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I'm warming up by the fire after an hour and a half in heavy rain taking my kid Trick or Treating with a couple of other mums. It's par for the course as a single mum but it was at least 95% mums out with kids and the two women I was out with are both married.
I adore Halloween but going out Trick or Treating is literally the worst bit. The weather is grim (in the UK at least), you've a gaggle of kids to keep track of whilst playing school mum politics (office politics has nothing on the PTA) and only the kids get treats (can I start a tradition of espresso or vodka shots?).
I'm a single mum and my disabled boyfriend was taking care of the house so I'm ok with my lot but what's going on that so few men are taking on the cold hard task? House after house of cosy log burners and men with mugs of tea handing out treats while their wives freeze in the rain. One of the last houses was my friend's house and there was an empty bowl outside. The kids ran in and she rolled her eyes explaining that her husband can't be bothered to keep getting up to answer the door so just leaves the bowl on the step. His kids had carved some pumpkins and had made the effort to spook up the house.
If you want kids Halloween is a big deal. Vet for a man that will not only get on board but will take the kids trick or treating while you wear some plastic spiders in your hair and stay in the warm, sipping tea and handing out the treats.
Well this childfree witch is going to sit on her front porch in her paid-for home and hand out candy to the cute little kids while drinking a cocktail and reading scary stories on her tablet. No man in sight thank the goddess. Happy Halloween! 🎃👻🧙♀️
I’m in the UK and this is spot on as I looked outside my rainy window at all the amazing mums and their really enthusiastic kids. I see you ❤️ and as I get older and plan for a life of motherhood (freezing my eggs and facing an exciting possibility that I’d be a single mom) I am really being deliberate about how I can show up in solidarity for mums as a single woman. What does this solidarity look like? What does it look like in our cosmopolitan world?
Well done mum! I think things like this are precious and those lazy scrotes are just missing out. If he wanted to he would is not just general for dating but for anything he wants to do. I’m a single mum too and this was me with my 2 kids trick or treating ❤️ best memories
I went trick or treating last night with my 7 years old son (also a single mom) but we went with my friends and all their husbands came. It was foggy, rainy and a bit cold but I had so much fun ☺️☺️☺️ my son and I got so much candy and he was super happy. I also enjoyed our quality time together. Loved it.
This is something I never would have thought of.