What would do your step-grandchildren call you

[askyourgran]

My daughter is bringing her new partners' children for dinner tomorrow, they are 13 and 14 year old boys. I'm not sure what to introduce myself and Mr ask. Should we be on first name terms? I have no objection to that.

[Lardhelmet_2]

Hi gran. How are you? Mine call me "auntie lard", especially as their real grandma is often around!

[askyourgran]

Hi lardy thats a nice idea, I thought that with us being a lot older it sounds a bit daft using our first names, and defo not gran or grandad. I believe they have two sets already.

[Lardhelmet_2]

I think they find it less confusing too gran (I'm also known as grandad's girlfriend which I think is hilarious!)

[jaydah]

grandmamma & grandpappa gives due respect

[pastafreak]

Why not ask them what they would like to call you-within reason of course.....as you both need to feel comfortable with it.

[mike11111]

When I was a kid the courtesy title given to an adult who was not the exact relative described, whether family or not, was "Aunt(ie) or Uncle"

[carmalee]

both my grand children live in South Africa so I'm known as Skype Lady.

[Lardhelmet_2]

Love your handle carmalee. Bet you miss them like crazy.

[hippyhoppy]

Not a fan of calling 'non' family Auntie/Uncle.. seems a bit wrong... You just need to agree on a pet/nickname..

[askyourgran]

I like that jaydah I wouldn't mind my granddaughter calling me that.

These boys are by all accounts very polite pasta and as you say we are better starting out on the right foot, but they will probably agree to any suggestion atm being strangers to us.

Lard that is funny

[pastafreak]

I have to admit that if it was me-I would feel a wee bit uncomfortable being called grandmama before we really felt comfortable...and it would have to come from them.

[carmalee]

I do indeed Lardhelmet but am going out for six weeks soon and looking to move back over there - skype is a brilliant thing isn't it?

[askyourgran]

I agree pasta they are teenagers and I'm not sure how often I will see them, they live "down sarf". I might just leave it to them.
Carmalee are you from SA? Skype is just the thing for you, my friend has a cousin in New Zealand and she often gets in touch that way.

[carmalee]

originally from UK but spent about 25 years in Rhodesia (Zim), SA and a time in Malawi - both children born out there. Only me back here but am looking to go back permanently sometime next year. Agree, skype is just the greatest

[boxtops]

Morning gran - have you decided yet?

My sister didn't want to be Grandma, she wanted somehow to keep her name in the equation, so her granddaughter calls her Grand-Annie. (so you'd be Gran-ask, LOL!)

Let us know how you get on later, it'd be good to know what you all decided on!

[andy-hughes]

I think these days, the 'Auntie' tag is dying out - i would go for christian names, i think it's more friendly, and let's face it, in a few years, they will be adults, so the 'Auntie' tag will sound even more old-fashioned.

My oldest grandchildren call me Pandy. They have heard their mum call me by my name, and my grandson - almost six, could never manage to say it, so he called me Grandad Pandy, and it's stuck. I love it.

[Jemisa]

Our Grand kids differentiate their grandparents by the surname ie; Nanny Jones or Nanny Smith & Grandad Jones Grandad Smith,So why not be called 'Nanny Gran'
if you know what I mean?

jem

[loukr]

I know this answer is a bit late, but FYI, I have two sets of step-grandparents (my step mother and step fathers parents) and another step grandmother (my grandpa's wife (dads step-mother)) and call them all by their first names. It's been that way since I was little and will always stay that way :)