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Expensive First Holy Communions!

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  • #32
    iguana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,909 ✭✭✭✭iguana


    hairyslug wrote: »
    Our daughters is on Sunday, after the service is a meal with close family and then home to wash the stink of church out of my clothes

    Genuine question. If you feel like that, why bother with it?:confused:


  • #33
    DeanAustin
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    Communions are becoming like Christmas now with religion completely irrelevant to the day.

    I've two kids and don't think I want them making their communion but I'll have some battle with my missus and mother over it. I went along with the christenings to get them into a school.

    Don't get me wrong. I don't have major issues with the church or Catholicism but it's sheer hypocrisy to be sending your kids into a church for christenings, communions and confirmations if you don't believe or don't go to church.


  • #34
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    smaoifs wrote: »
    My mother hated it, felt we were like beggars
    She's right. It's such a trashy thing to do, going round the houses looking for money. So weird.

    About a decade back, I remember drinking with a mate in a *ahem* downmarket city centre pub early one Saturday afternoon and one of the regulars comes in with his daughter in all her finery, showing her off to the other barflies. Anyone who didn't put their hand in their pocket and produce a twenty was swiftly "reminded" that it was her communion and not to be stingy.

    WTF like.


  • #35
    turbowolfed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭turbowolfed


    It's my brother's communion soon. We're doing dinner with just ourselves in the immediate family, and bringing him to the cinema which he asked for. Nothing too over the top.

    On the other hand, he has classmates renting out function rooms, bringing their whole extended family for dinner, and one is even booking out an adventure centre for their party. It's all a bit mad really.


  • #36
    Murrisk
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    Wardling wrote: »
    I went to a nieces the weekend gone. Way over the top. Private room booked, dj, professional photographer, sweet cart, photo booth. A wedding wouldn't cost as much. Nuts

    That honestly sounds like it was treated as a mini-wedding! :eek:


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  • #38
    Murrisk
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    seamus wrote: »
    About a decade back, I remember drinking with a mate in a *ahem* downmarket city centre pub early one Saturday afternoon and one of the regulars comes in with his daughter in all her finery, showing her off to the other barflies. Anyone who didn't put their hand in their pocket and produce a twenty was swiftly "reminded" that it was her communion and not to be stingy.

    WTF like.

    That's so weird. For the panhandling aspect but also because what grown man would give a crap about some acquaintance's offspring's communion?


  • #39
    PandaPoo
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    I made mine in 2001. No make up, nails, hairdresser, carriage, just the dress and veil etc. Went for a meal after in a place in Stillorgan, I think it was called Blakes?

    My son will make his in 2 years and it will be the same thing, no make up for him! A nice family dinner in a restaurant and that's all.


  • #40
    sjb25
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,422 ✭✭✭sjb25


    Aglomerado wrote: »
    , I hated her as she used to tell tales to the teachers....

    Fecking informers


  • #41
    Neyite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,946 ✭✭✭✭Neyite


    Third hand dress and new knickers for me. I was seven. Nowadays kids are about 8/9 which is a better age I think.

    The parents were religious so it was all about the sacrament and so rather annoyingly, the mother warned relations and neighbours not to go daft giving me money so I got sod all on that front. Plenty of saint's medals though :rolleyes: No photos and straight home afterwards for Sunday Dinner.


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  • #42
    Parchment
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    I went to the post office with my communion money (this is over 20 years ago) and my mom waited outside in the car. I was supposed to put it into my savings account. I didnt get a huge amount for my communion .

    Anyway i asked for it all in ?1 coins. They gave it to me. I felt so rich.

    Went back out to the car with my money bags. My mom went mental - sent me back in to lodge it.


  • #43
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,871 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    ... is everybody doing it?

    Thankfully no as some people have coped on to the fact that all religion is made up nonsense.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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