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Originally posted by: cc
"I don't think it's unusual. The godparents my parents chose for me and my sister aren't couples. My godparents are my mom's oldest childhood friend and my dad's brother. My sister has my dad's childhood friend and my mom's best friend from college as godparents. -- Edited by cc at 18:08, 2004-12-20"

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were any of these people married at the time they were asked to be a godparent?

-- Edited by bean at 18:26, 2004-12-20

yes, all but 1 of them (my godmother) were married.

nowadays, i don't think most people actually think of godparents as being people who would potentially get custody if something happens to the parents. my parents chose people with whom they had close relationships and who all had a "good" church upbringing (i.e. they all went to Catholic school). my uncle and my dad's friend were (are) married to Catholics so i guess my parents could have asked the couple to be godparents but they aren't really close to either of the women.

it's a personal decision that can also depend on the rules of whatever church the people belong to, so i don't think it's odd or insulting or anything negative if you are asked but your husband isn't. oh also i know that my parents sort of divided it up by gender - like my mom picked the godmothers and my dad chose the grandfathers, but that's also probably because they didn't have many friends of the other gender.

hope that makes sense!