Adult halloween party ideas for Halloween 2009

Adult halloween party ideas aren’t actually all that hard to come by even if you’re not the least bit creative. The first thing to remember is that adult halloween party ideas are supposed to be for adults – a good adult halloween party will have folks who’ve left the kids with sitters for the evening (and yes, they’ll be paying babysitters a premium, but that’s part of the price of having kids, isn’t it?)

Just think about it: You and your wife, or your husband, or girlfriend or boyfriend, have been invited to an “adult halloween party” and have decided to come as something wholly inappropriate for youngsters. It could be something like sexy nurse or sexy disney princess, or it could be something like a bloody corpse, or something entirely different that I’m not creative enough to think of right off the top of my head here, but regardless, something inappropriate for young viewers. Something not PG-13, but something rated R.

So you get your costumes ready, you head over to the party, you knock on the door, and who are you greeted by? A six year old in a clown suit. When it comes to adult halloween party ideas, making your friends feel awkward by having your child around to gawk (or be terrified, depending) is down near the bottom of the list.

There’s also the fact that the best adult halloween party ideas contain a lot of booze. Whether it be a refrigerator full of beer or champagne, a liquor cabinet full of scotch, or a bowl full or rum punch, adult halloween parties are sure to be lubricated by plenty of alcohol. Which means that little ones need to not be present, since socializing kids to that much consumption of alcohol and the subsequent inebriation it causes is probably not the best bet as a parent.

Which brings us to the need to make sure there are plenty of designated drives and keymasters, people who can take keys from the guests as they arrive to make sure that nobody gets behind the wheel with a headfull of hooch. When it comes to adult halloween party ideas, driving drunk is absolutely the worst one.

So remember to keep your adult halloween party “adult.” Be explicit on the invitations that it is intended for adults only, and for your friends to avoid bringing their children. Doing otherwise could subject both you and them to an all-together uncomfortable experience.