Woah! time to pick a godparent! goodness.

CJM20 · June 2012

Ok so I just had a thought. At my baby shower I will be revealing who will be little miss Nattie's godparents. I have 2 couples in mind. They both are very special and very dear to me. But in the Italian tradition, you can have one godmother and one godfather. Usually it's a couple.

The first couple. Their names are Erica and Anthony. I have known them through high school and are like brother and sister to me. They are also having a baby a month or so after my baby girl is born. I used to play soccer with Erica and we have grown pretty close.

The second couple. Their names are Tessa and Jason. Now I have known Tessa since middle school and we used to hang out all the time. I only known Jason for about a year or so but he is a very nice guy. They do have a baby already and she is like my niece. Tessa and I have also gotten really really close. I do trust Jason.

I need to pick one and it's getting harder and harder for me to choose.

How did you pick godparents?

Bemyselfandi · June 2012

We stuck with God parents that would stick around the whole life of our kids. My experience with MY God parents stinks. One moved out to Arizona because she ran away from family basically without saying goodbye when I was very little (she's my mom's cousin). The other is my uncle who is creepy.

We picked my sister and SO's brother. We knew they'd be around the kids. We knew they'd support them in every way. There's no way I'd pick friends to be God parents. I've had too many failed friendships for reasons like moving, or just growing apart. Family rarely leaves. At least we know our God parents for our children won't be grown apart from us...

JMO...we have the same set of God parents for DS and this LO...

HoneyBunn24 · June 2012

We didn't pick a couple...because most of our close friends aren't in relationships that we consider serious except for the young lady we are planning to ask to be Godmother. Jenn has been dating her boyfriend for a couple years now, they have a house together and plan to start a family but they don't want to get married. We know James, but not all that well...I think since they've been together we've hung out with him for about....6 or 7 hours total. He works a lot and is crazy busy all the time so he just doesn't follow along with Jenn when she comes to visit. James is very nice, but we don't know him well enough to ask him to be Godfather. It wasn't a hard choice to pick Jenn. She is wonderful with children, took ECE in college and has worked for the YMCA daycare for a few years and I've seen her with her nephew and she just loves children so much.

The friend that we have chosen as our Godfather is a very close friend of DH and I, we've been friends since the beginning of high school, Joel is almost done school and is going to be a teacher. He's motivated and knows where he would like to be in life. He's settling down and beginning to think of life seriously and that's what we were hoping would happen with him (he's a great guy and will make a fabulous husband some day)

I really think you should go with your gut and pick who you really feel is right. It's hard to do though.

Reilly626 · June 2012

Its a little easier for us because we need 4. Basically our rule was he picks two, I pick two. It will be my bro and SIL and his bro and sister. I like the idea of family best but completely understand its not possible for all.

hooslisa · June 2012

BayleighPaws:

We chose our godparents based on our personal values. The couple that we chose has very similar personal vaues/morals, and we felt they would be the best fit. We have very similar life-styles, and we've known the couple for about 9 years.

We had a few choices, but in the end, we chose the people we did because they will raise our child most similar to the way we would raise our child. And because we trust them.

exactly what we're looking for as well.

irer · June 2012

We picked my brother and DH's sister for our son's godparents. For this baby, it will be DH's brother and my cousin. We like to keep it in the family, and have chosen people we are very close to.

TravelSnob · June 2012

My child's godparents will not be who will raise my child if the unspeakable happens unless their situation changes.

We also will not chose a couple and will pick family as we want to make sure the godparents will be in our child's life. My DH's family all had couples and most of them are divorced so the child is without a godparent.

ccam · June 2012

In our families, you usually pick siblings to be the baby's godparents. Since DH only has a sister, she will be the godmother and my only brother will be the godfather. I have two sisters, who I wish I could include, too, but they will understand the circumstances.

lady_tytah · June 2012

I picked the person best on their family values and if something should happen they can step up to take care as legal guardians.
For my daughter it's my hub's older sister because she stepped up being the mother to her 5 younger siblings because their mother was dying. For my son, I am picking my BFF since 7th grade. We are still in contact damn near every day. Even though I have never met any of the kids I have sent all of them gifts. I really dont pick as a couple..they both just happen to be married.

mswood1977 · June 2012

Outside of Family we know very few Catholics so this limited our choices. None of my Family is even baptized and none of our close friends are Catholic. Also, the god parents are just for the baptizim, not who we are naming as guardians should something happen to DH and I.

We picked DH's sister as godmother and DH's best friend as godfather (though he isn't Catholic, he is baptized and will be considered a Christian sponsor by the church and not a godfather).

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