I am here to tell you this is folly. It is a mousetrap set with a vision of a step forward romantically. Because while a couples’ Halloween costume is fun, it is also a gauntlet built to create hairline fractures and amplify hostility. It is the emotional turmoil of a weekend getaway gone wrong manifested in itchy nylon. You are looking to release pressure and instead you are plugging the exhaust.
Even worse, when this emotional water heater rockets through the roof, everyone else’s Halloween will be held hostage. No one wants to share a party with a sobbing genderbent Ted Lasso. Halloween is fun but at its base, massively volatile, like playing catch with a uranium rod. This is not the event you want to strap your future to while dressed as Baby Yoda and Sexy Mandalorian. Which, of course, should be called the Manda-horny-in.