'These should match all of your dietary requests': Difficult neighbor makes demands about Halloween treats for her kids, woman just gives them carrots

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Oct 12, 2023 2:00 PM EDT

There is a lot to look forward to as Halloween approaches, but having to deal with difficult neighbors is certainly not one. For this Redditor's girlfriend, Halloween is an opportunity to flex her baking muscles to all the neighborhood kids and to make special Halloween-themed baked goods. However, this one new neighbor decided to make things exponentially harder for her.

This neighbor caught wind that OP's girlfriend was big on homemade Halloween treats and decided to get ahead of things by giving her an extensive list of her kids' dietary restrictions so that she will keep them in mind before she bakes anything… as if OP's girlfriend was responsible for the kids' specific needs.

it gets worse. Some of these requests (including the sugar substitutes) were insanely expensive, and of course, the neighbor didn't say anything about covering the costs of those extra expenses. So OP's girlfriend decided that when Trick-or-Treating actually happens, the best she can do is give these kids a bowl of carrots. That's what you get, lady!

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    Facial expression - HAPPY HALLOWEEN
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    Font - My amazing Gf's Halloween revenge on demanding neighbour mum Some of you seemed to like the last post about my Gf and her awesome ways, so I figured you might like this one. My Gf loves to bake. She's not the best out there, but her treats are always tasty and made with love. Every halloween she goes all out, baking spooky themed goodies for all the kids, and parents, in my neighbourhood. Last year I'd had a new neighbour move in a few months before and I guess they'd been told about my G
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    Font - New mum came round, asked to speak with Gf. Gf was there at the time so they chatted for a while and Gf filled me in after. This new mom, obsessed with her kids' diet, wanted them on a low sugar, low carb, and a flavorless regime. She even asked my Gf to replace sugar with manuka honey and sneak some veggies into the treats. And guess what? She refused to cover the extra cost because, in her mind, only her kids were special enough to deserve such treatment. crazy. I would've just told her
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    Font - Halloween arrived, and my GF was in full baking mode, playing "The Nightmare Before Christmas" soundtrack in the background and baking up a storm! She crafted cookies shaped like witches' fingers and pumpkins, taking extra care to make them as sugary and flavorful as possible.
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    Font - As the neighborhood kids started trick-or-treating, my GF was her usual delightful self, showering compliments on costumes, acting scared of the scary ones, and handing out her sugary treats with glee. Then came the moment we'd all been waiting for – the arrival of the new neighbors.
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    Font - With their mom in tow, my Gf handed the kids a little bag of..... chopped carrots. But, here's the kicker - inside those bags were notes that read something like, "These should match all of your dietary requests, [mom's name]. Hope they like them! In case anything changes, there are extra cookies filled with sugar and E numbers - I'll be happy to share."
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    Font - About 15 minutes later, the kids returned with their dad. I didn't go to the door, trick or treaters are strictly my Gfs domain, so I'm not sure exactly what was said. I do know that my Gf and the dad shared a good long laugh and both kids, and dad, left with a handful of those sugary, flavorful cookies. I guess pettiness is a dish best served with cookies.
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    Font - 18k_gold Nice, have the kids be mad at their mom for getting veggies. I wonder what she told the other neighbors, don't give out candy to my kids or did she only have an issue with baked goods and not chocolates. 422 Reply Share
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    Font - controversial_jelly OP. Found out after Halloween, the mum had been to a load of my neighbours with these stupid requests. Gf is the only one that bakes, other neighbours had been told SPECIFIC treats to buy.
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    Font - As far as I know only maybe one neighbour actually got them, everyone else ignored her and gave the kids big smiles and the usual sweets. 405 Reply Share
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    Font - controversial_jelly OP. My Gf wants me to add - a few kids do have dietary needs. She always accommodates this and every kid gets the same thing. If it was a matter of NEED, or health, she'd have incorporated those requests too 122 Reply Share
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    Rectangle - scrapples000. What an awesome solution. Kudos to your GF for her clever and very diplomatic note.
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    Human body - CoderJoe1 Everything is best served with cookies.
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    Rectangle - UAintNoAlpha I'm not religious at all, but god save that poor child with a mom like that
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    Font - Complete_Goose667 My daughter had a peanut allergy and at Halloween she would choose options that she could eat, but otherwise she wouldn't make a comment. Afterwards, we'd buy the treats she couldn't eat with ones she could and Dad got to take all the goodies to work. Thankfully, she outgrew the allergy, but Halloween and Easter were tough holidays for her.
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    Font - floridaeng 22 days ago OP that neighbor is crazy. Manuka honey is expensive, roughly 6 - 8 times the cost of other types of honey. For several reasons I use honey in my coffee for a sweetener, and I've tried several types depending on what is available. In my local Publix grocery store an 11.5 Oz of Manuka Honey is $29.95. True Manuka honey comes from New Zealand and the labels have info that reference the organization that verifies it is true Manuka Honey.
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    Font - No_Proposal7628. 22 days ago Your gf rocks and I was happy to hear that the kids have a reasonable dad since their mom is a nutcase.
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