My parents were never very strong on Halloween, nor were their friends. Even though they would take us trick-or-treating, they would never dress up for the occasion. When I was that age, I loved to dress up in spooky costumes. I would dress up as a villain from slasher film’s, such as Jason, Freddy Krueger, or Leatherface from the Texas chainsaw massacre.
The first time I put on a couple costumes was when I was 17. I was in my first relationship then, and I was hopelessly in love. I guess all teenagers fall in love when they have the first relationship. Anyway, my girlfriend was kind of a cheese ball. She adored anything cute and romantic. At Halloween, of course, she insisted on us getting couples costumes. My friends used to make fun of me, but I persevered anyway. I knew that couple costumes were important to her, and I didn’t want to disappoint her. We went as Tweedledum and Tweedledee that year. Although a few of my friends just had to make fun of us, it was obvious that they thought the idea was pretty funny.
After that year, couple costumes were a hit in my crew. Every year, we would go in costumes that complemented each other. Sometimes, we would be in pairs, but more often we would go as whole groups. One of the best couple costume events was when everyone dressed up as their favorite hero or villain duo. We had Batman and Robin, Superman and Wonder Woman, and a foursome dressed as the Fantastic Four. We also had a very special appearance by Baron Greenback from Danger Mouse, surrounded by several of his most villainous henchman.
With all of the previous costumes I had worn, I had more than enough supplies to make a new, seemingly fresh costume from spare pieces of previous ones.
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