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Did you ever go to an adult costumed Halloween party? What did you go as? I went as Cleopatra. husband went as Indiana (Original Post) debm55 Oct 9 OP
I went to one dressed as a mummy. Tore up a bunch of sheets. captain queeg Oct 9 #1
Thank you captain gueeg. debm55 Oct 9 #3
I wore long curly black haired wig, a Hawaiian shirt open to show chest hair canuckledragger Oct 9 #2
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHH thank you canuckledragger. It sounds great. debm55 Oct 9 #4
Of course I could've worn the costume he was wearing in this video... canuckledragger Oct 9 #17
Wife was GHW Bush and I was Barbara. Long time ago. bullimiami Oct 9 #5
That was great and funny, Thank you bullimiami debm55 Oct 9 #6
My favorite was... 2naSalit Oct 9 #7
Thank you debm55 Oct 9 #8
That must have been epic! Aristus Oct 9 #23
I wonder about that too. 2naSalit Oct 9 #24
If he shows up in a limo, he's not cheap! Aristus Oct 9 #25
My last adult costume Halloween party I had an empty box of... Niagara Oct 9 #9
Hahahahahhhaha. Thank you Niagara. That is funny. debm55 Oct 9 #10
Day jobs jrandom421 Oct 9 #11
Neat idea Thank you jrandom421 debm55 Oct 9 #12
Yes, the one that sticks out Elessar Zappa Oct 9 #13
Thank you Elessar Zappa, Intesting costume, debm55 Oct 9 #15
Well... OldBaldy1701E Oct 9 #14
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH, That is great and so funny, Love ya. Debbie. debm55 Oct 9 #16
My wife was dressed as a princess, I went as Charlie Conjuay Oct 9 #18
Hahahahahahah That is funny. Thank you Conjuay. debm55 Oct 10 #51
I went as a lady devil and my friend went as an angel milestogo Oct 9 #19
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. Very funny. Thank you , miletogo. debm55 Oct 10 #52
deb, you're back! True Dough Oct 9 #20
We have a giant mask face of his and I'm thinking of a creative way to display it this yea kimbutgar Oct 9 #29
No I decided to do 2 posts a day. Love your costume. debm55 Oct 10 #54
Hooray, you're back! arkielib Oct 9 #21
Thank you arkielib. I am going to do two posts a day. Have been very tired since husband had cancer and there were other debm55 Oct 10 #56
Glad to see your posts whenever you feel like posting! arkielib Oct 10 #69
I went to a Halloween party as Julius Caesar once. Aristus Oct 9 #22
Sounds like you had Roman hands. Permanut Oct 9 #32
And she had Russian fingers. Aristus Oct 9 #33
HAHAHAHAHAHHA. That's funny. Thank you Aristus. debm55 Oct 10 #57
Some friends... 2naSalit Oct 9 #26
not long after Chernobyl lapfog_1 Oct 9 #27
Thank you lapfog_1. We all do things in our lives that we regret. debm55 Oct 10 #50
I was looking in a box yesterday for something to compliment a witch we hang on our house kimbutgar Oct 9 #28
That's funny kimbutgar. You can wear it this year. and then throw it out. debm55 Oct 10 #49
No I'm too old to wear such a skimpy outfit ! kimbutgar Oct 10 #53
I went as a Thai stick. Spouse as a bong. WheelWalker Oct 9 #30
HAHAHAHAHHHAH. That is very creative. Thank you.Wheelwalker. debm55 Oct 10 #48
My husband went as Vivian from the Young Ones...I went as a Hershey Kiss. Tikki Oct 9 #31
Awesome. OldBaldy1701E Oct 10 #40
Thank you OldBaldy1701E. That sounds fun. debm55 Oct 10 #46
HAHAHAHAHHAHAH. Thank you Tiki . That is so funny. debm55 Oct 10 #47
Went as a biker gang member.. Permanut Oct 10 #34
That's funny. Glad you didn't get into any trouble. debm55 Oct 10 #45
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I was once Devil With a Blue Dress. murielm99 Oct 10 #36
Thank you murielm99. Actually, it sounds very nice. debm55 Oct 10 #44
I've won 3 costume contests at Halloween parties TlalocW Oct 10 #37
It sounds like a great costume. Very creative. Thank you ,TialocW. debm55 Oct 10 #42
I remember a Halloween party TlalocW Oct 10 #38
Thank you, TialocW, That is unique. debm55 Oct 10 #43
10 years ago, when Ebola was in the news Freddie Oct 10 #39
Agree, Thank you Freddie, debm55 Oct 10 #41
I found a Santa Suit for $1 at Goodwill. LakeArenal Oct 10 #55
That sounds great, LakeArenel. Thanks for the laughs. debm55 Oct 10 #58
I was at one deRien Oct 10 #59
Thank you deRein , I really like the red c one. debm55 Oct 10 #60
Husband and I went as a washer and dryer. Imalittleteapot Oct 10 #61
Thank you very much imalttleteapot. That is a very creative costume I like it. debm55 Oct 10 #62
We went to adult Haloween parties every year when living in San Jose. lark Oct 10 #63
Great post lark. I really like your costumes. Very creative. debm55 Oct 10 #64
Thanks, me and my friend had so much fun every year coming up with ideas and making them real. lark Oct 10 #65
A Top Gun fighter pilot. beaglelover Oct 10 #66
Thank you beaglelover. That is great. debm55 Oct 10 #67
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captain queeg

(11,780 posts)
1. I went to one dressed as a mummy. Tore up a bunch of sheets.
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 01:35 PM
Oct 9

It looks pretty good at first be degraded as time passed.

canuckledragger

(1,937 posts)
2. I wore long curly black haired wig, a Hawaiian shirt open to show chest hair
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 01:35 PM
Oct 9

...along with a fake mustache and went as Ron Jeremy, the porn star.

The already existing big belly helped out a lot.

canuckledragger

(1,937 posts)
17. Of course I could've worn the costume he was wearing in this video...
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 05:13 PM
Oct 9

Last edited Wed Oct 9, 2024, 06:33 PM - Edit history (1)

...but that would've scared people in a wholly different, unintentional way...

2naSalit

(92,695 posts)
7. My favorite was...
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 01:52 PM
Oct 9

When I went as a cheap date, it was an epic party about which cannot relate anything else on an open forum such as this. It was the best Halloween party ever.

Aristus

(68,339 posts)
23. That must have been epic!
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 10:43 PM
Oct 9

I wonder how many others here have had, shall we say, fulfilling Halloween experiences.

2naSalit

(92,695 posts)
24. I wonder about that too.
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 10:45 PM
Oct 9

I don't normally go to parties, even back then, the 80s, but it was a great experience. I mean, how many cheap dates show up with a limo?

Aristus

(68,339 posts)
25. If he shows up in a limo, he's not cheap!
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 10:48 PM
Oct 9

I’m not much of a party goer either. I basically went because my brother and his girlfriend asked me to. It ended working out nicely for a shy guy like me.

Niagara

(9,569 posts)
9. My last adult costume Halloween party I had an empty box of...
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 02:01 PM
Oct 9

cereal with a real knife through the cereal box with fake blood running down the box.


I went as a cereal killer (serial killer). 🔪

jrandom421

(1,048 posts)
11. Day jobs
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 02:36 PM
Oct 9

A couple I knew a few years ago, went in their "day job" uniforms. They're were both Air Force officers, so he got dressed up in his flight suit and helmet and she got dressed up in her nurse's uniform.

Conjuay

(2,106 posts)
18. My wife was dressed as a princess, I went as Charlie
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 05:17 PM
Oct 9

Charlie Chaplin.
Our perverted version of "Charles and Lady Di".

milestogo

(17,817 posts)
19. I went as a lady devil and my friend went as an angel
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 05:34 PM
Oct 9

At the party I danced with Frankenstein - who was an incredibly good dancer and I couldn't even see his face or hear anything except grunts.

He was hot.

True Dough

(20,263 posts)
20. deb, you're back!
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 05:41 PM
Oct 9

It was a long several hours without you!



The Lounge is better off with you here.

One time I went dressed like this and everyone kept throwing eggs at me!


kimbutgar

(23,271 posts)
29. We have a giant mask face of his and I'm thinking of a creative way to display it this yea
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 11:11 PM
Oct 9

The last time we displayed it on Halloween a guy got mad at me! I had to get my husband to get in the guys face to silence him. And I took the mask down. So BS.

arkielib

(354 posts)
21. Hooray, you're back!
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 08:58 PM
Oct 9

I've never been to a costume party as an adult. I've dressed up as a witch and a tiger to give out candy on Halloween.

debm55

(36,030 posts)
56. Thank you arkielib. I am going to do two posts a day. Have been very tired since husband had cancer and there were other
Thu Oct 10, 2024, 10:42 AM
Oct 10

things.that bothered me. I dress up to give candy out. Now it is just a Halloween sweatshirt. Have fun.

arkielib

(354 posts)
69. Glad to see your posts whenever you feel like posting!
Thu Oct 10, 2024, 05:05 PM
Oct 10

I will be doing good this year if I even manage a Halloween shirt.

Aristus

(68,339 posts)
22. I went to a Halloween party as Julius Caesar once.
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 10:41 PM
Oct 9

I was young and poor, and it was easy to turn a bedsheet into a toga. To my credit, I wore the toga as a proper Roman gentleman would have worn it. I looked like a statue come to life.

There was also the virtue that it was was easy to get out of when the lady in the cat suit and I hit it off.

2naSalit

(92,695 posts)
26. Some friends...
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 10:49 PM
Oct 9

A couple, told me about a party they once went to where they dressed as the hosts of the party and acted like them the whole time. That sounds like it could be fun.

lapfog_1

(30,151 posts)
27. not long after Chernobyl
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 10:52 PM
Oct 9

I and my 3 co-workers dressed up a plumbers with glow sticks under our outfits... with "Chernobyl Plumber Union" ( in Russian font ) labels and skull masks...

We won a contest.

Later I sort of regretted it.

kimbutgar

(23,271 posts)
28. I was looking in a box yesterday for something to compliment a witch we hang on our house
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 11:09 PM
Oct 9

And I found a costume I can’t even remember wearing that was as a Wilma Flintstone one. I think it was in my early 20’s when I wore it! I am determined to throw out all those old costumes except for the good ones this year!

Tikki

(14,795 posts)
31. My husband went as Vivian from the Young Ones...I went as a Hershey Kiss.
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 11:17 PM
Oct 9

Those were the days….

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The Tikkis

OldBaldy1701E

(6,349 posts)
40. Awesome.
Thu Oct 10, 2024, 06:46 AM
Oct 10

My friends and I once did a parody of The Young Ones. I was Mike, the Cool Person, the guy who played Vivian had his wife make him a stuffed SPG to use in the video. I still have it.

Always loved that show!

Permanut

(6,638 posts)
34. Went as a biker gang member..
Thu Oct 10, 2024, 12:18 AM
Oct 10

Black leather jacket, Fonzie hair, cigarettes rolled up in my t- shirt sleeve, parole officer card in my pocket ( it was in the pocket of the jacket when I got it at Goodwill), oh and a bag of powdered sugar in the other pocket.

Would have worked out fine but I made a beer run from the party, and got pulled over on the bike on the way to the store. Took some serious explaining, but he let me go.

The beer run and the party were successful.

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murielm99

(31,436 posts)
36. I was once Devil With a Blue Dress.
Thu Oct 10, 2024, 01:39 AM
Oct 10

It is a very easy costume and it was a big hit. Steal the idea and have fun with it!

TlalocW

(15,624 posts)
37. I've won 3 costume contests at Halloween parties
Thu Oct 10, 2024, 02:18 AM
Oct 10

In high school, college, and post-graduation with the same costume - the Invisible Man. Trenchcoat, gloves, sunglasses, and a bedsheet torn into bandages and wrapped around the head though a few said I was Darkman (film from 1990). It's apparently very scary because it's very uncanny valley and a blank slate to project your own fears on. I got screams from people every year.

TlalocW

(15,624 posts)
38. I remember a Halloween party
Thu Oct 10, 2024, 02:23 AM
Oct 10

When I was in grad school and dating a woman getting her PhD in psychology, we went to her department's party as Darth Maul and Princess Amidala. I tried to convince her to trade costumes at the last minute but no go. Psych majors are interesting. One guy apparently dressed up as a childhood phobia every year. That year he was a Good Humor/ice cream man.

Freddie

(9,692 posts)
39. 10 years ago, when Ebola was in the news
Thu Oct 10, 2024, 04:00 AM
Oct 10

DH and I went in full PPE - jumpsuits, masks, gloves, foot covers and head gear. Little did we know some of those things would come in handy later.

LakeArenal

(29,800 posts)
55. I found a Santa Suit for $1 at Goodwill.
Thu Oct 10, 2024, 10:37 AM
Oct 10

So I went as Santa and had candy and Mimi bar booze in a bag. It turned out better than I thought.

deRien

(217 posts)
59. I was at one
Thu Oct 10, 2024, 10:52 AM
Oct 10

where a couple came as a Morton salt container and a battery... i.e assault and battery... this was in the early 80's so don't judge... another couple made a large letter C and colored it red then each wore a piece and when they stepped apart they became the parting of the red c...

Imalittleteapot

(3,389 posts)
61. Husband and I went as a washer and dryer.
Thu Oct 10, 2024, 11:08 AM
Oct 10

We used big boxes and cut holes on top for our heads to fit thru. The cardboard was covered with glossy white paper, but white paint would have been easier. Cut round window for clear plastic for front load washer and glued socks, rags, etc inside the plastic, then drew the door.
A square dryer door was drawn with black marker. We glued a small Tide box from laundromat, coins and scattered a little detergent on the tops. We wore white tights. We had to stand the whole evening.

lark

(24,161 posts)
63. We went to adult Haloween parties every year when living in San Jose.
Thu Oct 10, 2024, 11:44 AM
Oct 10

First year we went as the Jetsons - actually rented a costume for the first and only time - it was fun! After that I had a friend who loved shopping at thrift stores and we'd get together and decide what costumes we wanted and then she'd shop for them! One year we were punks with black and purple hair wigs and lots of safety pins, including in our ears. One year hubs was a hooker and I reprised the punk. One year I was a jester and he was a king and one year I was a purple fairy and he reprised the punk look. All were so much fun. Hubs being a hooker and the purple fairy were my faves. Only thing, the purple makeup didn;t come off, I had a purple face for a week - not great when I was a manager but couldn't be helped.

lark

(24,161 posts)
65. Thanks, me and my friend had so much fun every year coming up with ideas and making them real.
Thu Oct 10, 2024, 11:56 AM
Oct 10

It was a great time in my life.

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