Grandparent names picked without my consent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I kind of get it. In our family it was pawpaw, meemaw and I just really didn’t love it at all.

Well then why didn't you teach your children to call them Grandma and Granddad or whatever?

[Anonymous]

Relax. You sound crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids and my brother’s kids call my mom different names. I let her pick. My brother makes them call her Granny X which is horrific and she hates.

That's funny.

[Anonymous]

For laughs -- Growing up, my cousin's family called our grandmother "Grandma Cheryl." Her name is not Cheryl or anything close to it, and nobody knows why they did this. We just rolled with it.

Ok, was worth reading the thread just for this .

[Anonymous]

What a bubble you live in! “Venting” about such nonsense. Slow down - you are creating so much angst for yourself and those around you.

[Anonymous]

My mom came and asked not me...but my mother in law.My mom wanted to be called Nana because she absolutely loved her Nana...and my Mother in law just didn't want to be called "Grandma [Firstname]" because it reminded her of her mother in law.

...and you know what I did? Not said a damn word. Because it was their (individual) call.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I kind of get it. In our family it was pawpaw, meemaw and I just really didn’t love it at all.

Well then why didn't you teach your children to call them Grandma and Granddad or whatever?

I did😁.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm so annoyed and just need to vent. My sister just had a baby. I'm due in just a few months. There are already two grandchildren who are older so my parents "grandparent" names were already chosen, or so I thought. (Think traditional, like Grandma and Grandpa).

I just saw photos posted online and my mom is now going by a different funky "Grandma" name, which I was never asked about and frankly I refuse to have my kids call her (think "Glitter").

I'm so annoyed that nobody ran this by me since our kids will be 4 months apart. At this point I'll just pick our own name to call her since it seems like every family gets to pick what they call my parents. I don't know why nobody thought to ask me or at least tell me before they started posting her new "name" online.

[raises hand] I'm pretty sure I know.

LOL!

Maybe your mom doesn't want to be called Grandmother or Granny. My MIL chose Nana, which in my culture is what you cal your maternal Grandfather, but we adjusted. My FIL wanted to be called another European name that is impossible to pronounce, so we vetoed and asked if Grandpa would be okay.

My mom wanted to be called Nana. I was on board, but then my daughter started calling herself "Nana" (baby pronunciation of her own name -- think 'Savannah', 'Joanna' or similar). Lol

[Anonymous]

I can’t think of one name that would bother me to use. I’m not a g-ma yet, but congratulations on this upcoming occasion! Think of the joy the baby will bring and how the grandparents, whatever their names might be, are beyond thrilled! Don’t put too much emphasis and control on them having the right name for you, losing focus on what is important and the significance on what names are chosen; the grandparents names should be organic.

[Anonymous]

Grandparents get to pick their own names. If they don’t care and don’t want to choose anything let your sister’s kids call them by one set of names and your kids can call them something different.

My cousins and I called our grandparents by different names and it was no big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Relax. You sound crazy.

This.

[Anonymous]

Is…is this a real post???

[Anonymous]

Glamma?

FWIW, if I make it to old age and DH and I become grandparents, then I fully intend to insist upon all grandkids calling us Lolly and Pop.

[Anonymous]

You sound like a pill, OP. Chill out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Glamma?

FWIW, if I make it to old age and DH and I become grandparents, then I fully intend to insist upon all grandkids calling us Lolly and Pop.

Awesome