My brother and his wife are expecting another baby soon. I'm not particularly close to them - we get on ok but could easily go months without hearing from them. And they are not people that I would ever call on in a crisis.
I suspect them may ask husband and I to be Godparents. They have very high expectations of what this involves - she once told me how shocked she was that her eldest daughters godmother gave her a present worth only 50 for her birthday. I would hardly spend that on my own child's birthday present not to mind anyone else's - we're on a tight budget and likely to be for a long time to come.
They have no real interest in our kids (and aren't godparents to any of them).
If they were to ask us would it be terrible to politely say no thank you?? My husband thinks that if we're asked we should say yes for an easy life. But I think I'd like to say 'we're honoured to be asked but are going to politely say no'. Aibu?
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Saying no to being a Godparent?
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GeorgieBoy95 · 25/10/2017 18:49
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