You know the ones? The neighbors who turn all their outdoor lights off on Halloween, darken the house, and either hide in a back room or completely leave the premises during the trick-or-treating. ..yup, those people.

You see....we only have one child and starting last year he became unenenthralled with the whole prospect of trick-or-treating, especially given the fact he can have candy pretty much whenever he wants....within reason. Oh, to be blessed with those "thin" genes.

Anyway...last year he agreed to dress up and hide in the darkened garage to "scare the little kids" and was highly successful at this endeavor...for about an hour. Then he went back into the house and played video games while we sat on the front porch, had drinks, and handed out candy to all the little ones. We went in once the teenagers with alcohol on their breath and no costumes started to come 'round.

So this year we've been talking about it...and....we've decided to join "those people". Those unsociable, withdrawn people that are completely disengaged from their neighbors on Halloween. We will go out to dinner, and then maybe a movie or a bookstore for coffee and to browse.

But we will definitely not be here....listening to the annoying doorbell, handing out candy to the "precious little darlings" of our neighbors who are WAY out of our son's age bracket, and dealing with those pesky teenagers whose main goal is to remain drunk as long as possible and smash as many pumpkins as they can get their hands on. We haven't even decorated like we usually do.

I know, we're bad. But we will be thinner from not eating all the leftover candy and we will spend some quality time together which we get precious little of anyway...out....with all "those people".

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