with gross bag contents and funny, scary notes. At this point, we blew them away with air horns. Sadly, it attracted more tweens. By HS, 9th graders hopped the gate to boo and my very well placed husband in IT clown costume did the trick. Snap chat maps location made it easy to know when they were close.Think one kid sprained his ankle trying to get away over gate. We don't like him anyway, was great fun! Happy Halloween!