Help. I'm Going to be a Godfather
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- CALLES0
thats it? come on guys I'm new to all of this.... of course i have to go to the hospital when i get the call..... and then what? i havend't pick up a baby cuz things just break in my hands... but this one i'm gonna have to pick up the first day! ack! i'm freaking out!
- ********0
The G-dfather/mother role is one of a religious nature.
You're present for the baptism, you're to help guide them spiritually in the Church throughout their lives. And actually it is also meant to help the adult get back into the Church more.
Because the Church loses money from you when you stop going because the priest is an asshole in his sermons, and we elect a fucking Hitler-Youth Nazi as a Pope who is a fucking jackass.
And only makes this money back when parents don't want their child to turn out like them by immediately submerging them in the same faith that corrupted them when they were growing up.
That being said, I've been making an honest effort to go to church more often myself, haha. But I of course have dubious reasons as to why, and only G-d truly knows the true depths of how big of an asshole I am, and what extreme lengths I will go to have people not think that of me.
- so, uh, you go to church to meet girls then?flashbender
- nevermind, just read the next post an notes.flashbender
- Well not to meet new ones I guess.********
- CALLES0
last time i went to church... i dont remember when... but i just found myself checking out chicks throughout the sermons
- AMEN!********
- Plus it must be a lot better in Miami, only when it starts getting nicer out up North is it worth it.********
- do churches in miami have AC?GreedoLives
- is a pig's ass pork?madirish
- I thought it was ham.********
- yes AC. And you guys are making crack up!CALLES
- "you're fired"madirish
- AMEN!
- GreedoLives0
I'm a godfather to my niece, and, honestly, I haven't really had a single responsibility to her other than sending her nice birthday gifts. So relax about that part; and babies aren't nearly as fragile as they look, support their heads when you pick them up and the rest is gravy. You can at least hand a baby back when it starts crying.
- ********0
I love babies and kids, but I always have that feeling too about holding someone else's child when they are so little.
Because in my head I'm thinking,"I wonder if I can just rip this thing's head clear off." or "I wonder how far I can throw this."
Kids are malleable for a reason.
- CALLES0
this is more like it
Non-religious context
In some cultures, the word for "godparent of one's child" is used for any, or certain, very close friends. This is the meaning of the Spanish compadre (literally, "co-father") and comadre ("co-mother"), the French commère and compère, and the archaic meaning of the English word gossip (from godsib, "god-sibling"). Also, the Spanish words for the godparent roles are used for members of the wedding party — padrino meaning "godfather" or "best man" and madrina meaning "godmother" or "matron of honor" — reflecting that the friends serving this role in a couple's wedding traditionally were chosen as godparents to their children.[citation needed]
Godparent is also used, in absence of a "religious reason", as a stated person (be it family member or close friend) who is responsible for the child in the event of both parents' demise or incapacitation.
Folktales often feature a fairy godmother, a fairy who acts as a mentor to a main character.
In Belgium, the Monarch is traditionally the godparent to the 7th consecutive child of one gender (i.e., the seventh son or seventh daughter) born in a family.[2]
- ********0
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- CALLES0
i put no love into it what so ever but it's still funny
- mrdobolina0
I couldnt be my friends' son's godfather because I wasnt baptised.
- Another reason I just want to fucking cunt punt the Church sometimes.********
- Lame. They lose out on kick-ass BBQs and cool music ;)
Not that you wouldn't still do that anyway...Jaline - it was kinda uncomfortable for my friend and his wife after they asked me and I couldnt.mrdobolina
- like they didnt want to say I couldnt be the godfather because of religious reasons.mrdobolina
- Haha I'm sure they'll still have that.********
- Yea that's a tough situation, and I'm sure they felt awful.********
- yeah, they probably felt bad now that I think about it.Jaline
- Another reason I just want to fucking cunt punt the Church sometimes.
- roger840
lol
- roger840
lol
- Jnr_Madison0
A heroin addict once asked me to be the godfather to his child.
True story.
- CALLES0
^
seriouisly- Yeah, I hardly knew him which made it all the more fucked up.Jnr_Madison
- CALLES0
^
wow!but wait a minute... what the fuck are you doing to get asked by a crack head to be the godfather... worked at a rehabilitation center or hanging out at a crack house?
- He was the brother of a good friend, sad story, he's passed away now.Jnr_Madison
- Jaline0
Jnr just knows how to roll on the streets...
- creative-0
It means that sooner or later the little scamp is gonna come running up to you and ask what PIITB is.
I think we can safely say you are the right man for the job, congratulations!
- CALLES0
sooo i think he is out!
I'm a godfather... The went to one of this birthing center where the guy actually goes into the pool during labor... plcenta the whole 9 yards... and then they grab the placenta and make it into little pills for the mom to take after birth
- ********0
That is fucking disgusting.
CONGRATULATIONS!
- harlequino0
Congrats on your god-daddyness!
*makes note not to cramp CALLES' thread again with own news
;)