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[quote=Anonymous]My kids weren't baptized.   Of course, that's because they (and I) are Jewish.  But my very religious, Christian ILs had a huge problem with this.  They pushed hard for a baptism when our oldest was an infant.  Eventually, I agreed to work with their priest and see if a small, religiously-neutral (God was ok, Jesus not so much) blessing was a possibility.  The priest was very helpful and ultimately, DH took DC to their church one afternoon on our way out of town after visiting the ILs.  FIL showed up, which went against our agreement and had me this close to calling the whole thing off, but in the end it worked out and surprisingly, the ILs didn't even ask for the same with DC #2.  I'm not sure if it's because they think they "won" and that was enough, or just the opposite and they realized it didn't accomplish for them what they'd hoped so they didn't bother trying again.

Both kids did have baby namings.  Part of the push with #1 may have been that we made a bigger deal out of it, inviting the whole family and hosting a lunch to celebrate.  I learned my lesson and kept the ceremony for #2 very small and quiet, with only my immediate family (my sister and BIL are my kids' godparents) present so to this day I'm not even sure if the ILs know we did it.[/quote]

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