We've only had two people in three years come not in costume out of about 120 people. But, I love this idea!! I'm going to buy a series of masks, wigs, old tattered sports coats, and colored hairspray to put in our closet for anyone who doesn't come in costume!!! Awesome, awesome, AWESOME! Thanks for the idea.
Why make 'em so stylish?
I think I'll buy some giant old lady muu-muu's and used nasty wigs!
Bwahahahaha!
Or nothing but clown gear.
Maybe that will make them think twice about next time.
one year i had a halloween party, and right in the invite it said must wear a costume or you will be made up here. four came not made up but two we knew would. one got off work and to make it sooner he just came as was. we ripped slashes in his clothes and painted him green. the hulk. and he had the physic for this, a musclar construction worker. the second was my friend and she asked if i would paint her face like a skeleton and she would wear her skeleton outfit. the other two were a couple and we painted them up with lame hearts on white faces and told them their costume was lovers. i kept warning everyone if they came without costume the opposite sex got to garb them and we had plenty of leaves to do the job. maybe this threat helped them comply.
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Cool!
That's what I'm hoping, that the thought of someone else costuming them may worry them enough to make the effort themselves. And if they don't have the $ to buy a costume they may think that this is a good way to get around spending money for one. Since that seems to be so many people's reason for not dressing up!
It is a vampire theme this year so if they are too lame to make a black garbage bag cape and wear a pair of 50cent fangs then they deserve what they get!
Bwahahahaha!
I have a question for those of you who've thrown an Adults Only party...
First off, our last Halloween party was the first No-Kids-Allowed one we'd thrown, and I was SHOCKED at how low some of the moms had sunk in their attempts to guilt me into making an exception for their kids. I thought it was pretty crappy for someone who claims to be a friend tell me, after months of planning and hard work, plus untold- amounts of money, what to do at MY party.
So my question to you is: Have you lost, or at least had a strain put upon, a friendship due to this issue?
i guess i never threw parties where that happened. mostly everyone was glad to have some of their own get away time. maybe mention this to them. remind them if the kids got invited to a kids party, would they want to be there, would their kids want them to be there? just as kids need their own space so do we adults. i did however spend a whole hour in the bathtub crying when trying to work on my wedding plans. it was like everyone was trying to dictate what should be done. one friend thought i should add 3 bows down each sleave and a honkin big bow across the back waist area. i loved my dress just the way it was. we had a budget to stay in so napkins with names was one place i cut, we just used plain napkins. a friend thought plain napkins was tacky. one friend i had serving and she wanted to be at the guest book. my father had passed away so i had a very good friend give me away. he was the oldest in our group i hung with and the one we all talked our problems to. a couple thought that was inappropriate, they thought i should have my husbands father give me away. they thought at least he was a father figure. i didn't even meet him till a week before the wedding. one friend didn't like my choice of songs and tried to pick for me. the singers i picked, one would never show up for practice. and so it went. i cried, kept a stiff upper lip, and did it my way. other than the singer who never showed for practice did a poor job, and the friend who was supposed to serve [and i called her the day before because i had that feeling and she assured me she was showing] never showed, my wedding was beautiful. i loved it. my sister was my personal attendant, and although she was dissapointed she didn't get to sit with us, she filled in as server. oh yeah, my florist goofed and shorted me one male lapel flower, but we turned the no show server flower into a lapel flower. i look at my pictures and just visualize how perfect that actual day was.
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don't laugh, this fear is contagious
I have a question for those of you who've thrown an Adults Only party...
First off, our last Halloween party was the first No-Kids-Allowed one we'd thrown, and I was SHOCKED at how low some of the moms had sunk in their attempts to guilt me into making an exception for their kids. I thought it was pretty crappy for someone who claims to be a friend tell me, after months of planning and hard work, plus untold- amounts of money, what to do at MY party.
So my question to you is: Have you lost, or at least had a strain put upon, a friendship due to this issue?
Our parties are Adults Only for 2 reasons really - to protect the children (mostly from the drinking & the drunks), and to allow the adults to have more fun. If someone insists on bringing his or her child (and we have one that always does), we don't say a word. The parent is now responsible for whatever the child is exposed to, and if the parent doesn't have much fun because of the child being there, tough titties! And, EVERYONE else at the party immediatelly labels the parent as irresponsible.
I understand your perspective, and you're correct. However, if one couple's kid shows up, everyone else gets upset cuz their kid didn't come.
In my situation, I stuck to my guns, as I didn't want my fragile stuff broken, and eventually lost contact with the woman.
Good thing, cuz I later found out her kids are consistently infected with lice, ewww!
We are hiring a couple babysitters again this year to entertain the kids and keep them chained up in the basement. We'll let everyone know it's fine to bring kids but they're going to be banished to the dungeon and they need to pay the babysitter. (Between $5 and $10 per kid for the night. Cheaper than getting your own sitter around here.)
The two babysitters have a blast with the kids and make a lot of money. Best of all, we're not all fighting to get these two girls to babysit for each of us. (At least 5 or 6 of the couples that come to our parties use the same babysitters.)
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