Families to spend €800 on first communion

DEFTLEFTHAND · 13-06-2014 04:56PM

PLUG71 wrote: »

I think its a great excuse for the adults to go on the P1ss :rolleyes:

Sure is, I was in a pub hosting a reception recently and the little one was going around with her bag shaking down the locals.

Precious flower · 13-06-2014 04:57PM

The dress is really the most expensive thing. It's stupid to spend a fair amount of money on a dress you'll never wear again. Should be the case like for confirmation where the girls wear their uniform. Anyway, the beside the point that I'd say half those parents don't even practice their religion seriously. We need far more nonreligious schools.

FullblownRose · 13-06-2014 05:00PM

Mini brides and grooms of Arnold.

Buzz Killington the third · 13-06-2014 05:02PM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

It's generally the poorest in society that are the most generous, especially when it comes to their kids.

Well that's just not true, but if you want to throw out silly generalisations then it's only cos they get communion grants, welfare etc funded by the rest of us which allows them to spend.

groucho marx · 13-06-2014 05:07PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

true but the same people will bitch about having to pay for water but are happy to blow two years water bills on this bollix

So what,leave it in one ear and out the other if they do.
What people do with their own money is their choice.

ScumLord · 13-06-2014 05:10PM

cloud493 wrote: »

When I got my communion, we hired a suit, it was organised by the school, the after party was a disco all catered and done by the school, and I got £5 and a Whsmith voucher for it. Total cost of that (according to my mother when I asked her a few years later) £20 per kid

I wouldn't be surprised if most people are doing the exact same thing today, I wouldn't trust these polls as far as I could throw them.

I do know people who go all out on anything like this but they turn it into a big family event and their families travel from all over to visit. I don't mind using these events as an excuse for the family to meet up. One thing religion did do for a community is get people together which is a good thing that's being lost.

As long as the state isn't giving them money for it, it's their own business how they want to waste their money.

PLUG71 · 13-06-2014 05:10PM

groucho marx wrote: »

So what,leave it in one ear and out the other if they do.
What people do with their own money is their choice.

Typical :rolleyes:

Boskowski · 13-06-2014 05:11PM

And 6% take out a loan to cover the cost. Serious financial literacy lessons. Fantastic stuff.

I'm on a roll here...

Boskowski · 13-06-2014 05:13PM

cloud493 wrote: »

When I got my communion, we hired a suit, it was organised by the school, the after party was a disco all catered and done by the school, and I got £5 and a Whsmith voucher for it. Total cost of that (according to my mother when I asked her a few years later) £20 per kid.

Maybe being generous at communions is just an Irish thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo

Snakeweasel · 13-06-2014 05:18PM

eviltwin wrote: »

So so glad my youngest goes to an educate together and we will be spared this charade.

The whiff of smugness off this is just as annoying as any bible bashers!

mikeym · 13-06-2014 05:19PM

Ya have to have the limo/hummer, communion cake, bouncy castle, bottles/ cans of beer.

Dont worry bout the expense theres plenty of loan sharks out there.

RoboRat · 13-06-2014 05:20PM

In our local school they decided that all the kids make their communion in their uniform but then some of the parents went ape**** saying they were denying their kids a special day.

These were the same parents who 'cant' pay the €20 towards art supplies at the start of the year.

OldNotWIse · 13-06-2014 05:21PM

Where I used to live, you'd see the money lender at every second door on a Friday evening during communion season...

OldNotWIse · 13-06-2014 05:23PM

groucho marx wrote: »

So what,leave it in one ear and out the other if they do.
What people do with their own money is their choice.

By that do you mean money they have earned or money they have been given by the government for existing?

eviltwin · 13-06-2014 05:23PM

Snakeweasel wrote: »

The whiff of smugness off this is just as annoying as any bible bashers!

I am not being smug at all. I went through it once before with child number 1 and its a pain in the hole for the entire school year, its the focal point of second class and everything revolves around it, it brings out the worst in people and its all about how much you are spending on the dress, what you are doing after the mass, how much the child made, do you not feel bad that your child won't be making it etc etc

Most of these people never went near a church, they complained about the masses they had to go to in the lead up it, why bother with it when you have that attitude.

There will be kids in my son's school who will be making their communion but at least it will be more restrained and his school day won't be disrupted by it.

Ray Palmer · 13-06-2014 05:26PM

The people who tend to spend the most are those who tend not to have the money. It is a weird soci-economic thing where people insist on giving their kids a massive treat even if it puts them in debit while those with money don't feel the need to show it off and do such extravagant things.
It was the same back when I was a kid some 33 years ago when the poorest kids went over the top. To be more precise their parents went over the top. I remember one kid getting a really expensive watch. Years later I met the guy and he still wore it. It turned out his dad got in serious financial debit with a loan shark for it. He still wore it as he dad was dead but he said his dad should not have bought it for him. He turned out fine and works hard and is no major debt but his brother is basically in poverty acting very much like his dad.

mfceiling · 13-06-2014 05:29PM

I reckon i spent a good bit more and that was 3 weeks ago.

I bought a new suit (old one was in rag order). Young ones dress was quite expensive but it's now in storage and will do her 2 sisters. I hired a bouncy castle for the 8 kids that were there. I got a full spread of food from a "fancy" deli for the 12 adults that were there and the wife got a photographer as our families very rarely get together for anything.

All in i'd say it was closer to €1100 for the day but..........i've been working almost every saturday from christmas and have saved like mad for it. It wasn't about it being a big show for anyone but more a chance for my wife's family and mine to get together and enjoy some nice food and have a catch up.

I have to say that i really enjoyed the day with friends and family and the photos will take pride of place on the mantle piece for years to come!!

PLUG71 · 13-06-2014 05:36PM

Snakeweasel wrote: »

The whiff of smugness off this is just as annoying as any bible bashers!

Smug how?

Pumpkinseeds · 13-06-2014 06:03PM

What average are they basing the average on? Is it based on what normal people spend or what people say that they spend? I doubt there are very many working Joes/Josephines spending that kind of money any more. Any Saturday that there's Communion/Confirmation in this town Lidl is almost sold out of rolls, so I'm guessing there's a lot of self-catering at home going on. I notice a lot of hired marquees too.

Families to spend €800 on first communion

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