With Halloween approaching, it’s only right to discuss the difficulties of being in a relationship during spooky season. It’s a headache. Avoid it.
When you’re in a relationship, your partner, as well as the rest of society, expects you to match with your significant other. Because of this, you won’t always get to wear the costume that you want. You have to match. It’s irritating because for example, this year, I wanted to be the Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz, but my boyfriend couldn’t agree with the theme. He wanted to be fortnite theme characters. What? Exactly.
You have ideas in mind of things you want to be and what you want to dress up as, yet you can’t because you have to compromise with your partner. You must pick a theme where both of you agree on a costume, and trust me, it’s not an easy process.
It takes week for a couple to decide what to be for halloween. It is so common and expected for couples to match that halloween stores like Party City or Spirit Halloween have a just couples section.
Not only is finding a matching costume a struggle, but to your partner, some of your costume preferences may be too “showy” or “sexy” which brings up the argument of “you can’t wear that”.
It’s ridiculous because it’s taken way too serious. Halloween is supposed to be fun and a time where you come out of character dressing up with friends and everyone around you. Yet, when you’re in a relationship, halloween becomes a headache.
Moreover, halloween doesn’t only come with the difficulties of picking a costume that pleases you and your partner, but it also comes with this new trend of “spooky baskets”, pumpkin picking, haunted houses, etc. All these things that are extremely meaningless, have gained so much importance in relationships. A holiday that was simply about dressing up and horror has become a way to prove yourself in a relationship.
For these past few weeks, I scroll down twitter and all I see is “ I want my boyfriend to get me a spooky basket” , “I made him a spooky basket”, “ I finally got a spooky basket”. Like what? Why is this even a thing? Halloween isn’t about these things, but in relationships, it is.
You need to prove yourself through these materialistic objects, even with a holiday that isn’t about gifting.
As long as you stay away from relationships, you can have a stress free halloween because that way nothing is expected from you. You can dress up as whoever you want without feeling the need to please anyone, you can save your money from all these spooky places they want you to attend, and you can save yourself from these ridiculous arguments of “I didn’t even get a spooky basket”. Relationships are always a headache, but when it comes to the holidays, it’s 10 times worse. Yes, even on halloween.
With that being said, Have a safe, and Happy Halloween!!!
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