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Catholics: Have you ever turned down the offer to be a godparent?
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:24 am
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:24 am
I have said yes to my previous three godchildren and the last I felt was a mistake in agreeing to. Now a 4th couple have asked and I do not want the responsibility. I am not a habitual church going catholic and I don't participate in the diocese. At this point I don't want the responsibility of another godchild.
Have any of you turned down the offer and how did that decision turn out?
Have any of you turned down the offer and how did that decision turn out?
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Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:25 am to SportzIQ3235
Is it really that much of a responsibility?
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:26 am to AngryBeavers
quote:
Is it really that much of a responsibility?
Umm...yes
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:26 am to SportzIQ3235
You should turn it down. It's sad that godparent doesn't mean much these days. It should.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:27 am to SportzIQ3235
Nobody would ever ask this of me. Not even family.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:28 am to UGATiger26
quote:
Umm...yes
Ok Explain.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:28 am to SportzIQ3235
Never been asked. 
But I know people who have turned it down. It hurt the family but they just moved on from it.
But I know people who have turned it down. It hurt the family but they just moved on from it.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:29 am to UGATiger26
quote:
Umm...yes
No it isn't.
But if you don't want to do, simply decline.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:29 am to SportzIQ3235
I'm sure if you tell them you appreciate them asking but explain to them that you already have four they will understand. Do they know that you are already the godparent of four other kids?
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:29 am to AngryBeavers
quote:
Ok Explain
Ermagherd, what if all these parents die and he has six kids to feed? Young parents die together all the time.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:30 am to SportzIQ3235
Yes.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:30 am to SportzIQ3235
Seems kinda like a selfish move to me.
For 4 different people to ask you to be a Godparent you must be doing something right. What is so burdensome about being a Godparent that you'd consider it too much responsibility? Attend a christening/1st communion 7 yrs later/confirmation when they're 17/and maybe a wedding???
For 4 different people to ask you to be a Godparent you must be doing something right. What is so burdensome about being a Godparent that you'd consider it too much responsibility? Attend a christening/1st communion 7 yrs later/confirmation when they're 17/and maybe a wedding???
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:31 am to LST
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I'm sure if you tell them you appreciate them asking but explain to them that you already have four they will understand. Do they know that you are already the godparent of four other kids?
Yes. Make sure they know you are already spread thin on that front. But it isn't really much responsibility.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:32 am to SportzIQ3235
Just tell them youre an atheist
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:32 am to UGATiger26
quote:No it isnt. This isnt Ancient Rome. If your best friends die in an accident, the courts arent handing the kid over to the freaking Godparents.
Umm...yes
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:32 am to The Third Leg
quote:You don't understand what being a Catholic godparent is.
Ermagherd, what if all these parents die and he has six kids to feed? Young parents die together all the time.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:33 am to lsupride87
quote:
No it isnt. This isnt Ancient Rome. If your best friends die in an accident, the courts arent handing the kid over to the freaking Godparents.
This!!!
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:33 am to SportzIQ3235
Yes, we have 8 between my wife and I so we don't want anymore
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:34 am to lsupride87
quote:
No it isnt. This isnt Ancient Rome. If your best friends die in an accident, the courts arent handing the kid over to the freaking Godparents.
The parents can legally dictate this in a will.
Posted on 8/21/14 at 10:35 am to Winkface
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You don't understand what being a Catholic godparent is.
Then educate others on all these cumbersome responsibilities of a Catholic Godparent.
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