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Post by Peace77 on Sept 4, 2013 15:38:19 GMT -5
My Greatgrandmother was Grandma last name. My Dad's parents were Nana and Grandpy. My Mom's parents were Mormor and Morfar (Norwegian/Danish for mother's mother and mothers"s father). If we had used the father's side equivalent,it would have been Farmor and Farfar.
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Post by raeoflyte on Sept 4, 2013 15:45:31 GMT -5
Calling grandparents by different names is NOT new. Just because you didn't do it doesn't mean that this is some new fangled cutesie thing.
My half sisters grandmother was Granny to the older kids. She was a young grandmother and liked that. Then the 2nd set of grandkids were born 20 years later and she decided to have them call her Nanny because being Granny when you look like Granny wasn't nearly as fun. Now she wants the great grandkids to call her Gan-Gan. Which I really dislike, but oh well. My grandfather became Ho-Ho when my 2 year old cousin came to visit and saw an old man with a long white beard, and that was too sweet not to stick.
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Post by kcladyjane on Sept 4, 2013 15:46:22 GMT -5
I only had one set still alive so we called them Grandma and Granddad.
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Post by movingforward on Sept 4, 2013 15:51:29 GMT -5
My niece calls my dad gran-da-da. That was what came out when she first started talking and it has stuck. I think it is cute and he LOVES it.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Sept 4, 2013 16:06:14 GMT -5
Same here. I never had much of a relationship with my grandparents, unfortunately. My paternal grandmother died before I was born, and my paternal grandfather was the last to go. However, he has always lived several states away and I never saw him much, maybe once every three years or something. Both of my maternal grandparents died when I was pretty young, maybe 9 or something like that. Before that, I only recall seeing them 2-3x in total, because they also lived several states away. On topic, all my grandparents were referred to as "grandma" and "grandpa" when they were alive, except for my paternal grandmother who died before I was born, she wasn't referred to as anything. I refer to her as "my dad's mom" or simply her first name in the rare instances it comes up in conversation. When they were alive, if a distinction had to be made, we used "grandma lastname."
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Post by Abby Normal on Sept 4, 2013 16:12:25 GMT -5
We called DH's grandparents grandma and grandpa. When we had our son, we asked grandma what she would like to be called and she said GG for great grandma. So they became GG and GP.
Neither of our dad's are in the picture much so they get referred to as Grandpa Name, as does DH's stepdad. My mom is Grandma to my son. When he was young he used to make a sound like Gom when he was referring to DH's mom, so she is still Gom.
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Post by cronewitch on Sept 4, 2013 16:12:31 GMT -5
My mom's parents were grandma and grandpa with last times only if there was a question of which ones. Dad's dad died when he was 5 and his mother remarried so she was grandma second husband's last name. We only saw her a few times growing up, she was a horrible mother and not much of a grand mother so seldom talked about even.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2013 16:31:24 GMT -5
Nana and Pappy. I was the first grandchild and that's how it came out so it stuck.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Sept 4, 2013 16:33:54 GMT -5
Nana and Pappy. I was the first grandchild and that's how it came out so it stuck. So you got naming privlidges, nice.
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Sept 4, 2013 16:39:27 GMT -5
Grandpa first name and grandma first name. Nice and simple. We have an issue with our kids though because Loop's mom and my mom have the same first name. Over time they've become grandma and other grandma because we live closer to Loop's parents so our kids see them more.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2013 16:51:50 GMT -5
Wow, that was quick! Congrats! Thanks! Yes, they're very traditional and wanted kids right away. The baby ought to be born right around their first wedding anniversary. Everyone is thrilled.
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Post by cael on Sept 4, 2013 17:19:27 GMT -5
My mother's mother and stepdad were the grandparents we grew up with near us, and they were Mudie (pronounced moody) and Grampy. My mom's real dad was Grampy Miller (we never met him), and my father's mother is Grandmom - who is still kicking at almost 99! Dad's dad was Grandpop Rich to us, but he died way before we were born. I think the 'Mudie' my grandmother wanted to go by was supposed to be a shortened version of grandmother in German - that's what I'm gold, but it doesn't make sense since she wasn't the German one, my mother's real father was. so who knows. But I know Mudie was quite unique in her name and every single other way
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Sept 4, 2013 17:31:56 GMT -5
When she was alive I called my grandmother, "Granny". She was the only grandparent I had.
It may be a southern thing, but my aunt's grandkids call her "Maw maw" and they called my uncle "Paw paw".
My sister is "Nana" to her step grandchildren as well as to her biological grandson. She chose "Nana" to avoid conflict with the step grandchildren's bio grandmother, then kept it with her bio grandson to avoid confusing the kids.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2013 18:30:10 GMT -5
Totally off subject here but one thing I find kind of quirky with the Mexican population is the parents call their kids "mama" or mamas" for the little girls and "papa/papas or poppies" for the little boys. Even when someone is talking to an infant they call them mama or papa...
I have Romanian friends who do this too... I think it's modeling, for first words? In our family we have MeMa, Papa, GG, Pap, Nana, Grandpa, Bunica,
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Post by teen persuasion on Sept 4, 2013 18:48:13 GMT -5
My grandparents were all born 1898, so they've been gone a long time. When they come up in conversation, we always refer to them as Grandma lastname or Grandpa lastname, never first names, or perhaps I'm more likely to use the relationship: your mom, Dad's mom.
My parents are just Grandma & Grandpa, since we live (relatively) close; DH's dad is Grandpa lastname, sometimes Grandpa firstname, just to distinguish him from my parents. We only see him every few years due to distance.
I don't call my Dh "Dad", but when talking to the kids that's how I refer to him. I do call my mom "Grandma" more often than not these days, at first for the sake of the kids, now in jest w/ a funny little emphasis on it. I've realized that I rarely use "Uncle" or "Aunt" with my sibs names - my kids are used to just their first names.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Sept 4, 2013 18:51:10 GMT -5
I, too, had naming privileges. I named my maternal grandparents Mimi and Bampa. That stuck for all ten of us cousins, my two children, and several neighbor children before they both passed away.
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Post by constanz22 on Sept 4, 2013 18:54:03 GMT -5
Most of mine are called "deceased". Except grandma who turns 92 this month. ETA: Rae - That was Zib asking for suggestions for her. Lol! Every time I read the title of this today, the first thing that came to mind was "dead" Glad someone else shares my sick sense of humor... Maternal grandparents were always a HUGE part of our lives growing up. They were MeMe and Poppy or Pop Pop. Did not see a whole lot of paternal grandparents but they were just Grandma XX and Grampa XX.
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Sept 4, 2013 19:41:16 GMT -5
My maternal grandparents were Grandma and Grampa. I don't remember my paternal grandparents as they died when I was young so I don't know what we'd have called them.
I'm Nana to my grandkids and DH is Granddaddy. I met the oldest grandchild when his was almost one and my other DIL was having her baby and she asked me what I wanted to be called. There were already two other Grandma's in the picture, so I opted for Nana.
My SIL is Memaw to her grandkids and DH's mom is Granny, so a whole bunch of different monikers.
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Post by Miss Tequila on Sept 4, 2013 22:03:51 GMT -5
Both grandfathers were dead long before I was born. My parents only ever referred to them as "dad" or "my father".
My grandmothers were both called Grammy. One was Grammy Jones and the other was Grammy Smith.
My mom is nanny and MIL was grandma. My dad is grandpa and his wife is grandma carol. My moms husband is poppy.
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Post by skubikky on Sept 5, 2013 6:40:16 GMT -5
Nonna and Nonno (Italian) Oma and Opa (German) Bubbe and Zayde (Yiddish)
It just depended on who we were talking to.
For my kids is was Gampy for DH's Dad and is Papa for my Dad.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Sept 5, 2013 6:56:41 GMT -5
Didn't know either set so guess "nothing/dead" is what I call them. And yes dead came to mind first so constanz you are not alone in the humor dept.
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Post by steph08 on Sept 5, 2013 6:56:56 GMT -5
My mom's parents were both dead before my parents even got married, let alone had us kids, so no names for them. My dad's parents were just Grandma and Grandpa. My grandparents-in-law are Gram and Pap. My parents don't have any grandkids yet, but their grandpuppies know them as Meemaw and Peepaw. My mom said she always wanted to be "Abuela" and I said absolutely not. We don't speak Spanish and that is just ridiculous.
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Post by happyscooter on Sept 5, 2013 7:19:56 GMT -5
I am Granny. I don't look or feel like a Granny but I picked it. It is what I wanted. My MIL told DH's brother that she was too young to be a grandmother so she refused to be called anything that resembled that name. So they picked 'Nanny'. Very confusing when we would read stories about Nannies or talk about nannies working for the families. Our kids didn't realize she was related to them for a while. My parents were Grandma and Granddaddy, were already named when my kids came along.
Can't understand these people who want to be a Nana, Mimi, etc....... Unless you are a 30 year old grandmother.
I'm from the south so I had a Granny and a Maw-Maw.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2013 7:43:24 GMT -5
Both of my grandfathers died just before I was born, but I understand that my older sibs called my Mom's Dad "Grandpa "Lastname"" and my Dad's Dad "Abba" (Ob-ah, from oldest sister's mispronunciation). My Mom's Mom was "Grandma "Lastname"" and my Dad's Mom was "Nana". Grandma Lastname died before I turned 10, so my Nan was the only grandparent I really knew. Thankfully she lived to the ripe old age of 91 before she passed, so I had a long time with her. ETA: My Mom is "Grammy" and Dad is "Big Grandpa" and my in-laws are "Mimi" and "Poppy".
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Post by thyme4change on Sept 5, 2013 7:49:38 GMT -5
When I was a kid I had Grandmom-Last Name and Grandmom-Last Name. I thought it was terribly formal and quite a mouth full.
Dozens of my friends had Nanas and Papas or Poppies. I don't know if it was because so many of them were Jewish. I thought it was easier, plus warmer and friendlier.
My parents go by Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop and my in-laws with Grandma and Grandpa. I like it a lot because we don't have qualifiers - everyone has their own name.
About it being new that other people in the family calling people by the name that the youngest person would use for them - I actually think that is old-fashioned. I remember elderly people calling their spouses "Mother" and "Father" when I was a kid - a bunch of times on TV and a few in real life. I asked my Mom about it and she said that used to be the thing to do. I don't call my parents or my in-laws by their grandparent nicknames, but I do refer to them that way when the kids are around. I only call my husband "Dad" when I'm referring to his Dad duties. As in "Dad, I just heard someone throw-up."
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2013 8:09:23 GMT -5
About it being new that other people in the family calling people by the name that the youngest person would use for them - I actually think that is old-fashioned. I remember elderly people calling their spouses "Mother" and "Father" when I was a kid - a bunch of times on TV and a few in real life. I asked my Mom about it and she said that used to be the thing to do. My paternal grandparents used to address each other as "Grandma" and "Grandpa" when we (grandchildren) were around. I thought it was weird. I'll kick DH in the shins if he ever calls me "Grandma" (not that he ever would, except maybe jokingly). I'm his wife, not his granny.
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Post by alabamagal on Sept 5, 2013 8:14:06 GMT -5
My Grandparents were NaNa and Granddaddy (they were Polish) and Grandma and PupPup (he was southern). I was born in the 1960's, so these were not newfangled cutesy names.
My kids call their grandparents Grandma and Grandpa (on my side) and MawMaw Sue and PawPaw Gene (they are southern, using first names for older folks is a southern thing)
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Post by nogooddeed on Sept 5, 2013 10:00:41 GMT -5
Grandfathers were dead before any grandkids were born. Paternal grandmother was Grandma. Maternal grandmother was Girl.
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Sept 5, 2013 10:12:58 GMT -5
i have no living grandparents... but I called my maternal grandparents Granny and Papa.
My fraternal grandparents were Grandma and "pawpaw"
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Post by haapai on Sept 5, 2013 10:50:07 GMT -5
I call them both Grandma <first name>.
When I was a kid, they were both Grandma <last name> but they've both remarried and been widowed at least once since then. Neither one feels that it is right to change their names back to those of their first husbands and neither one wishes to be reminded of their most recent loss.
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