What did you spend your communion money on?

r93kaey5p2izun · 14-05-2017 02:06PM

I received £120 in the late 80s. I don't remember getting anything from it but I probably got some small toy. I'm sure the rest went on bills.

There was no question of bribery back then in my experience, as most kids didn't get to keep the money and most were very earnest in their belief and trust in baby jesus and holy Mary etc.at that age (mostly 6 or 7 then). The dress was the more important factor for little girls. Confirmation was another story altogether - that was definitely all about the money.

One eyed Jack · 14-05-2017 02:06PM

jobbridge4life wrote: »

An incredibly cynical take.

If it wasn't for experience jb...

We do it with everything, and we've even done it historically. It literally is part of Irish culture (although not exclusive to Irish culture either).

One eyed Jack · 14-05-2017 02:08PM

andekwarhola wrote: »

Gave my nephew a few quid when he made his.

I had no idea I was bribing him or competing with other relatives.

Thanks for clearing that up.

I had no idea you would take what I said personally.

Thanks for clearing that up and all.

andekwarhola · 14-05-2017 02:10PM

One eyed Jack wrote: »

I had no idea you would take what I said personally.

So your grandiose theories about Irish people are in fact not supposed to be applied to actual people in ireland?

johnnyryan89 · 14-05-2017 02:15PM

A copy of FIFA 03, paid for dinner in the cafe afterwards and the rest was put into the Credit Union.

One eyed Jack · 14-05-2017 02:17PM

andekwarhola wrote: »

So your grandiose theories about Irish people are in fact not supposed to be applied to actual people in ireland?

That's one less than interesting interpretation of what I actually posted. However, I have no doubt you're old enough to know the difference between a commentary at an individual level, and a commentary on a society. I didn't apply it at an individual level, you chose to interpret it that way.

indioblack · 14-05-2017 02:17PM

andekwarhola wrote: »

Can't remember. Not sure I even got any money. Made my communion in England.

Some of the powers of recall on these kind of threads is uncanny.

Made my communion in England as well.
A long time ago, remember little of it.
Still have the photo, though - taken in the school yard.
A neatly dressed child, shirt, tie and short trousers - a genuinely innocent smile on his face.
Wonder what happened to him.

Colser · 14-05-2017 02:18PM

48 pounds back in the day...put it in post office and it's still there is say.

I'll be giving 50e next week to a good friends daughter for her communion ..times have changed.

henrietta · 14-05-2017 02:22PM

Mid 80s I bought some prize bonds at mothers insistence and a pure bred sheep! (My idea).
Must have been a magic sheep though cos got money off my father every spring for years after for lambs and wool, possibly long after my original sheep died.
I have zero interest in farming now.

Ken. · 14-05-2017 02:23PM

mod-Come on folks, lets keep this light hearted and leave the church bashing for another day.

Glenster · 14-05-2017 02:28PM

Barbie! wrote: »

mod-Come on folks, lets keep this light hearted and leave the church bashing for another day.

i bought myself a Bop It, and priests are great

amidoinitrite?

oppenheimer1 · 14-05-2017 02:31PM

I spent mine on college fees, some 23 years after making my communion. I opened a savings account with mine and over the years added and withdrew as required but the balance never fell below the ?100 I opened the account with. That was until I decided to go back to uni and cleared out my savings to pay for my course.

Glenster · 14-05-2017 02:34PM

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

I spent mine on college fees, some 23 years after making my communion. I opened a savings account with mine and over the years added and withdrew as required but the balance never fell below the ?100 I opened the account with. That was until I decided to go back to uni and cleared out my savings to pay for my course.

So you operate a FILO system?

Has that caused you any issues tax-wise?

The Domonator · 14-05-2017 02:42PM

I made £50. I bought a game for my Gameboy and spent the rest in Dr. Quirkeys. Yes, I am a nerd.

Sam Kade · 14-05-2017 02:49PM

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

Made it in 1970... My mother put it up safe for me. I'm still waiting and it's not looking good.

72 here probably got 3-4 pounds, little phuckers today would throw it back at you if they only got that amount. Mind you back then I could have bought a good few calves with 4 pounds as they were selling from 10p to 50p.

donegaLroad · 14-05-2017 02:50PM

I blew it at the bumping cars in Bundoran, 1979

Galwayguy35 · 14-05-2017 02:59PM

Put it in the Post Office saving account I had, got about £20 which was good going back in 1982.

TerrorFirmer · 14-05-2017 03:04PM

No idea how much I got at the time (around 95) but I think I got a bike with it, the rest would have gone into the PO savings account. Feel bad for those who didn't see a penny of their own money!

StillThinking · 14-05-2017 03:06PM

Same as any birthday and Christmas money I got, went into post office, took it all out around my confirmation time, put it in the credit union and kept adding to it till I was able to buy myself a car and the insurance when I was 20.
God I'm boring....

Peregrine · 14-05-2017 03:24PM

My parents said they'll put it in the bank and now it's resting in an account somewhere under my name that I have no access to.

testicles · 14-05-2017 03:28PM

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Outlaw Pete · 14-05-2017 03:30PM

I got a carton of cigarettes. Old man grabbed me and said 'Smoke up Johnny!' No idea why he called me Johnny.

Nah, he bought me a Mountain Bike with it. Raleigh Maverick. Loved that bike and that man.

theteal · 14-05-2017 03:39PM

Commodore 64. . .well it went towards it, those things were expensive, the auld fella added the little extra required.

Little did I know that that was a mistake, I couldn't get much time on it because of his Leaderboard golf addiction!

amtc · 14-05-2017 03:39PM

I got £27 in 1980. I bought a blue bike and was mercilessly teased as it was thought to be a boy's bike. I remember getting a note from a neighbour rather than coins as I was standing in front of the Tv as an incentive to move.

Rather startlingly these memories are more real than going to the zoo on the day where my granny bought me an ice cream. I do remember vividly she ate the end of the cone and it dropped over my new shoes. I cried and she went home. She died later that night of a heart attack. My grandfather died the day of my confirmation. So I can recall little about the events only the time after! No wonder I haven't got married! Religious events don't end well for me!

dar100 · 14-05-2017 03:50PM

Snugglebunnies wrote: »

Well it's that time of year again when communion money and "going rates" are a hot topic once more!

I made my communion in the nineties and made about 150 pounds or so but.... I never got to spend it!

My parents bought me something out of it alright I'd say but they kept the rest to cover the cost of the day er... I mean... "keep it safe".

I never got over it, I wanted to buy a pony.

So what did you spend your communion money on??

Boats and ho's boats and ho's

PARlance · 14-05-2017 03:55PM

Cola bottles and h.......

Sam Kade · 14-05-2017 04:00PM

testicles wrote: »

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Forgive me for saying it but must be some sh1t car.

rdavey14 · 14-05-2017 04:00PM

Bought a laptop in '09, got just over €300 if I remember right.

Murrisk · 14-05-2017 04:01PM

Didn't get much, maybe fifty pounds. Small family who didn't go daft with the pressies and back in the early 90s where I'm from, neighbours and family friends didn't give anything. Just kept it in my piggy bank.

razorblunt · 14-05-2017 04:20PM

1992. I can't remember a huge amount, though I definitely bought a Mitre Premier League ball and pair of Sondico goalkeeper gloves.
Sondico >> Reusch.

What did you spend your communion money on?

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