Dear Male Delivery,
What are some good couple costume ideas for Halloween?
It’s that weird time of the year (not the most wonderful), Halloween, and you still fantasize about dressing but you are always nervous of being seen as a little peculiar when you are the only one in the room who went for it. However, since you got yourself a supportive (or whipped) boyfriend, your days of feeling alone with your banana costume at that Halloween party that no one took seriously are over. It’s time dress together.
Here are my three suggestions for couple costumes:
The Punny Costumes:
Are you that cute and quirky couple that never fails to deliver an incredibly unfunny joke that’s full of pun and sarcasm? Well, now you can extend your annoyance and lacking repertoire of good jokes to even your fashion. That’s right! Throw a dueling costume that celebrates your awkwardness and wit. May I suggest a few to get your creative juices rolling. There is the “Deviled Egg” (you’ll have a hell of a time), where one dresses as a demon and the other as an egg, the “Chick Magnet” (it’s a very attractive), where the girl dresses a chicken and the guy a magnet, or even the risqué “Birds and the Bees” (oh yeah, you’ll be the buzz of the party), where the costume is self-explanatory and I am writing very obviously. I think you get the picture. Are there any more ideas that I can cheesily (a word that only exists in my world) describe?
The Relevant Costumes:
Do you love having people come up to you and say, “Oh! I get it. That’s very good!” It seems that you would be the person to take a more pop culture-referencing route. This includes TV, personality, music or even political ideas that give you a few pats on the back for creativity. Be inventive for this one because some great costumes have been made for this. It’s not hard to make it look good though. A few ideas would include Walt and Jesse from “Breaking Bad,” Kanye and Kim with that terribly-named baby of theirs (It’s South East right?), or even further parings of Robin Thicke and Miley Cyrus (Caveat: Boy must be incredibly sexist and Girl should stick out tongue a lot).
The Classic Costumes:
For those who don’t want to sit down and do research for their costume and compete with John and Jane for “Best Couple Costume” of the night, there are the classics. A lot of things come in pairs and thankfully you can embrace these common world things by being cute about it (or in men’s terms, “lame”). Look at your food pairs like salt & pepper, mayo & mustard, or pickles & peanut butter (that last one goes together, right?). Look at your things that go together like a broom and a mop, a fork and knife, or a male plug and a female plug (understand, though, that this costume makes people very uncomfortable). Anything that you can think that relatively qualifies as a pair or couple merits you to go for it.
When it boils down to it, just have fun and be creative. I also advocate for staying under a budget. Don’t spend loads of money on websites when you can simply use your own clothes or shop at Goodwill.
As a final note, do not be that couple that comes “dressed as yourself” because you give everyone the right to not like you for the night.
Happy Halloween, lovers!
Sincerely,
Your Real Live College Guy
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