Miscellaneous Halloween thread

[Kevy Baby]

See spot run

[alphabassettgrrl]

My cat has a spot.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

OMG, you guys, look at these awesome Fraggle costumes an acquaintance and her hubby wore!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

OMG, you guys, look at these awesome Fraggle costumes an acquaintance and her hubby wore!

OMG, those are AWESOME.

I just want to go from party to party, hugging people in Muppet costumes. Hugging the 4 Muppets in attendance had such a warm, fuzzy nostalgia to it.

[Disneyphile]

This might seem harsh on my part, and I'll fully admit that my feelings have been hurt from not being invited to certain things in the past, even though I understand that only so many people can fit in a place, etc. However, I do not make a point to voice my hurt feelings to the host(s), simply because I know how they feel, from having hosted my own parties where I couldn't invite everyone. The feeling of guilt is already there. There's no reason to wrap it in neon lights and make them feel worse.

And, I also wouldn't want the host(s) and party invitees to not share pictures and talk about the fun, because I still enjoy hearing about the good times, even when I wasn't there.

[Kevy Baby]

Eh... if you weren't invited, there was probably a reason. And that reason had nothing to do with how much space was available.

Just accept that no one likes you.

[Prudence]

I haven't made much of a secret that my feelings were hurt a lot. On the one hand, I'm glad it was a splendid party that was enjoyed by all who attended. On the other hand, it also feels like so many LoT folks were invited that it was a de facto LoT swanking - only there were just a very few local "regulars" who were not invited. I'm trying to be grown up about it and recognize that much of my emotional response stems from facing down my first set of birthday/winter holidays as a transplant - without my mommy - and I'm already feeling very lonely. But, it still feels an awful lot like deliberate exclusion. I'm trying to control those feelings, but I'm generally less successful than I'd like.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Prudence

On the other hand, it also feels like so many LoT folks were invited that it was a de facto LoT swanking - only there were just a very few local "regulars" who were not invited.

It was not a swanking. Swankings are posted and open to anyone. This was a private party. There were a lot of locals that weren't invited. I can write a nice long list if you like, a lot longer than the list of invited, I'd wager.

I was saddened to find out who wasn't invited, and there were plenty of swankers that came to mind as missing. It would have been cool to have everyone there, but it was beyond our control.

I didn't post about the lovely time I had because I thought people would react poorly. Guess I was right. Kind of a bummer really, since I'd love to participate in the post-event discussions.

I don't get invited to stuff sometimes. More often than some would expect. Such is the life of a large circle of friends. I don't post complaints, either.

[katiesue]

Maybe I'm just backwards, but never expcect to be invited to anything. When it happens I'm thrilled.

And like Disneyphile I love to see all the photos and reports on all the shennanigans.

[JWBear]

I'm used to not being included. I've never been part of the "in" crowd, anywhere.