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Since when have Communions become such a plebian affair?

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  • #122
    TheValeyard
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    Malayalam wrote: »
    500 bucks :)

    I dont live in D4

    Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue



  • #123
    ZeroThreat
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    Malayalam wrote: »
    500 bucks :)

    Glad my sister decided to abandon catholicism at an early age. :D


  • #124
    scopper
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    A family on our road hired a small camera crew for their kid and posted it on youtube later as a sort of mini-doc.


  • #125
    LirW
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    scopper wrote: »
    A family on our road hired a small camera crew for their kid and posted it on youtube later as a sort of mini-doc.

    That's gonna be a lot of fun now with the new GDPR.


  • #126
    Buford T. Justice XIX
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    Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »
    Whats the going rate if your the godparent?

    50E?
    I have 2 this year and both got E100. But they were both related to me and good friends with mine the same age so that might skew the figure a bit upwards as well.



    And that was the rate last year as well.


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  • #127
    TheValeyard
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    Buford T. Justice V wrote: »
    I have 2 this year and both got E100. But they were both related to me and good friends with mine the same age so that might skew the figure a bit upwards as well.



    And that was the rate last year as well.

    Ah feck. This Catholicism thinge is expensive.

    Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue



  • #128
    Buford T. Justice XIX
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    Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »
    Ah feck. This Catholicism thinge is expensive.
    :D
    You just need to have more kids than you're godparent to and you're raking in in:P


  • #129
    I Am The Law
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 657 ✭✭✭I Am The Law


    An awful shower of sheep in this country, can't make a decision for themselves, f3cking clowns.


  • #130
    Malayalam
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    I was only joking about the 500 bucks by the way. I just perform free exorcisms on the kids in lieu of cash.


  • #131
    Yer Da sells Avon
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    Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »
    Whats the going rate if your the godparent?

    50E?

    My godchild made her first holy communion eight years ago and it was €50 then. Probably closer to €100 now.

    I got £60 in total for mine, 29 years ago this week. Felt like a millionaire.


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  • #132
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Who sets these rates? Because they don't exist around here. I have several grandchildren who have made their Holy Communion in recent years and none got a single money gift over €20 and very few money gifts at all. Family and godparents usually bought gifts like books or games.


  • #133
    John_Rambo
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    Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »
    I dont live in D4

    Keep up, it's not the done thing in D4. This ridiculous overspend and ostentatious parade is weirdly carried out exclusivly by not so well off people in working class societies. And the traveller community.


  • #134
    ibarelycare
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    Brayson Freezing Flatware wrote: »
    Who sets these rates? Because they don't exist around here. I have several grandchildren who have made their Holy Communion in recent years and none got a single money gift over €20 and very few money gifts at all. Family and godparents usually bought gifts like books or games.

    My bf’s nephew made €1600 at his 2 weeks ago. His aunt was giving him €150 (she’s his godmother). 4 years ago I gave my two nephews €50 for their communions. I’ll defo have to give more for the younger ones when they make their’s!


  • #135
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    ibarelycare wrote: »
    My bf’s nephew made €1600 at his 2 weeks ago. His aunt was giving him €150 (she’s his godmother). 4 years ago I gave my two nephews €50 for their communions. I’ll defo have to give more for the younger ones when they make their’s!

    That didn't address the question. Who 'set' these 'rates'?

    You can't say the rate is X just because some idiot gave X. And you don't "have to" gave anything like X.


  • #136
    ibarelycare
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    Brayson Freezing Flatware wrote: »
    That didn't address the question. Who 'set' these 'rates'?

    You can't say the rate is X just because some idiot gave X. And you don't "have to" gave anything like X.

    The rates are set by the status quo. These “idiots” who give X are setting the rates.


  • #137
    Malayalam
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    ibarelycare wrote: »
    My bf’s nephew made €1600 at his 2 weeks ago. His aunt was giving him €150 (she’s his godmother). 4 years ago I gave my two nephews €50 for their communions. I’ll defo have to give more for the younger ones when they make their’s!

    Is there anything to be said for another go at making my First Holy Communion?


  • #138
    VinLieger
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    John_Rambo wrote: »
    Keep up, it's not the done thing in D4. This ridiculous overspend and ostentatious parade is weirdly carried out exclusivly by not so well off people in working class societies. And the traveller community.

    Indeed its like they are having a competition to see who can get into the most debt with the loan sharks


  • #139
    c68zapdsm5i1ru
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    ibarelycare wrote: »
    My bf’s nephew made €1600 at his 2 weeks ago. His aunt was giving him €150 (she’s his godmother). 4 years ago I gave my two nephews €50 for their communions. I’ll defo have to give more for the younger ones when they make their’s!

    That is absolutely crazy. €50 seems a perfectly generous amount to me. My siblings would go mad if I gave €150 to one of their children.


  • #140
    c68zapdsm5i1ru
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    Brayson Freezing Flatware wrote: »
    Who sets these rates? Because they don't exist around here. I have several grandchildren who have made their Holy Communion in recent years and none got a single money gift over €20 and very few money gifts at all. Family and godparents usually bought gifts like books or games.

    My nephew made his Confirmation this year and no one gave him more than €50. I am surprised at what some people now consider to be the norm. It's getting as expensive as weddings to attend a Communion or Confirmation ceremony.


  • #141
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Give them 3 grand in an envelope.

    You can't be seen as a tight arse.


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  • #142
    The Crowman
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    A family of drug dealers (thankfully since moved out) on my street had a Cinderella type horse and carriage picking up their daughter for her communion a couple of years ago. Parked outside the house for nearly an hour.


  • #143
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    The Crowman wrote: »
    A family of drug dealers (thankfully since moved out) on my street had a Cinderella type horse and carriage picking up their daughter for her communion a couple of years ago. Parked outside the house for nearly an hour.

    The hypocrisy is off the wall.

    Irish criminals always seem to love big flashy religious occasions, whether they be Communions, weddings, funerals.

    They become great Christians all of a sudden.


  • #144
    facehugger99
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    Lincoln Refined Varsity wrote: »
    My nephew made his Confirmation this year and no one gave him more than €50. I am surprised at what some people now consider to be the norm. It's getting as expensive as weddings to attend a Communion or Confirmation ceremony.

    Yeah - €50 would be more than enough for an 8/9 year old in my view.


    €100 sounds like a crazy amount to give a kid.


  • #145
    ohnonotgmail
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    facehugger99 wrote: »
    Yeah - €50 would be more than enough for an 8/9 year old in my view.


    €100 sounds like a crazy amount to give a kid.


    A mate of mine got £100 from his granny for his confirmation. In 1982.


  • #146
    facehugger99
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    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    A mate of mine got £100 from his granny for his confirmation. In 1982.

    Well, the kid's are a bit older for a confirmation.

    What's an 8 year old going to do with €100 - Buy 10,000 penny sweets?


  • #147
    conorhal
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    A couple of lads in work had kids make their Communion this year. Neither made it in the next day.
    When did a first Communion become the excuse for the mother of all pissups? That seems deeply wierd to me.


  • #148
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    ibarelycare wrote: »
    The rates are set by the status quo. These “idiots” who give X are setting the rates.

    And idiots are best ignored.


  • #149
    c68zapdsm5i1ru
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    conorhal wrote: »
    A couple of lads in work had kids make their Communion this year. Neither made it in the next day.
    When did a first Communion become the excuse for the mother of all pissups? That seems deeply wierd to me.

    When it stopped becoming a religious occasion for most, and just turned into an excuse for a party.


  • #150
    conorhal
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    Lincoln Refined Varsity wrote: »
    When it stopped becoming a religious occasion for most, and just turned into an excuse for a party.


    Even still, it's a kids party not an adult one. It seems like a deeply wierd occasion to get smashed at. I can't imagine a bunch of adults falling about the place drunk at an 8yr old's birthday party.


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  • #151
    c68zapdsm5i1ru
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    conorhal wrote: »
    Even still, it's a kids party not an adult one. It seems like a deeply wierd occasion to get smashed at. I can't imagine a bunch of adults falling about the place drunk at an 8yr old's birthday party.

    True. But I think some parents have started to treat Communions like mini weddings - so lots of booze included and the party going on until the small hours.


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