First communion

It is interesting how some stories seem to circulate for all time...however implausible. Teen girls being required to wear diapers and plastic panties under their "pouffy" white dresses at first communion is one. It seems quite silly to think a priest would instruct a parent to dress their daughter this way; and even more unlikely that parents would accept such instruction. To say nothing of the embarrassment factor for their child; how many parents would even know where to look for "adult" sized plastic baby panties, or go to the added expense of buying an adult diaper and panties? The long life of this story indicates that a lot of people either have the fantasy of being so situated (something of a delightful fantasy me thinks) or there are a lot of people who would like to see teen girls dressed in such a fashion. I will admit to something of a turn on with that image but in reality would never wish anyone, and certainly not a teenage girl, to be forced into such a position. Would enjoy some insight from y'all about this enticing, but difficult to buy into, story. (I have a vague memory of this being a topic on here some time ago...if so, please forgive the repetition.)

As an atheist and anti-spiritual, I have no idea about any of this.

How old are these girls when they are told to be diapered for their communion?

WHY are they told to wear a diaper instead of underwear? Is this an urban myth?

The ages most cited in the stories are between 13 and 16. I know little about all of this too. Really curious about the longevity of the stories as I doubt there is any truth to them. HOWEVER, WE ALL LIKE OUR FANTASIES...ISN'T THAY SOME OF why we are on this cite?

Sounds very much like an urban myth to me. And a rather perverse one at that. One element that gives it away - priests wouldn't talk about such intimate things to a mother about girls. If anyone would have been charged with such a silly task, it would have been a nun ... and even then ... I can't say any of the nuns I had the misfortune to suffer under as teachers, showed any knack for mastering much scientific, medical or even common sense ...

And besides, if the ages cited are 13-16, then it wouldn't have been for a First Communion - that is usually around the ages of 6-7, in first grade. Then again, maybe the myth is supposed to refer to Confirmation, which is done at that age, though in Europe there is also a rite of 'Solemn Communion' in which adolescents of around 13-16 solemnly and more knowingly renew the earlier Communion vows, they presumably being of age and an understanding about what it's all supposed to be about.

If the last is the case, then perhaps advice on being surprised by a sudden onset of menstruation is what is actually being advised. But in the stories got somehow embellished and blown up into something more racy and prurient. Typical fantasy stuff for Catholic Boys no doubt ... ha ha

Agracier, you are right, it was confirmation. I don't suppose the stories true either. I was more curious about what keeps such a story circulating and reappearing.

I convinced this is being put about by one or more people with seriously wrong fantasies. The girls wear white for purity etc at their confirmation (which was the same time as first communion when I was that age) but certainly not diapers