Communion parties (1 Viewer)

[Reets]

Had to go to three of them over the weekend.
One of the parents at Eve's school said she's booked a reception room for her son's one already (they're not making it till next year).
Do people not do visits anymore?

 

[ann post]

last few i was at were all hotel meal things.

 

[Froog]

went to one in my cousins, was well cool, barbeque, beers and a trampoline.

 

[Gambra]

Visits? It's been meals in hotels since I can remember. Even my own communion meal (15 years ago at this stage) was in a hotel.

 

[Reets]

Really? Guess I missed the newsletter.

 

[GO]

went to one in my cousins, was well cool, barbeque, beers and a trampoline.

Exact same as my nephews one on Saturday,minus the bouncy castle.Got absolutely mouldy drunk at my bro's expense.Proper order considering the size of the fucking dropsies yer expected to make to the communicant.

 

[Gambra]

Even my own communion meal (15 years ago at this stage) was in a hotel.

Jaysus now I feel old..

 

[Froog]

i was shocked to hear the standard cash to give is 50! some kids rack up over a grand apparently.

 

[Moods For Mallards]

In my day (1988), you visited all your relations picking up tenners and finished the day with a chicken cordon bleu in Joel's in the company of your immediate family.
True meaning now lost, etc.

 

[MDR]

We went to a communion party on saturday - was actually a pleasant enough day. I gave €20.

 

[GO]

Yeah a fiftyer is the going rate.Its a bit rich.Especially considering the whole jesus thing is codswallop.

 

[Reets]

We went to a communion party on saturday - was actually a pleasant enough day. I gave €20.

Yeah, I though it's 10 for a neighbour and 20 if it's family.
50 euro is an insane amount to give!

 

[snakybus]

Jaysus now I feel old..

Mine was over 30 years ago. I got 1 pound. Everyone in my class laughed at me, and I didn't know why.

 

[Froog]

i heard of a kid last year who arrived at the church in a horse drawn carraige.

 

[GO]

Mine was over 30 years ago. I got 1 pound. Everyone in my class laughed at me, and I didn't know why.

Yeah,whats that Gambra fella banging on about?!

The whippersnapper.


I have a picture of me,must route it out.Red velvet suit with a dicky and ruffles.Some of us just have it like that.

 

[Thebeard]

Was at one last weekend. Me and the missus gave €20 and a pair of earrings. Bottle of wine for the parents. I thought it was a bit much but the missus said it wasn't. They had food, beer and a bouncy castle. I got my moneys worth anyway.

Yeah in my day (1989) it was visit family, Captain Americas and then to a shop to spend my money (which wasn't all that much).

Kids these days......

 

[Reets]

i heard of a kid last year who arrived at the church in a horse drawn carraige.

That happened at my cousins communion in ballyfermot (the cindrella one jordan used), her train was so long that her little brother had to carry it.
She had fake tan, hair extensions and false nails, so did most of the other girls.

 

[Gambra]

€50 being the standard? Fecking Dublin types. €20 is the standard around here.

 

[cpr]

Really? Guess I missed the newsletter.

me too!And the visits were deadly.

 

[Diddles]

It all seems very lazy to me not doing visits. Getting people to call round to your gaff to give your kid 50 quid for believing in a fairytale is pretty cheeky.