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mavilabride
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S/O Crazy MILs: what does your MIL want to be called?
mavilabride
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She wants DD to call her "nani" and FIL "tata"
Which is strikingly similar to "mami" and "dada"
FI kept saying its not a big deal until he heard DD make some sounds this weekend that sounded like a bunch of dadadadadada.
I, being passive aggressive, said "well we really don't know if she's saying dada or tata, do we?"
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Re: S/O Crazy MILs: what does your MIL want to be called?
tata? i have never heard that one before. and it makes me think of boobs.
my mil is going with gigi -- grandmom g-last name. doable.
LMBO!
Funny you should bring this up because my MIL thought dd was going to call her mom mom! Are you *** kikking me?!?! She was referring to herself as mom mom when I was pg and I had dh nip that, he told her no way, she has a mom already.
Sooooo don't you know the crazy lady was over the other day and said to dd, "mom mom's here" I just looked at dh and he was like NO, you're not mom mom, her mom is right here!
My parents: Grandma/grandpa
In-laws: Nana and Pappa. Which annoys me because it reminds me of banana!
I just always say grandma and grandpa when talking about either side...my LO will say what she wants when she starts talking.
Anyone call their grandma, grandmom?? I always said grandma and when she gave us gifts/cards etc, she always wrote Grandma! Well, MIL writes Grandmom, that pisses me off, she just has to get the mom in there!
DD's crazy grandparents have gotten so convoluted with these names it's freaking unbelievable.
My mom: was Grammy....now she wants YaYa.
My dad: doesn't care, but likes Poppy the best.
MIL: Nonna
FIL: HE wants Grandpa....but MIL is being difficult and insists on calling him Poppy...even though my dad sort of had the name taken from the beginning.
My inlaws are MoonMa and MoonPa and call LO MoonPie....
What? They're hippies LOL
Nope its grandma for me. Well we use abuela and abuelo but same thing.
Maybe it bothers me because MIL is so crazy.
Yeah, it's definitely not grandmom, I have to think of something smart to say to her the next time she says it. I just have a problem with anyone else referring to themselves as mom when they are talking to dd.
LMAO @ Zoomba!
lol.
My MIL wants to be called Oma. My mom insists in being called "GG". . .which I have turned into Gran Gran, because GG is just too weird.
MIL = Mima (mee-maw)
FIL = Papaw
my mom = Bebe (like bee-bee)
my dad = Poppy
MIL announced that she wanted to be Grandmom - I hate it - she is not Mom so you can not have it in your name. I just kept referring to her as Grandma and she can like it. She actually asked what DD would be calling ME - WTF?! DH still referrs to her as grandmom sometimes...umm NO
my favorite grandma who died was Oma. my grandpa is Opa. they're German words... I love those names!
I got lucky b/c no one wanted to be called the same thing.
My parents: Nana & Grandpa
The ILs: Safta & Sabba (Hebrew)
ETA: I am loling at this thread - some of the things they want to be called are hilarious.
My parents: Nana and Pop-pop (Family tradition)
MIL:Grandma That's what she wanted to be called.
it looks like it should be pronounced "boob" that way or I guess bewb (rhyming with tube).
eta - my response doesn't make that much sense. ::sigh:: I hope my brain starts working again when i go back to grad school in jan.
I know!!! its totally bewb...I'm hoping DD comes up with something better
ah the name is ok I just think she needs to spell it bubby
my mom and dad: gramma and grandpa
MIL: mee-maw
FIL: ha-hoo
My mom - Nanny
My Dad - Grand dad
Mil. Grandma
Fil grandpa
Haha, my grandma spells it "Bubbie". I agree, "Bube" just doesn't look right!
I didn't add in my mom.
She has no problem with "abuela" (Spanish for Grandma) but in doing baby talk with DD she ended up calling herself "belita" which is sort of short for "abuelita."
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My parents: Grandma and Grandpa (so much easier since almost everything grandparents related that they sell say that!)
IL's: Grammy and Poppy
Re: Zoomba, LOL...has she heard of Roomba, the vacuum?
My Mom: Ba (short for Babci [Polish])
My Dad: Grandpa
MIL: Nana
FIL: WANTS to be called Grandpa, but MIL is insisting he be called "Poppi"
MIL was kind enough to provide us with the correct spellings moments after I gave birth--like I was going to be addressing a card to her at that very moment or something.