Parents & Communion Money

tomomurray1

Anyone else notice how many things the parents by themselves with the cash the receive from 'doing the rounds' with their kids at family and friends homes on communion days, I work in retail so I see fathers buying watches for themselves or mothers buying jewelry for themselves etc... how many actually refuse to take money when they go visiting? how many parents if they do accept money put it in to savings a/c for the kids?



cheeky bastards :mad:

hairyprincess

Ach shure it's wild altogether

im invisible

shur the kid would only spend it on sweets

dark crystal

I don't know a single parent who'd take a penny of their kid's communion money for themselves.

You'd want to be one mean bast@rd to do that.

Pushtrak

Tis terrible, Joe, terrible.

LETHAL LADY

I think you mean bi parents are mean.

El Weirdo

My little girl made her communion last week. We went to the pub and she bought me drink all day with her cash.

I got so trashed I could barely see the road in front of me when I drove home. Kebab went everywhere.

She really is the best daughter a father could ask for.

CavanCrew

My communion money was put into my credit union account, i blew it all 1st year freshers week of college

battries not included

Question is;

Where can I get one of these money making machines you call 'kids' :pac::pac:




crosses fingers and hopes for post of the day

DebDynamite

Jesus, I find the whole idea of "doing the rounds" at communion so vulgar and tacky. Is this common?

The only person I called on for my communion was my granny as she was too ill to attend my communion. Surly anyone else close or who cares will call to the house themselves to see the kid.

dark crystal

battries not included wrote: »

Question is;

Where can I get one of these money making machines you call 'kids' :pac::pac:

Well, when a lady and a man love each other very much, the man waters the lady's garden and a baby grows.

LETHAL LADY

Ta feck there seems to be an awful lot of parent haters out there these days, but I bet if under scrutiny, the same parent haters would still be bringing the underpants and blankies home every weekend in a big black sack for the Mammy to wash, or perhaps I am way off the mark or skid mark to those opposed to the parents.

battries not included

dark crystal wrote: »

Well, when a lady and a man love each other very much, the man waters the lady's garden and a baby grows.

Pics or get the funk off

or if you have skype... :cool:

DEFTLEFTHAND

We'd communion last Sunday for my little cousin, I spent 20 euro on a beautiful crystal cross and gave it to her to wear for her big day. I got no thanks and was looked on for being a cheap skate for not giving her cold hard cash by her mother and co. Such a crowd of ****. :rolleyes:

dark crystal

battries not included wrote: »

Pics or get the funk off

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7185/6928400506_5856a37664_z.jpg

El Weirdo

battries not included wrote: »

crosses fingers and hopes for post of the day

Take a screenshot of your post and stick it in YLYL.

That's where all the POTDs come from. Bound to get it if you post it there.

Definitely.

No question.

Guaranteed.

battries not included

dark crystal wrote: »

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7185/6928400506_5856a37664_z.jpg

Ruralyoke

hairyprincess wrote: »

Ach shure it's wild altogether

Well you're from Donegal my hirsute honey

Ruralyoke

DebDynamite wrote: »

Jesus, I find the whole idea of "doing the rounds" at communion so vulgar and tacky. Is this common?

The only person I called on for my communion was my granny as she was too ill to attend my communion. Surly anyone else close or who cares will call to the house themselves to see the kid.

Yes it's common AFAIK.

And yes, it's common.

JustAThought

I cant believe it! People knocking on doors : like on Halloween ?
I thought you were supposed to hire a bouncy castle & get the cater-ers in & at least out in a bit of effort !?

tempura

DebDynamite wrote: »

Jesus, I find the whole idea of "doing the rounds" at communion so vulgar and tacky. Is this common?

The only person I called on for my communion was my granny as she was too ill to attend my communion. Surly anyone else close or who cares will call to the house themselves to see the kid.

I find the whole idea of making your commuion vulgar and tacky !

sam34

how do you know it's the communion money they're spending?

branbee

Three times this week I've heard parents say to their kids 'no Im not getting you that, wait til you get your communion money then you can get what you want', imo its all just a day centred around money for most people now and i wish all that money given was done away with. It seems its only getting worse.

I think my school did a great thing by asking all the kids to give some of their money to the school. My year ended up buying new benches with the money we gave.

forfuxsake

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

We'd communion last Sunday for my little cousin, I spent 20 euro on a beautiful crystal cross and gave it to her to wear for her big day. I got no thanks and was looked on for being a cheap skate for not giving her cold hard cash by her mother and co. Such a crowd of ****. :rolleyes:

Another example of you bible-lovers bringing religion where it is not wanted.

phasers

I put my communion money in the bank, I think it was £100 or so.


I thought I was great, until a few weeks later my parents made me take it out to 'loan' to them for something. I never got it back. Bastards.

I didn't make that mistake again though, I blew my Confirmation money the day I got it! Went to the cinema and got meself a mobile :cool:

efb

At fhc now- yawn

Dave!

I will not be giving any money to kids for their communion... They can go and sh*te. Don't care if I'm seen as cheap, it's taking the p*ss that they'd be given so much money for some irrelevant ritual that they don't even understand.

stovelid

sam34 wrote: »

how do you know it's the communion money they're spending?

They must be coming in and saying, "give me that expensive watch. Do you take fresh communion cash baptised in child's tears?".

It's terrible, Joe. Terrible.

donutheadhomer

DebDynamite wrote: »

Jesus, I find the whole idea of "doing the rounds" at communion so vulgar and tacky. Is this common?

The only person I called on for my communion was my granny as she was too ill to attend my communion. Surly anyone else close or who cares will call to the house themselves to see the kid.

how much did u get off her?

sunflower27

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

We'd communion last Sunday for my little cousin, I spent 20 euro on a beautiful crystal cross and gave it to her to wear for her big day. I got no thanks and was looked on for being a cheap skate for not giving her cold hard cash by her mother and co. Such a crowd of ****. :rolleyes:

haha. That made me laugh.

I remember making my communion, waaaaay back in the early 80s and it wasn't in Ireland, but all we got were little Holy pictures, little crosses etc... no-one got actual cash.

Expecting cash is just appalling but I am guessing for some kids, it is the most they and their parents know they will get to spend on themselves for a long time so they go a bit b*t**** crazy over it.

Fcuking desperate though.

stovelid

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

We'd communion last Sunday for my little cousin, I spent 20 euro on a beautiful crystal cross and gave it to her to wear for her big day. I got no thanks and was looked on for being a cheap skate for not giving her cold hard cash by her mother and co. Such a crowd of ****. :rolleyes:

Like you would have wanted a holy roller cross when you were 8.

3ndahalfof6

its not about the money money money, its about the fooking little lord Fauntleroy look your put in while dragged from house to house smiling at people you only ever met once before if at all.

tan11ie

I don't think anyone goes around houses like they did back in the day..

kylith

Every single penny of my communion and confirmation money went into my mother's purse and I never saw it again. I'm not complaining, and I didn't at the time, because she used it to feed and clothe the family.

The amount of money kids make these days is ridiculous; my nephew netted the best part of a grand at his communion (a 7 year old with almost a thousand euro, ffs!). OTOH one of my nieces made her confirmation recently; unlike her cousin she thanked everyone for their kindness, had no idea how much she was given, and I'll wager it's all in her parent's bank account.

cynder

My daughter spent her conformation money on a weeks holiday at an adventure centre, she loves doing the canoeing, rock climbing and so on so decided to give herself a week at an adventre centre, full board and bed....

Biggins

dark crystal wrote: »

I don't know a single parent who'd take a penny of their kid's communion money for themselves.
You'd want to be one mean bast@rd to do that.

Sadly I knew of a few.

quickbeam

I would never have the balls to drag my kids around the relatives and neighbours begging for money.

Thank God I'm an atheist and won't ever have to be in that situation.

flutterflye

They were talking on the radio last week about how much kids get these days.
I was shocked!
For a minute I thought about getting my 8+4 year old's christened so they could make their communion - would be a handy way to pay some of the bills!!

Canis Lupus

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

We'd communion last Sunday for my little cousin, I spent 20 euro on a beautiful crystal cross and gave it to her to wear for her big day. I got no thanks and was looked on for being a cheap skate for not giving her cold hard cash by her mother and co. Such a crowd of ****. :rolleyes:

Crystal? Cheap b*stard. Should have been diamond!!!

ejmaztec

battries not included wrote: »

Question is;

Where can I get one of these money making machines you call 'kids' :pac::pac:

Portugal.

Biggins

ejmaztec wrote: »

Portugal.

Ouch! :pac:

Posy

ejmaztec wrote: »

Portugal.

That was you?! :mad:

joeperry

My nephew is making his Communion next Saturday :cool:, i'll give him 20euro :pac:

When i made my Communion i got 63punts and i opened a Henry hippo account with it and i'm still with Ulster bank

Mint Sauce

I didn't go around the houses when I made my commuion or confirmation, grew up in London though so maybe different traditions.

All the realatives and family friends did call to the house though. Cant remember what the final total was for the communion, but the confirmation bought in around £300+. Bought a couple of tapes and a new walkman, the rest went into the Building Society.

Lando Griffin

dark crystal wrote: »

I don't know a single parent who'd take a penny of their kid's communion money for themselves.

You'd want to be one mean bast@rd to do that.

Disagree. Single parents are probably struggling to pay the bills and all that so its probably them what's taking the cash off the kids, eiyh no fathers and buying Dutch Gold in the evening when the children she tucked away on their mattresses.IMO. Can't imagine proper parents doing this kind of thing but then again you never know.

Mint Sauce

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Crystal? Cheap b*stard. Should have been diamond!!!

I would have still prefered cash.

ejmaztec

Posy wrote: »

That was you?! :mad:

later12

tomomurray1 wrote: »

Anyone else notice how many things the parents by themselves with the cash the receive from 'doing the rounds' with their kids at family and friends homes on communion days, I work in retail so I see fathers buying watches for themselves or mothers buying jewelry for themselves etc... how many actually refuse to take money when they go visiting? how many parents if they do accept money put it in to savings a/c for the kids?



cheeky bastards :mad:

So what you're telling us is that you see people buying watches in the months when Communions are ongoing.

That definitely means they're spending their kids communion money alright.

Biggins

Thankfully my four kids won't be doing this money raking.

brummytom

I got a missal and a crucifix for my communion.


Can I re-do it?

xOxSinéadxOx

My mam thought it would be a good idea to spend all mine on eircom shares for me, think we all know how that went.