Today, I've never celebrated Halloween or Christmas because my super-duper religious parents forbade me from doing so. Now I'm an adult and really want to make up for the childhood memories I was brutally robbed of, but I know people will laugh at me and say I'm too old if I try. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, it's that time of year again: my mom has threatened to disown me if I celebrate Christmas in any way, shape, or form. Yes, she is an extreme bible thumper. No, she doesn't see what is wrong with her behavior, nor does she care. FML
Today, my parents told me that unless I think about my behaviour and make some real changes, people are going to think I’m weird or suspicious, and I’ll never make friends. This is because I choose to attend church on Sundays instead of watching TV and getting drunk. FML
Today, despite the fact that I'm 20 years-old, my parents never allow me to go out and have fun with my friends, under the pretext that I'm a girl. I'm stuck at house all year long, I only go out to the college they forced me to study at, and they decide everything about me. I’m tired. FML
Today I had to listen to my father lecture me on all the potential dangers of Halloween. He has a speech for every holiday, every year. I'm 28 years old. FML
Today, I want the holidays to be over. My mom's family thinks I'm an ungrateful brat and a troublemaker because I don't want to see my relatives who are constantly in jail, between jobs, drunk, owing child support, and trash talking the people who lovingly raised me and who died years ago. I only come for my brother. FML
Today, I tried to boycott an 80's theme party by wearing my regular clothes. Everyone said they loved my costume. FML
Today, I found out I wasn't invited to the annual family reunion. The reason? Everyone thinks I'm "creepy" because I'm the only adult who will go out and play with the kids. FML
Today, my kids are at the age where they no longer want to go to church, and if I take them anyway, they misbehave on purpose to embarrass me. I don’t even want to go, my wife is the religious one, but if I refuse to go she’ll see to it I get hell on earth daily. FML
Today, I asked my mom if I could go to a friend's birthday. She said no, claiming I had been to too many this year already. I'd only been to one. It was my own. FML
Today, my parents yelled at me for coming home at 1am this morning from a friend's birthday party. I'm 30 years old. FML
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d j mom 9
you don't have to explain anything to anyone. Just celebrate and enjoy the hell out of it!!!
TomeDr 25
Not in the slightest! Depending on where you live and the people who surround you, if you just say flat out that you were never allowed to celebrate these holidays as a child, I’ll bet you’ll find a lot of support! And honestly, if they don’t then it doesn’t matter! Dress up for Halloween! Go visit Santa! If you have children in your life, experience these things alongside them and soak up the happiness!!
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TomeDr 25
Not in the slightest! Depending on where you live and the people who surround you, if you just say flat out that you were never allowed to celebrate these holidays as a child, I’ll bet you’ll find a lot of support! And honestly, if they don’t then it doesn’t matter! Dress up for Halloween! Go visit Santa! If you have children in your life, experience these things alongside them and soak up the happiness!!
d j mom 9
you don't have to explain anything to anyone. Just celebrate and enjoy the hell out of it!!!
maverick83 15
You're right, some people will. **** them, they're miserable busybodies. Do what makes you happy, as long as you're not harming anyone.
DLBL 23
In my part of the country, the midwest, it's perfectly acceptable, even encouraged, for adults to dress up for Halloween! Go have fun!
idragosani 17
Just do it, no one's going to judge you (but maybe your close-minded parents)