When I was a kid, I loved to dress up in spooky costumes with scary masks. I would dress up as villains from slasher film’s, such as Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, or Leatherface from the Texas chainsaw massacre. I’m sure I terrorized more than my share of little kids but it wasn’t too long until I realized that those scary costumes and masks weren’t that original. Alas, my parents were never into adult Halloween costumes or scary masks nor were their friends. Although they would take us trick-or-treating, they would never dress up for the occasion. I didn’t really understand that adults did such a thing until I was a teenager.

The first time I got into couple costumes was when I was about 17. I was in my first relationship back then, and hopelessly in love. I guess all kids are in love when they have that first relationship. Anyway, my girlfriend was kind of kitchsy. She loved anything cutesy and romantic. At Halloween, of course, she insisted on getting couples costumes. Halloween night, my friends made fun of me, but that was okay. I knew that couple costumes were important to her, and I didn’t want to her disappointed; we went as Tweedledee and Tweedledum that year. Although a few of my friends had a good laugh on us, it was clear that they thought the idea was kinda cute.

After that year we would sometimes make our own couple costumes. It was a lot of fun to get involved in the craft aspect of it, even if it was quite a bit of work as well. Other times, it would simply be too complicated. We would buy them or rent them from Halloween stores. Sometimes, the best approach was to combine both. 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.

After me and my girlfriend did couple costumes, they 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 special appearance by Baron Greenback from Danger Mouse, surrounded by several of his most villainous henchman. All in all, the Party was quite a time, and we all had a lot of fun, couple costumes had found a place.