How much money to give a child for confirmation

Mister Vain

How much do people generally give these days?

MilesMorales1

Give em a kick up the arse. I got £5 and a waterstones voucher.

Antar Bolaeisk

What are they confirming, that I wasn't anywhere near the biscuit tin when all the biscuits went missing or that they didn't see what they thought they saw between me and Aunty Mary?

stoplooklisten

a set of rosary beads, nice ones. I have a stash of them here ready.

PlainP

Give them a children's Bible OP. Buck the trend and don't go down the money route.

Chris_Heilong

I think 20 euro is fair and if you really like them then 40.

The flying mouse

Are they nieces nephews, your own children ? depends what you can afford really,twenty euro to fifty ? as i said depends on your circumstances.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Depends on your connection to them. I usually give them book vouchers.

Katgurl

I give €50 to my godchild / nieces, 20-30 if I know them relatively well, 10 otherwise

stimpson

Offer to buy their souls for fifty.


A confirmed soul is worth more on the second hand market.

Ice Maiden

€50 max. Whatever you can afford. It's easy to be principled about these things, but at the same time I can understand people not wanting to look like the stinge, however €20 is plenty for a kid you don't know that well.

biko

A tiara

ohnonotgmail

a shiny sixpence should suffice.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Here, we're not in a recession any more. My godson came over dressed like Conor McGregor. I thought I was gonna get whacked if I gave him any less than €300.

maudgonner

We were always warned that the bishop gives you a smack in the face when he confirms you, but he never really does.

So I give them a smack in the face. Wouldn't want them to miss out.


(20-50 euro sounds right to me too)

fleet_admiral

Give them a pound for an ice cream, especially if your name is Finnbar

Hannibelle Smeeeth

The flying mouse wrote: »

Are they nieces nephews, your own children ? depends what you can afford really,twenty euro to fifty ? as i said depends on your circumstances.

Whoa! Do you have to give your own children money?

wakka12

Nieces nephews or god children, 50 or so. Grandchildren Id say higher, maybe 100 but depends on your financial situation obviously.
Good friends children, 20-30. Children you don't know well such as neighbours or whatever, maybe 10 as its more of a token than anything else

MistyCheese

Why would you give them money, what have they done?

woodchuck

I would've thought 20euro is plenty! Sounds like it's going to go the way of weddings with giving ridiculous amounts...

Ice Maiden

wakka12 wrote: »

Grandchildren Id say higher, maybe 100 but depends on your financial situation obviously.

:eek:

A few different generations on this thread I suppose. I'd say kids born during or shortly before the Celtic Tiger would consider €20 tuppence.

Ruu

100 euro minimum. Have they got the limo all set as well? Could pay for that too.

Huntergonzo

Give them something useful, give them a copy of The God Delusion or something like that, see if you can rinse that God shíte out of their innocent little heads.

beach_walker

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

I think 20 euro is fair and if you really like them then 40.

:eek: Gardai calling over to you as we speak

beach_walker

Ice Maiden wrote: »

:eek:

A few different generations on this thread I suppose. I'd say kids born during or shortly before the Celtic Tiger would consider €20 tuppence.

Looking forward to these Recession kids who were brought up on eating the cardboard of cereal boxes and government issued cheese. They'll know what's what.

mad m

Fella out of my job said his son made over 4K.... Big family. To say I was shocked was an understatement.

MilesMorales1

Jesus christ, this thing is a bloody racket.

Ice Maiden

Huntergonzo wrote: »

Give them something useful, give them a copy of The God Delusion or something like that, see if you can rinse that God shíte out of their innocent little heads.

As much craic for a 12 or 13-year-old as giving them a bible or prayer book.

fleet_admiral

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

Jesus christ, this thing is a bloody racket.

Friend of mine used to be a chef in the Spawell. The stories he told me about some confirmation do's would shock you, one being the girl arriving by helicopter and 2 grand behind the bar for the adults

The Randy Riverbeast

A trip to lourdes or knock depending on the price range.

foggy_lad

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

Give em a kick up the arse. I got £5 and a waterstones voucher.

You lucky bastard, all we got was sixpence and even that was taken to buy the dinner. ah and you must've been really posh if ya could read in 6th class!

mad m wrote: »

Fella out of my job said his son made over 4K.... Big family. To say I was shocked was an understatement.

That is just a sign that they all hate each other and are trying to get one up on other family members. the sort of family that are in the pub till closing while the kids are asleep in the corner or playing out in the pub car park.

XR3i

1 million dollars

Lights On

A copy of Richard Dawkins - The God Delusion. Even if I don't know any children getting their confirmation I stand outside the church with a stack of them and hand them out on the day.

Edit: Just saw someone already said this, note to self: read past the first page before posting.

ChunkyLover54

Huntergonzo wrote: »

Give them something useful, give them a copy of The God Delusion or something like that, see if you can rinse that God shíte out of their innocent little heads.

Money is useful.

JustAThought

Can I make mine again?

I give a holy bookmark picture/prayer & a tenner - IF I'm good friends with the family, and if its a godchild or particularly special child then its a holy bookmark picture/prayer & a twenty. And the shreds of my motheaten heart that is broken giving that much money away to a child.

KingMonkey

i remember when i did mine i got 1 punt note off neighbour whos son was also doing his and in my class

i remember being buzzing about it

these days i give 50 to nieces and nephews ect who are doing theirs

some people might think thats excessive tho idk

VickieVexed1

Last year my neighbour's daughter (we're not friends, as such) made her confirmation. We dropped in a card (€20 inside). The look on the kid's face said she was expecting €50. I wanted to punch her in the face, but apparently that's frowned upon if said child is about to be confirmed.

crybaby

Don't give them any money, how about giving them a bit of your time though and taking them to the cinema or to McDonalds or something like that in the future?

FatherTed

Seriously, why is money required? It's a religious event, what's money got to do with it. A pat on the back is enough.

XR3i

FatherTed wrote: »

Seriously, why is money required? It's a religious event, what's money got to do with it. A pat on the back is enough.

sorry for your loss

Canis Lupus

FatherTed wrote: »

Seriously, why is money required? It's a religious event, what's money got to do with it. A pat on the back is enough.

Since when is religion not about money?

La.de.da

I think €20 is enough tbh. So many kids in our family it's kind of the agreed amount.

Have a godson have him €70. Same lad ended up with over €700 by the time he was finished getting cards. Madness.

XR3i

when my nephew made his communion i bought him 4 bullocks

now he owns his own company

La.de.da

XR3i wrote: »

when my nephew made his communion i bought him 4 bullocks

now he owns his own company

A wise gift. Did you turn up at the church with them

topmanamillion

XR3i wrote: »

when my nephew made his communion i bought him 4 bullocks

now he owns his own company

4 bullocks! Conservatively and without knowing the stats they'd have a value of 2k+!
Do you want to be my uncle?

XR3i

La.de.da wrote: »

A wise gift. Did you turn up at the church with them

no unfortunately i was out foreign at the time,

my uncle done the cattle deal

PTH2009

Got a PS2 in 2002 with my confirmation money.

My nephew and neice are years away from this sort of thing. When the time comes I'll prob get them something physical (sports Jersey, concert ticket etc)

If I was giving money to any kid I knw 10/20 is enough.

All this stories about princess party's, carages, open bars etc would shock u.

YFlyer

If I become born again. Can I make my communion and confirmation again?