11-07-2006, 05:43 PM
Quote:What he said. :)
Your threats were what concerned me. You suggested that it was reasonable for you to do so. I wanted to make it clear that it is not.
If your daughter is not ready for Hallowe'en, then don't take her trick or treating. Don't let it come as a complete surprise to her that it is a 'scary atmosphere'. Don't blame someone else if you do proceed and she does get hysterical.
My daughter is ready for Halloween because she wants candy and she wants to dress up in a Princess outfit AND because her big 8 y.o. brother is going. Get it? Princess outfit, not Freddy outfit. She is not and should not be expected to put up with semi-retarded teens and secretly psychologically disturbed adults scaring the crap out of her. Don't worry though, if you were the one scaring her, I'd not be the one putting you in a hospital. My 5 foot 100 pound wife would. For RH, that would be me.
Just because it's Halloween does not mean that you have to stop using your brain.... well, if you have one in the first place that is. Of course for some people that's a big "if".
Oh and take your PC concerns for physical violence and shove 'em. Some people need to be hurt.... so they don't do stupid s..t like the one described towards those that can't handle it. If you don't understand that little kids and very old people should always be treated with.... kid gloves, then you got a lot to learn about being a human being.
-A