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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2016 19:58:09 GMT -5
Not me. Honestly! A friend. Her 22 year old son's girlfriend is preggers. So I've been nice and helpfull all day calling her Nana as often as I can ... She said she won't be Nana, but she vetoed MeMe too... She wants a name that doesn't sound 'old'... Are there gramma names that don't sound old? What names do you use? (Did we do this before? ) She vetoed Roxy too... I thought that was pretty young sounding...
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 28, 2016 20:01:04 GMT -5
Mrs. (Insert Name Here)?
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Post by Sharon on Jun 28, 2016 20:02:55 GMT -5
One of my Grandma's was Grandma << first name >> she thought that sounded younger.
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 28, 2016 20:03:49 GMT -5
I am Oma ("O" as in "Oh" my)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2016 20:08:02 GMT -5
I just want to be Grandma (my granddaughter was just starting to say a lot of words last I saw her but hadn't gotten to "Grandma" yet.)
Definitely nothing so babyish and silly (MeeMaw, Nanny) it will sound weird when she uses it at age 18.
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Post by NastyWoman on Jun 28, 2016 20:15:24 GMT -5
I just want to be Grandma (my granddaughter was just starting to say a lot of words last I saw her but hadn't gotten to "Grandma" yet.) Definitely nothing so babyish and silly ( MeeMaw, Nanny) it will sound weird when she uses it at age 18. HEYYYY, that real "cool" dude from TBBT Sheldon has a MeeMaw (first time I ever heard that)
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Jun 28, 2016 20:22:11 GMT -5
I'm Nana to my grandkids and I love it. I also know someone who is Gigi. I think that doesn't sound old!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2016 20:27:08 GMT -5
I had a MeeMaw. The kids have a GG.. but we use that to mean Great Grandma... GiGi does sound young!
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Post by andi9899 on Jun 28, 2016 20:37:26 GMT -5
Please someone come up with something good. I've wondered what I would want my grandkids to call me when the time comes. I called all my grandmothers "grandma".
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Post by Tennesseer on Jun 28, 2016 20:47:34 GMT -5
One was grandma and the other was grand-mère.
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Post by justme on Jun 28, 2016 20:56:57 GMT -5
My mom choose Nana. I do have to say that my niece was saying that way before she was staying grandma which is what the other one chose. Actually I'm not sure she is coherently saying grandma. But my can she scream nana.
Tell your friend that unless it's something easy kiddo is going to butcher it into whatever they can.
Same niece has been "saying" my name for months and is only recently I can decipher when she means me. And it's still not actually my name unless she repeats it right after an adult says it.
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Post by andi9899 on Jun 28, 2016 21:02:04 GMT -5
My mom choose Nana. I do have to say that my niece was saying that way before she was staying grandma which is what the other one chose. Actually I'm not sure she is coherently saying grandma. But my can she scream nana. Tell your friend that unless it's something easy kiddo is going to butcher it into whatever they can. Same niece has been "saying" my name for months and is only recently I can decipher when she means me. And it's still not actually my name unless she repeats it right after an adult says it. True. Thing 1 called my dad backaw when she was first learning to talk. Of course, she still calls flowers "fallers" and marshmallows are still "lub lubs". But she can say the actual words since she's 18. Weirdo.
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Post by taz157 on Jun 28, 2016 21:05:15 GMT -5
To my DD, my mom is Nana, my MIL is MeeMaw, my dad is G Dad, and my FIL is Granddaddy.
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Post by andi9899 on Jun 28, 2016 21:05:30 GMT -5
My niece and nephew still call me "Aunt" instead of my name. They are 12 and 13, so plenty old enough to be able to pronounce my name.
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Post by giramomma on Jun 28, 2016 21:05:56 GMT -5
I also did Grandma <first name> for my grandmas.
My kids just do grandma.
Except for when they figure out that "Grandma" isn't really grandma's legal first name. Then they get cheeky for a month and call Grandma by first name only.
DH's Aunt wanted to be called Grammy.
I don't really care what the kids call me..but I haven't given it much thought, either.
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Post by andi9899 on Jun 28, 2016 21:09:17 GMT -5
To my DD, my mom is Nana, my MIL is MeeMaw, my dad is G Dad, and my FIL is Granddaddy. My dad's parents are Grandpa Dennis and Grandma Pauline (sometimes Grandma Benny after the grandma in the George Lopez show) and my mom's parents are Grandma and Grandpa <mom's maiden name>.
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Post by taz157 on Jun 28, 2016 21:11:46 GMT -5
My niece and nephew still call me "Aunt" instead of my name. They are 12 and 13, so plenty old enough to be able to pronounce my name. Even though I am 36, I still call my aunts and uncle with Aunt First Name and Uncle First Name. My DH's nieces and nephews still call me Aunt Taz (range from 13 to 27).
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Post by Works4me on Jun 28, 2016 21:13:24 GMT -5
How about "Glamma?"
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Post by zibazinski on Jun 28, 2016 21:14:59 GMT -5
Mom's mom?
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Post by imawino on Jun 28, 2016 21:15:28 GMT -5
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Post by andi9899 on Jun 28, 2016 21:18:27 GMT -5
My niece and nephew still call me "Aunt" instead of my name. They are 12 and 13, so plenty old enough to be able to pronounce my name. Even though I am 36, I still call my aunts and uncle with Aunt First Name and Uncle First Name. My DH's nieces and nephews still call me Aunt Taz (range from 13 to 27). I call my aunts and uncles by first name only. That's if I call them by their names. My dad's side is a lot less politically correct and I may just call them "fool" or "n****". They may call me that too. My cousins and I all may call each other by the same name. My family is pretty ghetto though. Flame suit on since we're so politically incorrect.
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Post by andi9899 on Jun 28, 2016 21:20:50 GMT -5
Baby Daddy is from Mexico and his mom is "Abuelita". For some reason, his dad is "Grandpa". I don't know why they don't call him "Abuelito".
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Post by andi9899 on Jun 28, 2016 21:22:22 GMT -5
Even though I am 36, I still call my aunts and uncle with Aunt First Name and Uncle First Name. My DH's nieces and nephews still call me Aunt Taz (range from 13 to 27). I call my aunts and uncles by first name only. That's if I call them by their names. My dad's side is a lot less politically correct and I may just call them "fool" or "n****". They may call me that too. My cousins and I all may call each other by the same name. My family is pretty ghetto though. Flame suit on since we're so politically incorrect. I guess the n word gets starred out. I ended it with an a and not an er.
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Post by imawino on Jun 28, 2016 21:25:04 GMT -5
Baby Daddy is from Mexico and his mom is "Abuelita". For some reason, his dad is "Grandpa". I don't know why they don't call him "Abuelito". I think Abuelita is so cute!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2016 21:26:11 GMT -5
This is still a sore spot with me. I wanted to be GiGi, but my DIL told me that sounded like a stripper's name. However, my ex's wife is Mimi. I found this out years later and asked why she got her choice. Answer? Because she insisted.
So I am Grandmother Susan. Most the time they just call me Grandmother, but that's what my kids called their grandmother so sometimes they have to differentiate. It's fine. I like Grandmother. I called my mother "Mother" and my grandmother "Grandmother."
Grandfathers have some really cute names. DH is Papa Owl. His name is Al so that's how it came out. A friend of mine's husband is Grumpy, a variation of Grampy.
My sister is Oma. Isn't that the German version?
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Post by andi9899 on Jun 28, 2016 21:32:03 GMT -5
Baby Daddy is from Mexico and his mom is "Abuelita". For some reason, his dad is "Grandpa". I don't know why they don't call him "Abuelito". I think Abuelita is so cute! Yeah, but it reeks of old lady. I can't. I was thinking more along the lines of MiMi or something that doesn't say "old lady".
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Post by muttleynfelix on Jun 28, 2016 21:41:13 GMT -5
My mom is Gigi.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2016 21:41:47 GMT -5
The Filipino word for Grandma is Lola! .. Yes.
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Post by dannylion on Jun 28, 2016 21:59:06 GMT -5
I think you should start calling her Granny. That will make everything else sound young and hip, and she won't care what they call her as long as it's not "Granny."
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Post by Apple on Jun 28, 2016 22:02:23 GMT -5
My son called my mom Gramma and my ex's mom "Daddy's Gramma". We didn't teach him that, he just came up with it. She was around 45, and asked us to correct him to "Daddy's mom" at the very least. She was awful, so I thought it was pretty funny myself. I love the word Babushka, maybe my son will marry a Russian/Polish girl
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