Grandparent names and my crazy Mom

ashleah83

So my Dad is 6 yrs younger than my Mom.  They were briefly married (2 yrs) and happily divorced.  15 years later he married my StepMom who is coincidentally 6 yrs younger than him - 12 years younger than my Mom.

Anyway my parents have been talking about what they want to be called by baby - all three of them are super excited (I am the only child of all of them).  My 52 yr-old StepMom wants to be "Nana" like her grandmother. However, my 64 yr-old Mom goes around saying she is too young to be a grandmother.  She wants to be "GG" or something like that which is less overt.  Maybe it is just me and of course I've been keeping it to myself, but I find this whole thing completely comical; my Mom is no spring chicken!  I guess maybe that's why being referred to in grandmother terms bugs her whereas it doesn't bother StepMom.

kellyloveszach

My grandmother so DS's great grandmother is GG, which I have heard before.  So with that choice she is making her self even older.  My MIL insists on being called Pookums.  Don't ask me why.  

ashleah83

kellyloveszach:

My grandmother so DS's great grandmother is GG, which I have heard before.  So with that choice she is making her self even older.  My MIL insists on being called Pookums.  Don't ask me why.  

Ahahahaha, Pookums is hilarious and so is thinking about the fact that my crazy Mom might be aging herself further.  Oh geez.  Please let me age normally and gracefully into grandmotherhood when it is that time.

IdigDirt

I am dieing here over Pookums.

To be honest I would be slightly offended if my mom said she was too young to be a grandmother (she is 55) even if she was 30. It is an honor to be called grandma or whatever she chooses. My mom's mother passed away when I was 12 and she was awesome, the best grandmother in the world. We called her Nanny and my mom is so excited to be called Nanny. She always talks about what big shoes she has to fill going by that name.

 

cookierlr1

haha my mom is embracing grandmotherhood at the age of 50! She's been calling herself grandma since the day she found out lol

LauraOTR

LOL. My great grandmother was GG, and my grandmother will be GG to my LO. My Mom will be Grammy. How about Gram or something like that? Would that sound less "old" to her?

ashleah83

LauraOTR:

LOL. My great grandmother was GG, and my grandmother will be GG to my LO. My Mom will be Grammy. How about Gram or something like that? Would that sound less "old" to her?

She is adamantly opposed to all version of Grandmother (Grandma, Grammy, Gram, Granny, etc.) as well as all version of Nana (Nanny, Nan, etc.).   I kind of want her to stick with GG now that I know this means Great-Grandma because that's just really funny.  She also has mentioned Mimi.  I couldn't care less what she chooses to call herself or have herself called; I know this has nothing to do with me or baby - my Mom really is just crazy.  But My husband thinks we should teach our baby to call her Grandma just to mess with her.  Hehe - we'd never actually do it, but it is totally funny to think about.

kimeve

When my sister was pregnant my mom decided she didn't want to be Grandma either, so she is Moozie. It suits her!

justme04

"GG" is my son's great grandmother!

So essentially your mother is making herself older!

My mother still hasn't exactly decided what she wants DS to call her (and he is a year and a half now).  So I keep telling her she will be called "Gammy"....to annoy her.  My mother's boyfriend didn't have a choice he is "Papa Lynn"---only because I called my grandfather's papa.

My uncle and his wife are called "Pa and Ma: by their grandkids.  Another aunt is "Nan"

Telly21182

I haven't talked to my parents about this, but I've always loved how on my dad's side of the family we call our grandparents Nonna and Nonno.  I would like to continue this on my side of the family, even though at this point this kid won't have the same Italian traditions. 

My ILs go by grandma and grandpa by our nephew (well, he can't say it but BIL and SIL say grandma/grandpa) so we'll stay with that. 

luckyluvr

If your kid is old enough to be having a baby, your "grandma". I don't get people's obsession with names and age. My grandmother became a grandma at 36. Personally, I think Nana (MIL's chosen term) sounds wayyyyyyy older than grandma. I do love on the cartoon "Little Bill" that he calls his grandma (maybe it's his great-grandma) "Alice the Great".