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Halloween is for kids, isn’t it?

Tom Purcell on

Put candy in your pillow case beforehand, so that it’s clear you are looking to collect free confections.

Say “trick or treat” like you mean business.

And if you can’t find a kid, wear a frumpy dress coat and pretend to be two kids — one sitting on the other’s shoulders.

It’s all sound advice, I suppose.

A growing desire for perpetual adolescence among today’s “adults” is revealing itself all over the place.

From delaying moving out of their parents’ homes and delaying marriage and parenthood to dressing like teenagers at age 60, nobody is eager to become a full-fledged grownup these days.

I just hope my neighbors will fill my pillowcase with candy, because I’m “dressing up” as a middle-aged adult.

 

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Copyright 2022 Tom Purcell, distributed exclusively by Cagle Cartoons newspaper syndicate.

Purcell, creator of the infotainment site ThurbersTail.com, which features pet advice he’s

learning from his beloved Labrador, Thurber, is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist.

Email him at Tom@TomPurcell.com.


Copyright 2022 Tom Purcell, All Rights Reserved. Credit: Cagle.com

 

 

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