What Are You Calling Grandparents

LaComtesse

One of my husband's big pet peeves became a NYT article today!

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/12/fashion/noticed-who-are-you-calling-grandma.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

 "What is it about women of a certain generation who cannot stand the idea of being called 'grandma.' It's so lame."

While I don't get as irked as he, I'm inclined to agree a bit. But that got me thinking: what is your mini going to be calling his/her grandparents.

So far, Little Man will have...

Nonna and Grandpa (my parents)

Papa (Monsieur's step-dad)

Grandma and Poppy and Granddaddy Jim and Granny (my grandparents)

I don't know what Monsieur's dad or grandparents want. His mom wants to be Mimi but my husband hates it. He's trying to sell her on Grandmaggie (her name is Maggie).

UberTroll

Dh's parents are dead so my kids call my parents Grandma and Grandpa.

ginamcp

My mother chose Grammie and my MIL has chosen Gammie.  My father is Granddad and my FIL is currently undecided. 

TheFannins729

we have grandma, granna, gramy, pappy and grandad. 

JaninneAlvarado

My parents are Grandma and Grandpa and DH's are Nana and Tata. Tata instead of Papa because of earlier born grandchildren. So it just stuck.

Azrayla

ILs want to be called "Mawmaw and Pawpaw" I HATE IT I think its stupid and very "hick-ish" granted theyre in Arkansas and have a country accent..so I call them grandma and grandpa and whatever the kids pick up they can use..

 My grandmother is MY "Oma" and will be the kids "GiGi" for greatgrandma my Grandfather is still "papa" or pop-pop.

Now..My mom..she wants to be Oma..but after the recent fight we had she might not be anyone but her first name

SamJustice

Well, it's a fairly easy thing in our case. Neither FI nor I have dads, so it's just the two grandmas. LO won't be seeing MIL very much (if ever) because FI wants nothing to do with her, so I guess she'll just be called either grandma or by her first name. My mom with be referred to as Nanna and my grandma will be mum-mum.

Melett

My kids call my parents Grandma and Grandpa and dh's parents Papa and Grammy..I like just Grandma and Grandpa-my sister's kids all my mom Nina for some reason and my brother's kids call her Memaw-both weird imo..

JosephsSweetie

My parents will be Grandma and Grandpa first name, and my IL's are Grandma and Grandpa last name.

PurplePanda83

Well my grandparents are just keeping with what I called them. My dad's mom is Mimi. My biological grandfather is deceased, but my cousin's kids call our step-grandpa Papa Don (we just call him Don).  My mom's parents are Mom Mom and Big Daddy.  DH only has one Grandmother left, and we all call her Grandma or Grandma Georgia, so I imagine she will stay that or be Great Grandma.

My Parents: Mom= Marmie, Step-Dad = Pappa, Dad = PaPaw 

DH's Parents: Mom = Grammie, Dad = undecided. DH likes the name Pop for his dad, but I think his dad may just be Grandpa. He has a little while longer to figure it out. :-) 

bre86ann

My mom hasn't decided what she wants to be called yet and whatever she decides is fine with me. I understand her hang up with being called "grandma". First, my "grandma" is a very frumpy woman that's what we all associate that name with. There is nothing frumpy about my mom. She's a 44 year old bartender who makes a killing working 3 days a week. She also has a 2 year old son so grandma just doesn't seem appropriate.

My dad will be Grandpa.

My IL's are GiGi and PawPaw. That's what they already are to my neice and nephew.

I'm not sure what my grandparents want to be called yet. All 4 of them are still around. DH only has one grandma left and I'm not sure what she'll be called either (or what my neice and nephew refer to her as).

moxie9

Azrayla:

ILs want to be called "Mawmaw and Pawpaw" I HATE IT I think its stupid and very "hick-ish" granted theyre in Arkansas and have a country accent..so I call them grandma and grandpa and whatever the kids pick up they can use..

 My grandmother is MY "Oma" and will be the kids "GiGi" for greatgrandma my Grandfather is still "papa" or pop-pop.

Now..My mom..she wants to be Oma..but after the recent fight we had she might not be anyone but her first name

This reminds me of the show "Raising Hope" lol. 

I have no idea what anyone wants to be called, but when my cousin had her baby, her mom insisted on being called G-ma which led to my cousin's grandma being called G.G.-ma (I don't even know how to try to spell this). This baby-boomer generation (and the one after that) are weird, for sure. Still, I'll respect anyone's wishes of what they would like to be called. I mean, I called my grandparents Pop-pop and Peg, so as far as I'm concerned, anything goes. 

MandiNewMommy

My mom will be Mamaw

Dad will be- Poppy

SO parents will be Grandma and Grandpa

Cheryl162

My mom has requested "Marmie" which my husband thinks is weird, but has been her aunt-name for her family and what my sister called her when she was a baby.  Apparently, she read "Little Women" right around the time her older brother had his first baby and love the name, and it's stuck ever since (plus, her name is Mary, so it's kind of a play on that).  I imagine my dad will be Granddaddy since I still call him Daddy.

I would love to call my FIL "MacDaddy" or "DaddyMac" and MIL "Mama Mac" b/c their last name is Scottish, but since they already have a grandchild, it'll probably be what ever they're called already (he's not talking quite yet).  As long as it's not Memaw or Papaw.  I'll have enough trouble fighting the hick accent living in MS as it is.

ashleyr87

So, my mom is already called granny and my step dad is called pawpaw.

MIL asked me "what will the baby call me", I told her "you can pick, my mom is going to be granny." to which MIL replied "Oh...granny sounds sooo old". I clenched my fists and was thinking... my mother is younger than you ya old bat.

Then in her snooty tone "I think I'd like to be called Na-na".

I'm going to train my child to call her mawmaw (another name that was too "old" for her).

WaterfallFairy

My mom is going to be called Leigh-Li.  Her name is Leigh-Ann.  My dad wants to be called Pops but I think I may have convinced him to be called Popcorn.  Personally I can't wait to say "You want to go to Leigh-Li and Popcorn's house?"  It sounds like an awesome place to go to.  I have no clue what my husband's parents will be called.  Most likely the standard Grandma and Grandpa.

mabma80

My parents are "Abuela y Abuelo" cause we are latin.

DH's parents are "Grandma and Grandpa". 

soon2Bkranz

My MIL is Grandma

My parents are Papa and Coco. They had  kids and when their first grandchild was born the youngest (me) was in 4th grade so they really didnt want to be grandma and grandpa yet...My eldest nephew named them

SusieBW

My parents: Nana and Papa

DH's parents: I still don't know.  They said we should pick, but that's weird to me - I think they should pick.  If they don't decide, I guess they'll just be Granadma and Grandpa.

exoh

Can I just say, totally off-topic, that I LOVE that you are La Comtesse and you refer to DH as Monsieur?

 

kyashley1227

My Mom - NeNe

My Stepdad- Clarke ( if they ever see him)

My Mom's Parents- Grandma and Granddad

My Dad- PePaw

My Stepmom- Shari (really *** for all I care)

My Dad's Dad- Papaw (my Mamaw passed away)

MIL- Nanna

Step FIL- Mike ( but they will rarely be around him)

minortutus

My parents will be: Grammy and G'Pa

DH's parents will be: Poopa and I think Mooma 

laurynfaerie

My mom = Grammie, my dad = grampie, FI's mom =Grandma, FI's dad = Grandpa.

Our grandparents will probably just be called the same things we call them.

bluejetta

We have 6 grandparents and so far only my mom has requested "Nana" which probably makes my Dad Grampa.  They have no other grandkids so it's open.

DH's mom and stepdad haven't said anything (and have no other grandkids)

DH's Dad I think wants Granddaddy.  Stepmom definitely hates grandma and her grandkids call her "RiRI" which if she wants to keep for our grandchild would be fine with me. 

csolarmenge

Since my grandparents are all still alive, we are having to come up with non traditional names.  Granny, Grandpa, and Paw Paw are taken by them.  My husbands parents already have a grandchild so she named them, Nana, Pookie, Mimiand Pops.  Normally the first names them and the rest just follow suit. 

My mom wants to be called Queenie.  My dad and stepmom said they will let the baby decide, they don't care.