salsa-king

a few questions...

are ayou married, if so where did you get married, what type of wedding did you have?




if you have children

did you had them Christened?

if so, what were your reason?








would be interested to know who is and have etc.

The Zohan

Not married - LWP and have a mortgage together and kids together which is a hell of a lot more of a commitment that a church ceremony or two and a piece of paper.

Not christened, will let the kids decide what they want as they get older and more aware

Decided not to push any faith on them, just let them decide from a point of knowledge as they get older.

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

Married, in Croatia a couple of months ago. Currently on the look about for a mistress.

Have a son from previous relationship, daughter with wife.

We are looking into having her Christened at the moment, reason - because we want to.

Hysteria1983

As above really.

I am not married, but I own my own home.

I have two children. None of which are a member of any faith. They can choose one for themselves when they are old enough to understand what religion is all about, rather than having to 'convert'.

SwissTony

iTrader: (19)

Am divorced, have two children. Married in registry office
Both kids are not christened as they have 666 on their foreheads

Getting married again next year
Ms swiss's little one is already christened

boxst

I am married and have two children.

They are both Christened and go to (Catholic) Church. The reason being that my wife is Polish as I am personally of no particular faith.

Steve

hodgy0_2

married (in a church) to my childhood sweethart (together since 1982) have 5 children none christened

JonMc

iTrader: (51)

Yes I am married and had the big white wedding, top hat and tails for me and couple of Rollers to take us to/from the church.

Both my kids have been christened because it seemed right, I am a christened and confirmed although I don't practice any sort of religion. My kids can choose for themselves if they wish to follow and if they do they have a head start, but being christened will do them no harm.

salsa-king

not married and have to kids with her!!! who fears the commitment of getting married then??..... you don't need to get married in a Church btw.




out of interest (a bit off the topic) but if you LWP and have kids what happens if one of you dies, does it not make it hrder t sort stuff out if youre not married?

belliott69

iTrader: (3)

i'm married with two kids but there not christened yet, the wife keeps nagging because i haven't tried to organise anything yet.

mystery_machine

iTrader: (1)

Married in a registry office 17 years ago, one child not christened.

salsa-king

why haven't you done it??

Funkii Munkii

Married on a beach in Mauritius

1 child with ex wife, full Catholic with all the trimmings (her religion)

1 child with Mrs funkii and another coming, not christened no intention of doing so, I'll let the children decide if they want to be christened when they fully understand the reasons/religion behind it.

Never Christened myself and dont intend becoming so.

urban

iTrader: (1)

Married
Got married in Church of England (I gave up Catholic something or other - cannot remember what its was called and its not important anyway)

2 children
Both were not christened - they can make up their own mind when they're old enough to.

fivetide

iTrader: (1)

Not married, one wee one, christened last year.

Nice ceremony to do with the family etc and a good one to get godparents involved with. Didn't do it for faith reasons, wee man can make his own mind up later, but does him no harm and generally, its a good moral code (generally) to have if nothing else.


5t.

ScoobyDoo555

Not a practicing devout Christian, but I am married with 2 kids. Both christened.

Why?

It felt right.

salsa-king

interesting

salsa-king

so when are you getting married then to show him your moral code and to show him commitment to his mother?

David Lock

You're a nosey bugger - are you working undercover for IR

Married in Church a long time ago despite some reservations I had about some aspects of service.

2 kids who were Christened as 8 - 10 year-olds as by then they had a crude idea of what is was all about.

A link to Christianity seems a reasonable ideal and we live, or used to, in a Christian country.

dl

Markus

Married last september. Originally wanted a very simple ceremony in a nice Gazebo in Niagara-On-The-Lake, but someone who shall remain anonymous (wasn't the wife btw) wanted a church wedding and pressure was applied. It wasn't too bad, but there was a lot of hoop jumping to go through. Documents from the UK to show I was baptized, plus we had to go to some marriage preparation course, all crap about how if you're only doing it to get married in a church then it's wrong, blah, blah, blah. Was like being back at catholic school Got the bit of paper, went to local church a couple of times to enable us to get paper saying we attended church there. Couple of meetings with the priest at the church where we were getting married.

As you can see, a real pain, and it's exactly why we did not want a church wedding.

As said, it was ok though. Friend played the organ, so that was nice. By this time we had laid down the law and stated that the reception was not open to negotiation. Had it at Navy Hall, very nice place down in Niagara-On-The-Lake. A little jazz trio playing during the cocktails and dinner. Very low key, which is what we wanted.

Neither of us wanted anything over the top, gaudy or tacky. Plus we weren't about to spend stupid amounts of money on what amounts to a single day and a bit of paper. Unsentimental perhaps, but flushing $10k plus on one day is very silly.

At present we don't have any kids, but I'm sure the patter of tiny feet will appear in the near future. Will they be christened, baptized and the whole catholic thing (we are both catholic, but seriously non-practising), hmm, not sure. I'm sure someone will try and suggest it, but one reason for letting that person get their oar in on the wedding is that you pick and choose your battles and when it comes to the kids, their comments will fall on deaf ears. If we do it, it'll be our choice, not theirs.

Will

Not married, got 2 daughters, eldest is 5 and we christened her when she was 2 years old. Reason? A Huge family and friends get together with a nice buffet and beers afterwards

Must get the youngest christened soon as she is now 2

Will

Not married, got 2 daughters, eldest is 5 and we christened her when she was 2 years old. Reason? A Huge family and friends get together with a nice buffet and beers afterwards

Must get the youngest christened soon as she is now 2

Mrfastbaz

married in church in 1982 have 2 lads well men now they are 22 and nearly 20 both christened as we are they have no problem with this but do not really follow any religion ........

Glowplug

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Been together 11 years, got married in Las Vegas 2007. No mortgage, no kids and don't intent having either in the future. Thats the way aha aha we like it

billyray911

iTrader: (4)

Married in Sorrento in Italy with a nice view of Vesuvius.Very simple , small and laid back with only six of us in total.
Cant stand the hassle of spending loads of money on a big wedding,to pacify hanger-oners and people I dont really know-but thats just us and we all had a good time!
No kids and I dont want any-thankyou!

EddScott

Together for 10 years, daughter 9 years (bit shot gun if you know what I mean )

Not married but lived together pretty much from day 1. Daughter is christened which was her choice. Not fussed myself but seemed the proper thing to do and good excuse for a huge pi55 up.

As mentioned above, mortgages, children, partners in business tend to bind people together more than an expensive ceremony 90% for the benefit of those who are invited so they can proceed to pick holes in everything (least thats what they do on the telly like )

EddScott

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Trout

iTrader: (1)

Am married due to a misunderstanding with the wife.

I thought she said unless we get married there is no more sex. What she actually said was when we get married there will be no more sex.

We have two kids (it's a miracle) and neither are christened, baptised, indoctrinated or enrolled in any religious sect or otherwise.

dpb

I aint tellin yer nuffink

mart360

Married, 2 kids (2 marriges)

Both Christened,

Saves lots of trouble later on


Mart