Noc for Lent?

giddybootz · 25-02-2009 10:17am #1

So....are y'all giving up a bold for lent......or taking up a new good for lent??

I just can't decide

Suggestions welcome!

shellyboo · 25-02-2009 10:53am

I'm actually stunned that people still do Lent, tbh. Am I the only one who gave up Lent for Lent when they were like 15 and haven't gone back on it since?!

cyberwolf77 · 25-02-2009 11:17am

Sorry, I'm a pagan so no Lent for me.

trowelled · 25-02-2009 11:34am

shellyboo wrote: »

I'm actually stunned that people still do Lent, tbh. Am I the only one who gave up Lent for Lent when they were like 15 and haven't gone back on it since?!

Haven't given up anything in the last 3 or 4 years.

Do remember when I was younger though trying to give up bacon for lent. I went through a phase of absolutely hating bacon (my mam was probably cooking it at least twice a week for dinner). Anyway my mam wasn't having any of it so no doubt she made me give up sweets or some such thing. Love bacon now though!

giddybootz · 25-02-2009 11:35am

i have never actually done a lent!! but always feel that it would be a good excuse to give up something bad or take up something new....not necessarily just for the 40 days...sort of a kick start really!!

yeah think i suggested giving up meat when i was very young (to trick my dad into letting me be a veggie as he said i had to wait til i had grown a bit) but i didn't get away with it! i'm a veggie now though!!

Crumble Froo · 25-02-2009 11:37am

kept doing lent for years after i'd stopped identifying with most religions and stuff... just used it as a time to challenge myself.

this lent, im giving up buying alcohol. this masterplan counts entirely on someone buying me booze for my birthday. but still, no more spending money on booze till easter.

giddybootz · 25-02-2009 11:48am

Crumble Froo wrote: »

kept doing lent for years after i'd stopped identifying with most religions and stuff... just used it as a time to challenge myself.

That is what i mean alright.....as i am in no way religious.

I can never think of a suitable one.......

anonymous_joe · 25-02-2009 12:21pm

As good a reason as any to give something up.

Teutorix · 25-02-2009 2:17pm

not giving up anything, atheist I be.

Nerin · 25-02-2009 2:20pm

I plan on doing more \o/

girl_friday · 25-02-2009 2:43pm

Nerin wrote: »

I plan on doing more \o/

More of what exactly??

Teutorix · 25-02-2009 2:50pm

girl_friday wrote: »

More of what exactly??

My thoughts exactly

Nerin · 25-02-2009 3:09pm

More random killings! Muhahaha. Get yer minds out of the gutter.

I'll be doing more net stuff and projects i've started.

girl_friday · 25-02-2009 3:19pm

Nerin wrote: »

Get yer minds out of the gutter.

I'm innocent me!! :rolleyes:

rainbow kirby · 25-02-2009 7:52pm

Atheist. I've had pork at every meal today except breakfast.

I could never give stuff up for 40 days when I was younger, I was always the one who'd break after a week. Haven't even tried giving up anything for Lent since I was about 11 or 12.