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Grandparents.
Just a thought. If anyone out there is a grandparent. What name do you like to be called by?
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I called my grandparents 'Grandma' & 'Grandad' followed by their first name. The other half calls his 'Nan' followed by her surname.
My children call one set Nanny & Grandad and the other Ma-Ma & Doo-Doo (apparently Ma-Ma is always saying 'do this' & 'do that' to him & the name stuck through 4 grandchildren LOL).
It appears to differ between families as to what names are used. Best to put a request in of what you prefer before you get lumbered with something that makes you cringe.
I call my granny, well, Granny lol and she insists on being "great granny" to my son, I called her 2nd husband Grandad (though he wasnt technically) and her 1st husband Pops, (though he wasnt either actually lol)
My fathers parents I called Nana and Popa, but I didn't like them so I don't like those names now!
My fathers parents I called Nana and Popa, but I didn't like them so I don't like those names now!
my kids call hubby's mum Ginty and his dad Grandy.
My mum is called Nanny and dad is Grandpa
I shall be grandma (which I think sounds so cool) and my hubby will be grandfather (which I also think sounds well cool.)
My friends kiddy calls her mum Nanny Apple and that is because she wanted to be called Granny Smith (because that was her name!) He little girl caught onto the funniness of it and decided to call her granny Apple instead. now all her grandkids do. Now they are older, some of them just call her Apple. True story!
My elder daughter couldn't say 'gr' when she was little and called my Dad, 'Gan-Gan' and my Mum, 'Gamma' and she still does. My younger girl, who's 6, just picked up on this. I think it's fine now, but I worry they'll be embarrassed by it when they get older and then my parents will get upset if it changes and becomes more formal. I can't win!!
I called one set Grandma and Grandad, and the other set Nanna and Grandad. Neither of the Grandad's were around all that long after I was of talking age, so there wasn't time for it to get confusing!
My sons call my Mum and Dad Grandma and Grandad, and my husband's Mum Grandma Chingford (even though she lives in Norwich. She used to live in Chingford.) Grandad Chingford died when my eldest son was less than a year old.
My sons call my Mum and Dad Grandma and Grandad, and my husband's Mum Grandma Chingford (even though she lives in Norwich. She used to live in Chingford.) Grandad Chingford died when my eldest son was less than a year old.
I always called mine Nanar and Grandy followed by their first names. It may be a regional thing as I know lots of people round here use Nanar but I've not really heard it used elsewhere. I do thinh Grandma and Grandpa make you sound about 200 years old (reminds me of the Walton's '...night Grandma..night Grandpa....')
Our grandaughter is nine, and has so many grandparents. we all have to be identified individually -
my wife is "Nana-Mum" because she has heard our daughter call my wife Mum,
I'm "Grandad Glasses" for obvious reasons,
My daughter's divorced in-laws are "Grandad Geoff" and Nana Sylivia",
My daugher's partner's mum is just "Margaret"
My wife's parents are "Big Nana" and "Big Grandad"
and my daughter's ex-husband's granparents are "Nana" and "Grandad".
Confused? She isn't - fortunately!
Our grandchildren call me Granma and my husband is Grandad although I always called both sets of my grandparents Nanna and Grandad ( they are all long gone now ). My daughters prefer to be called Nanna followed by their Christian names ,my youngest grandson who is 6foot tall at least and is 16yrs.old pats me on the head and calls me Dorothy ! Still love him though ,he's a good lad.
