Today, I took my two and a half year-old son Trick or Treating for the first time in our new neighborhood. At the very first house, a girl told us we were too early and slammed the door in our face. My son cried. FML
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Gtca 15
OP here! A lot of these comments are hilarious! Thanks for that and for those that showed us some support and sympathy. We started trick or treating at 5:15. Apparently trick or treating kicks up in our neighborhood around 6/6:30. Now I know. When I went trick or treating when I was younger, everyone started around 4 and people were prepared. Besides, how hard is it put some candy in a bowl? Also, some people commented about why a 2.5 year old needs candy, he doesn't, but we went for the experience. Luckily, we rebounded and had a fun Halloween after that incident.
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Redoxx_fml 22
Egg her house and or sing Wrecking Ball
GrantEvans 14
There is no such thing as too early!!
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zomgbies 17
if you see her trick or treating at your house give her needlenose pliers to get the stick out of her ass
Enslaved 38
Too early probably means the owner of the house forgot it was Halloween or didn't have time to go to the store a get some candy yet. They started early in my neighbourhood too. I wasn't expecting them. It wasn't even dusk and I had the little, little ones trick or treating at my door. Thankfully, I had candy already bought.
Jax3382 1
the lady was a bitch, but it's not her fault you were out too early. did you not look up your towns trick or treat times? Here it was 5:30 to 7. and if a kid came to my door before that, I would tell him to come back at the proper time. you can't just go trick or treating whenever the hell you feel like it.
kingdomgirl94 29
Your town has trick or treat times? sounds like you live in a reaaallyy up tight town....
Jax3382 1
not just this town, but as far as i know, it's the whole state.
SuperMew 22
My town has an age limit as well. Trick or treaters are 0 - 12. The times to trick or treat are 5:30 - 8pm.
mzdaisylynn 12
Most of the cities in my state have trick or treating times. Mine was 4-7pm.Some cities had trick or treating last weekend, not last night.
joopjoop 19
in my town they had trick or treating between the hours of 6-8pm, the fire hall would play their siren at the beginning and end
DoomedGemini 38
It doesn't matter if someone is early, you politely inform them if you have no candy and tell them the times in case they didn't know them.
shaggystar 3
I can understand showing up after trick-or-treating is one thing, but when they show up early, just say that is a Awesome costume, have some candy.
ambitiousnygrl 17
Exactly. I would have found something to give the kid, even if it was a can of soda.
NatalieOntheTram 11
As a general rule, at least where I'm from, people don't start trick-or-treating until it's dark outside. Just how early did you leave, OP? Having said that, the woman was extremely rude for slamming the door in your face. She could have just not answered if she was going to act that way. Your two year-old is probably more mature than she is.
vlalam 24
That's very rude and wrong at so many levels to make a kids first experience to be such awful. I wish she learns some sense
Jst4kicks 16
thats where u egg her house
BerylliumSphere 3
I would have knocked again and given her a little trick....and given myself an assault charge
perdix 31
Tell your son that that is a customary Halloween joke and he needs to laugh along with it.
Epikouros 32
Make lemonade. A crying 2.5 year old is worth his weight in pity bonus candy if you let him tell everybody how the angry lady at no. 17 slammed the door on him.
mzdaisylynn 12
When my brother was about 5-6 years old, he tripped and fell on someones porch. He cried, and the lady gave him extra candy. He learned that crying=extra candy. So he did this at a few more houses.