User blog comment:Triskelle3/Too Old To Trick or Treat?/@comment-113335-20091021000430

Dear gravy, my parents smacked the same order on me.

Due to my autism, I refused to dress up when I was very young because of my hatred of touching things. When I was finally old enough to handle costumes and such, I got to go one year and was banned from then on out. I did get to do it once when I was in pre-school as well, but I was too young to remember most of it.

I was banned from Trick-or-Treating at age ten, and my poor sister was cut off too early, age seven, because if she got to go and I didn't, I would see it as harshly unjust (another autism issue).

These days, I managed to sneak a deal allowing me to dress up around the house on Halloween, but I still can't travel in costume.

Most interestingly, though, is that I trick-or-treat for the fun of running in costume, not for candy.

I've been wanting to do it again for years, but I've been blocked due to being too old.


 * I've asked many people if you can be too old:
 * My great-grandmother says I should.
 * The television, namely Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, states you can and should.
 * Most Halloween Specials agree that it is okay.
 * The market adult costumes, and yet I can't do it?
 * The Party City chain says yes.
 * The Oriental Trading magazine says yes.
 * My sister agrees...

Yet, I can't. In fact, I'm banned from asking about it, and persisting in said asking brings trouble.

Luckily, as stated, I was able to make a deal to run around in costume at home.


 * Over the years, I've been...
 * A fisherman, with a pumpkin head (AKA paper mask drawn to look like a pumpkin). Attached to my rod was a ball and tissue to look like a ghost. I was a "pumkin-headed fisherman who caught ghosts".
 * Gary the Gadget Guy. Really cheesy, but fun.
 * The Pope (though I looked like a Bishop).

This year, I was considering something actually scary. Something like a lawyer, or an IRS agent, or Adolf Hitler (though that was scrapped)! Other considerations were President Barack Obama (dismissed because I'm not painting myself), President Jimmy Carter (dismissed due to lack of recognition), and dressing as a girl (dismissed to possible unholiness).

I've also considered Toadsworth, a world leader, and a politician in general.

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