Brett was rubbing his hands together again. He does this when he’s excited.
“I got the best Halloween costume ever.” He paused, still rubbing his hands. “I’m gonna be Max from Where The Wild Things Are.”
I looked left at our friend Chad. His response was quick.
“This is the one day of the year you can exploit stereotypes to get girls, and your dressing up like a fucking children’s book character?”
Costumes that get girls for you
If I dress up like a rock star - ripped up shirt, thick British accent and a massive sock shoved down my spandex pants - I can walk up to girls in character and say “Ah, groupies, you always find your way backstage don’t you.”
The girls - dressed up like the naughty version of whatever - will play along with the frame I’ve set. And why not? It’s Halloween. It’s fun and games.
Stereotypes can be exploited to your benefit with Cops (be sure to have hand cuffs), Pimps (”you’re the hoe that owes daddy $20″) and Zorro (saving damsels in distress).
If you dress up like a children’s book character, girls will pat you on the head and call you cute.
The number one mistake guys make on Halloween
“Dude, its the one day of the year when every girl dresses like a slut”
Just like you can wear a costume with stereotypes that work for you, girls wear outfits that work for them - and win over guys easily.
If the sexy flight attendant thinks she’s won you over just because her ass is hanging out of her barely there blue skirt, you’re not going to get very far with her.
Focus on girls faces and don’t let your eyes wander to her body until she’s earned it.
Don’t believe the hype:
Halloween isn’t going to do all the work for you. Parties get broken up, people loose their friends and things get hectic.
Have a plan. Have options.
Plan a mellow after party at your house or know about another party across town. “Hey girls, we’re leaving to a better party down the street. Wanna tag along?”. When you leave to the second party, remember that you need to pick something up from your house. Invite the girls in for a second.
If you’ve had tight game up until this point, the girls might want to just stay at your place.
And lastly
Check apples for razor blades, make sure candy wrappers are un-opened before you eat, and don’t steal the whole bucket of candy from your neighbors doorstep.
Oh my god….
I think I lost my breath.
Two things in this post alerted me that my halloween was about to be as lonely as the guy who’s idea of Halloween is scaring little kids his doorstep until no one wants to go to his house, not even sugar-raging costumed crusaders.
First, my name is Brett. I’ve gone by Gage ever since I started a local band in my area. It fit better and works as a marker that separates who I was from who I am.
Second, I posted a status today announcing I would be dressed as a Where The Wild Things Are monster.
I know you’re laughing Dylan. I am too.
Now I had an idea of busting out a fat wad of cash for the Grand Heritage The Joker Costume.. check it out just google it - it’s everywhere.
Bad news everyone, if you’re impressed with how legit that costume is, it’s sold out from here all the way to Uzbekistan. Day laborers are working hard but it’s not gonna happen between now and Halloween.
So Dylan, where can I find the right materials to really pull of the cop or rock star costume? I know you’ve probably got a closet that’s not going to require a trip to the mall. Any ideas though?
Gage - I may be getting to creative, but I think you can work that monster to your advantage. Maybe you could play some role like your the monster in the movie and you’re going to take her off to happy land or whatever the main characters happy dream land is called.
Thoughts?
Haha! i saw a Max at the costume party i went to this weekend. Surprisingly enough, he got a lot of play. But, there weren’t many slutty girls at the party, more of an intellectual type of crowd. I guess you should always know your crowd.
I went as God’s gift to women. I made a large gift tag, simply said From:God To:Women. I went home with Cherry, and i’ve been texting random facts to zoey and Kayla. So, i would say my costume worked.
Halloween costumes fall into three categories: Fun, flirty and frightening.
As long as you do a really good job of standing out in one of those categories you will get attention just like max did at the party that Nickolaus was at. I would say that a Max costume fits in the fun category and will def get you attention, but if you can stand out in the flirty category like a rockstar, that would serve you better.
@Nickolaus - That’s an awesome idea. Way to get creative.
@Gage - Second hand stores and thrift stores have lots of good stuff if you have the time to explore around for a while. Spencers gifts also has lots of cool stuff, just slightly expensive.
@Dylan - I just got off the phone with a very creative Hollywood makeup artist. Been a good friend since High School years.
She added on to your rockstar oufit idea when I brought it up. Check it:
“You could put like blue in your hair and get fake tattoos!!
and wear dirty converse”
I added, “Yeah, and they have the fake colored hair extentions that you clip in. so you won’t have to deal with the mess of dying your hair”
I don’t think you really need thrift stores for that though, just walmart
just buy a white undershirt.
like a tee shirt.
and make it dirty.
or spray paint it.
and wear like a black or navy ripped one over it
I tried to think of something ultra creative that would give me licence to get close. I came up with a “Personal Space Invader”. I’m in all lime green and silver, when people ask me what I am, I’m going to stand really close and whisper what I am.
I’ll tell you how it goes tomorrow.
o feck reading this makes me think i should of went with a super hero instead of going for the funny look
http://www.acefancydress.co.uk/product_info.php?pName=bavarian-man-fancy-dress-costume
o well lets see how this roles . theirs always next year!
Ya, it was a great success. I had a few girls in tube tops thinking it was cool to follow me around because I may have been a bug.
All it took was turning around, calling them on it, picking the best and moving in. I had green antennae on a headband and I put them on her head and continued around the party. Came back, sat down, ran two routines and kiss closed. I got her number and were on for tomorrow.
Dylan is that man, work that game into EVERYTHING!
@Max - +10 points for running an indian giver routine on Halloween. I forgot to find something for my costume that I could use like this.