Sometime when I was 13 or 14, I stopped. For one year. (I thought I had outgrown it, and was too old for “kid stuff”.) The next year my friends and I ended up putting on our costumes and trick or treating “ironically”. If anyone judged us, that was their problem. They missed out on free candy and a license to be stupid. We had a great time!
this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2023
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You are asking this on Lemmy? Many of us go to conventions just hoping to see a glimpse of a 23yr old in a costume.
Hmm I guess in my mind it's when you have a job that pays you well enough to have fun money and buy your own candy.
So age isn't even a factor.
I'm fairly old and don't have kids and have never lived anywhere (as an adult) that had trick or treating. Based on my childhood memories of participating, I think having more older kids and young adults as, essentially, guardians, would be great. The parent to kids ratio was not great 30+ years ago. Just don't send out 23 year old creepers.
If you're looking out for your kid/brother for safety, no limits. Otherwise, 16.
Oh of course! 16 OK, got you.
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No age limit! I will give ANYONE candy, I don't even care if you're wearing a costume- but I really need you to say trick or treat. Opening my door and everyone just standing there silently is painful.
Anyone of any age can dress up and not have it be weird... but trick-'r-treating? Anything over 12 is just fucking weird to me. I'm instantly sus of any adult doing it (unless they have a kid with them).
10
I'd say 9.
My sister is 23
I let her do her
Seriously, who the fuck put you in charge of her life? She's an adult and can make her own choices. You need to fuck right off with that overbearing, controlling shit. Go fail at your own life and quit trying to manage hers.
Bad take. You're projecting a lot onto this person.
Welcome to Lemmy.
It's full of projecting children who won't challenge their own beliefs, and it doesn't have the population of Reddit where someone truly intelligent will show up and shut down the kids with a solid answer.
There's no critical mass here... Smh.
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12-13 in Europe.
More like 0
When (not if — there’s a few every year) clearly adult women knock on the door asking for a treat, I tell them they have to turn a trick first. Gets rid of them pretty quickly.
Thought this said Tik Tok for a second and was going to say 12. Then I realized- that works for both.
11
0, don't come to my house, these sweets are for me
I’m thinking before people drive…