Do you keep in touch with them? How often?
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He has three, voted four b/c one has a close in age sibling. He is horrible at keeping in touch. He looks at his selection as a God father as a competitive sport. "I beat so and so, I'm the favorite friend!" I always ask him if the kids know who he is when he shows up. We have attended bday parties when convenient and give gifts when convenient.
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We have one, our nephew!
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I have 4, technically 5. My first godchild is my aunt's daughter, but I was only in my teens. I think she choose me to avoid hurt feelings with other members of the family/friends. The rest are my friend's children.
One is all grown now, she just turned 18.
Another is turning 18 in a few months.
A teenage boy that's 16.
An 11 year old boy.
And the youngest is a sweet 5 yr old boy.I used to do a way better job keeping in touch with them. I need to work on it more this year
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Just the one, and she's my niece so we definitely keep in touch! Well, as much as you can keep in touch long distance with a 4 year old
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We have two, they're brothers. My bff's boys and we see them weekly! They live down the street from us, even when we lived in different cities we saw them one/month probably. We are very close to them and it's a high priority to us to be very close to them. My godparents never made an effort with me and that always made me sad.
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3
my nieces and nephews - they live in another state so we see them a few times a year -
One but she is actually my cousin. I am one of the oldest cousins and she is the youngest cousin. Its a neat relationship.
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One. My cousin's daughter. We see her every couple months at family stuff. Would see her more but we live an hour away. She tells me all the time DH and I are her favorite.
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@Smurfette: Aw!!!!
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We don't have any.
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One, but not as much as I should. That is one of my New Year's resolutions this year!
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One. It's my nephew, but he's only 9 months old, so....for now I just keep in touch with my sister. I hope to have a really great relationship with him, though!
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DH & I together have 2, and he has 1 on his own.
We are close with all of them, 2 nieces & one is my BFFs daugther who goes to the same daycare as LO.
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I have one. I'm not in any contact with him. I shouldn't have been picked in the first place! I was a teenager and it was a friend of my moms! She ended up having 5 kids and completely isolated herself from her friends (my mom included) and I didn't have a car so it's not like I could force my way into a relationship!
I haven't talked/seen either of them in years
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DH and I have 1 together, but DH has 2 others that are cousins. He doesn't see them much anymore and they are both grown up (+16 yrs.) The 1 that we have together lives nearby and her parents are our LO's godparents.
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We have a godson and even though we live on opposite coasts, we see him at least once a year and talk regularly. My husband definitely believes there are "responsibilities" that come with that relationship; but it's also easy to remain in his life since his mom is my husband's best friend!
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My G-dchildren are my niece and nephews, so I see them all the time
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We don't have any.
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I have one. I don't see him as much as I'd like to since we're in different states. We Skype and I get pictures. I hope to have a better relationship with him once he's a little older, he's only 2 right now.
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I have none- but DH has two. I basically do everything for them though (in lieu of DH doing it) so I consider them mine too!
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We have none... can someone explain this godparent concept? I only know it in the religious sense, but I think there are a non-religious godparents too, right?
Are there any official "duties", or anything you are supposed to do for/with your godchild? Are you supposed to take care of the child in the event of the parents' death??
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I voted none but I forgot DH has one!
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None. It's not common in our denomination or among our friends.
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