This sort of reminds me of my family’s Christmas exchange. We all just get each other gift cards. Life would be easier if we just didn’t get anything and bought our own gift cards or spent our money in ourselves.

If everyone ends up with candy out of obligation why not just buy your own candy for your own kids and hide it somewhere. This seems stupid and another unnecessary task. Your neighbor is not weird.

Anonymous wrote:Wtf is boo-ing?!

Apparently you put together a goody bag full of treats and have your kid run it over to the neighbor's house and leave it on their doorstep. The recipient then places an "I've been booed" sign in their yard and then has to make a treat bag and have their own kid deliver it to another neighbor's doorstep. This keeps going until every kid on the street (or at least the popular ones) have been "Booed"

I remember that on our street we had some families with kids who more or less kept to themselves and didn't play with the other kids on the street. I would have felt really strange "Booing" all the friends on the street and completely leaving those particular kids out. But that's just me.

Anonymous wrote:Wtf is boo-ing?!

Apparently it's a Pinterest thing.

Anonymous wrote:Pro booing, anti all after sports snacks for little kids.

Most of our events were early in the morning and everyone was going out to lunch after. Crap like this and goody bags at elementary for every event/holiday/party help grow entitled kids.

Despite this my kids and I loved booing. Any excuse to get outside in the fall and run around the neighborhood was a great idea to us.

Where do you get the "I've been Booed" signs?

Wtf is boo-ing?!

Pro booing, anti all after sports snacks for little kids.

Most of our events were early in the morning and everyone was going out to lunch after. Crap like this and goody bags at elementary for every event/holiday/party help grow entitled kids.

Despite this my kids and I loved booing. Any excuse to get outside in the fall and run around the neighborhood was a great idea to us.

Perhaps, you are the weird neighbor, OP.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suspect there is a huge overlap in the pro-booing crowd and the pro-soccer snacks for everyone including siblings crowd.

Both crowds have way too much free time.

Hmm, I'm pro soccer snacks and anti-booiing. I think booing has an element of craftiness and pinterestness to it, but soccer snacks is just picking ups some snacks, no creativity required (I'm not trying to outdo anyone else's snacks). Actually, now that I think about it, I do have the same feeling for both. I think if you don't like soccer snacks, you should opt yourself out and leave the people who do like it to do it. I have no problem with boo-ing traditions for those who like it, but I opt out of it. I feel the same way about Elf On The Shelf. If it's your thing, go for it, but I have no interest, so I won't start it in my house.

+1000

wtf are you talking about?

i've read this whole thread and i still don't know what boo-ed is. also, OP and neighbor y'all are f-ing weird.

We did the snack thing when the kids were younger. It's one of those things that the kids do actually enjoy and once a season isn't really that big of a deal to be responsible for. Was it necessary? No. Was it a pain to set aside snack time during a planned activity? Yes, actually it was. You not only have to set aside the time to distribute/eat the snack but you also have to set aside time to clean up after the snack - sometimes sweeping floors and cleaning off tables.

This "Booing" thing though...no, no, no.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suspect there is a huge overlap in the pro-booing crowd and the pro-soccer snacks for everyone including siblings crowd.

Both crowds have way too much free time.

Hmm, I'm pro soccer snacks and anti-booiing. I think booing has an element of craftiness and pinterestness to it, but soccer snacks is just picking ups some snacks, no creativity required (I'm not trying to outdo anyone else's snacks). Actually, now that I think about it, I do have the same feeling for both. I think if you don't like soccer snacks, you should opt yourself out and leave the people who do like it to do it. I have no problem with boo-ing traditions for those who like it, but I opt out of it. I feel the same way about Elf On The Shelf. If it's your thing, go for it, but I have no interest, so I won't start it in my house.

You can't really opt out of soccer snacks because every family needs to take a week (even if you don't like it) and 1 family should not have to do it twice. However, you can opt out of booing by not forwarding the boo.

You CAN opt out of soccer snacks by saying that your family is not participating. It is not your concern how the other families handle that. Often there are more or fewer families than weeks in the season, and yet people figure it out.

Yes, you are right but at the same time since my kid eats the snacks (even though I think the concept is dumb), personally, I can't just not participate and be that family.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suspect there is a huge overlap in the pro-booing crowd and the pro-soccer snacks for everyone including siblings crowd.

Both crowds have way too much free time.

Hmm, I'm pro soccer snacks and anti-booiing. I think booing has an element of craftiness and pinterestness to it, but soccer snacks is just picking ups some snacks, no creativity required (I'm not trying to outdo anyone else's snacks). Actually, now that I think about it, I do have the same feeling for both. I think if you don't like soccer snacks, you should opt yourself out and leave the people who do like it to do it. I have no problem with boo-ing traditions for those who like it, but I opt out of it. I feel the same way about Elf On The Shelf. If it's your thing, go for it, but I have no interest, so I won't start it in my house.

You can't really opt out of soccer snacks because every family needs to take a week (even if you don't like it) and 1 family should not have to do it twice. However, you can opt out of booing by not forwarding the boo.

You CAN opt out of soccer snacks by saying that your family is not participating. It is not your concern how the other families handle that. Often there are more or fewer families than weeks in the season, and yet people figure it out.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suspect there is a huge overlap in the pro-booing crowd and the pro-soccer snacks for everyone including siblings crowd.

Both crowds have way too much free time.

Hmm, I'm pro soccer snacks and anti-booiing. I think booing has an element of craftiness and pinterestness to it, but soccer snacks is just picking ups some snacks, no creativity required (I'm not trying to outdo anyone else's snacks). Actually, now that I think about it, I do have the same feeling for both. I think if you don't like soccer snacks, you should opt yourself out and leave the people who do like it to do it. I have no problem with boo-ing traditions for those who like it, but I opt out of it. I feel the same way about Elf On The Shelf. If it's your thing, go for it, but I have no interest, so I won't start it in my house.

You can't really opt out of soccer snacks because every family needs to take a week (even if you don't like it) and 1 family should not have to do it twice. However, you can opt out of booing by not forwarding the boo.

I actually think the neighbor is brilliant. What a great way to politely get out of something you don't want to do, for whatever reason!