Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's one of the few things about parenting I actively dislike. The costumes, the candy, the idiocy of it all happening on a weekday, the unpredictable weather for an outdoor event, figuring out the timing, the social stress of kids figuring out who trick or treat with, etc. I love doing kids birthdays, family holidays, the 4th of July, planning family vacations. I get into the first day and last day of school, and I love the day to day of parenting and getting to watch my kids grow up. But I hate Halloween.

I never say it out loud but the truth is I'm SO HAPPY that I now have 364 days before I have to do it again.

Anyone else?

💯 OP. The social stress is real. DD’s friend got sick at the last minute and the third girl bailed so I was scrambling to find Plan C. I just hate Halloween!

This is so ridiculous. Why not just take her around the neighborhood by yourself and call it a night? You are creating drama and social stress for yourself.

NP and I totally agree. Fortunately, my parents always came over because they wanted to walk with the kids, so it was a non-issue.

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Anonymous wrote:The lead up to all holidays stresses me out. Everything is so overdone. New Years Day is my very favorite because there are zero expectations.

It must suck to hate everything.

And you’re clearly filled with love and positivity.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's one of the few things about parenting I actively dislike. The costumes, the candy, the idiocy of it all happening on a weekday, the unpredictable weather for an outdoor event, figuring out the timing, the social stress of kids figuring out who trick or treat with, etc. I love doing kids birthdays, family holidays, the 4th of July, planning family vacations. I get into the first day and last day of school, and I love the day to day of parenting and getting to watch my kids grow up. But I hate Halloween.

I never say it out loud but the truth is I'm SO HAPPY that I now have 364 days before I have to do it again.

Anyone else?

💯 OP. The social stress is real. DD’s friend got sick at the last minute and the third girl bailed so I was scrambling to find Plan C. I just hate Halloween!

This is so ridiculous. Why not just take her around the neighborhood by yourself and call it a night? You are creating drama and social stress for yourself.

ITA. I don't like Halloween but the social 'drama' is not a reason because it is what you make it. It is a whole 2 hours long. Big deal.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's one of the few things about parenting I actively dislike. The costumes, the candy, the idiocy of it all happening on a weekday, the unpredictable weather for an outdoor event, figuring out the timing, the social stress of kids figuring out who trick or treat with, etc. I love doing kids birthdays, family holidays, the 4th of July, planning family vacations. I get into the first day and last day of school, and I love the day to day of parenting and getting to watch my kids grow up. But I hate Halloween.

I never say it out loud but the truth is I'm SO HAPPY that I now have 364 days before I have to do it again.

Anyone else?

💯 OP. The social stress is real. DD’s friend got sick at the last minute and the third girl bailed so I was scrambling to find Plan C. I just hate Halloween!

This is so ridiculous. Why not just take her around the neighborhood by yourself and call it a night? You are creating drama and social stress for yourself.

NP but even my 8yo refused to go with family. Fortunately a friend who was originally unsure if she could come made it at the last minute. But otherwise she would have stayed home. She is not a big candy person

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's one of the few things about parenting I actively dislike. The costumes, the candy, the idiocy of it all happening on a weekday, the unpredictable weather for an outdoor event, figuring out the timing, the social stress of kids figuring out who trick or treat with, etc. I love doing kids birthdays, family holidays, the 4th of July, planning family vacations. I get into the first day and last day of school, and I love the day to day of parenting and getting to watch my kids grow up. But I hate Halloween.

I never say it out loud but the truth is I'm SO HAPPY that I now have 364 days before I have to do it again.

Anyone else?

💯 OP. The social stress is real. DD’s friend got sick at the last minute and the third girl bailed so I was scrambling to find Plan C. I just hate Halloween!

This is so ridiculous. Why not just take her around the neighborhood by yourself and call it a night? You are creating drama and social stress for yourself.

I hate Thanksgiving for all the same reasons you hate Halloween, but I actually like Halloween because I feel like it's low stress. I'm not expected to do much except hand out some candy or walk around with my kid. No gift buying, no big expenses, NO IN-LAWS.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Christmas Day is the worst followed by Halloween for me

I bet you love sucking the joy out of all holidays for those of us having a good time! If you don't enjoy Christmas then stay by yourself and stop trying to make other people as miserable as you.

You sound like lovely, open-minded person

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+1 . She’s an all-inclusive christian I bet

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Anonymous wrote:Christmas Day is the worst followed by Halloween for me

I bet you love sucking the joy out of all holidays for those of us having a good time! If you don't enjoy Christmas then stay by yourself and stop trying to make other people as miserable as you.

OP here and I like Christmas Day a lot but this reaction is ridiculous.

I started this thread specifically because I always pretend I enjoy Halloween, specifically because I don't want my distaste for it to negatively impact how my kids enjoy it (and they love it). But I just wanted to acknowledge that it's not my thing. How does that take anything away from it for you? It has nothing to do with you.

And the PP not liking Christmas Day has zero impact on my own enjoyment of it. I'm sorry PP doesn't like it, but I always look forward to it -- just thinking about being cozy in my PJs with my family and how excited my kids will be about the gifts I'm already planning, and how DH always finds something he's really excited to cook and it will be fun to try that. And all of that will happen whether PP loves Christmas Day or not. So it doesn't impact me in the least.

So maybe stop worrying about whether everyone else loves all the same things as you. It doesn't matter.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Christmas Day is the worst followed by Halloween for me

I bet you love sucking the joy out of all holidays for those of us having a good time! If you don't enjoy Christmas then stay by yourself and stop trying to make other people as miserable as you.

You sound like lovely, open-minded person

Anonymous wrote:Christmas Day is the worst followed by Halloween for me

I bet you love sucking the joy out of all holidays for those of us having a good time! If you don't enjoy Christmas then stay by yourself and stop trying to make other people as miserable as you.

I’ve always loved Halloween. My kids get into deciding on costumes, making or selecting them, seeing other people’s costumes, and trick or treat. They’re close enough in age that they’ve always gone together with a parent trailing behind. But, as they move more towards tweens, I see it becoming stressful as plans get made and unmade with neighborhood friends, potentially leaving one standing alone.

Anonymous wrote:It's one of the few things about parenting I actively dislike. The costumes, the candy, the idiocy of it all happening on a weekday, the unpredictable weather for an outdoor event, figuring out the timing, the social stress of kids figuring out who trick or treat with, etc. I love doing kids birthdays, family holidays, the 4th of July, planning family vacations. I get into the first day and last day of school, and I love the day to day of parenting and getting to watch my kids grow up. But I hate Halloween.

I never say it out loud but the truth is I'm SO HAPPY that I now have 364 days before I have to do it again.

Anyone else?

💯 OP. The social stress is real. DD’s friend got sick at the last minute and the third girl bailed so I was scrambling to find Plan C. I just hate Halloween!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The lead up to all holidays stresses me out. Everything is so overdone. New Years Day is my very favorite because there are zero expectations.

It must suck to hate everything.

Damn just chill

Anonymous wrote:The lead up to all holidays stresses me out. Everything is so overdone. New Years Day is my very favorite because there are zero expectations.

It must suck to hate everything.

We don't participate in all the extras. We love all holidays! We just have normal versions of it, not weird hyped-up, overdone versions... For Halloween specifically, we don't plan huge decor, we don't organize a group, kids just put on costumes and knock on doors. There isn't that much thinking involved.

Thanksgiving is strictly food.

Christmas: just gifts for kids and grandparents. A few gifts for each kid, one per adult.

I mean either you like minimalism and go for that, or you enjoy the hype but then you can't complain about the work that involves.