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Originally Posted by Golf-Tinker
But, I do miss the fathers with their martini glasses held out while they bellowed "trick or treat.  |
Years ago we had one young neighbor, who happened to be the Public Defender in our town .........he'd bring his toddlers around, right up to junior high age.......and we'd ask him if he wanted a glass of apple cider or a gin and tonic........he always took the gin and tonic......and in later years would come to our home first !!! Nice family; they later moved to a town up north to open their joint law practice.....after the kids grew up.
So many of what used to be the littlest "ghosts and goblins" now have families of their own and "live away" out of state and out of country.
WE do miss the good old days of trick or treating.........
We are now the old grandparents opening the door to stranger's kids.
When ours were small, they knew all the elderly people in our neighborhood who would welcome them all with open arms...........
All the oldtimers were young at heart back then....and loved seeing the neighborhood children.
The difference is that there are no more neighborhood children as the younger folks can't afford to get mortgages........so, we are becoming our own retirement neighborhood..........sad but true.