Mil wants to be called Mama X

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, a story that might offer you a solution.

When we had our first baby, my parents were already grandparents to my sister's three children. My parents go by Grandma and Grandfather.

So when we were expecting, my husband asked his parents to start thinking about grandparent names, but keep in mind that my parents went by Grandma and Grandfather. We did not say "don't pick one of these 'taken' names," we just asked them to consider it.

Well, my MIL picked Nana. Then after my baby was born, she wanted to be Grandma. We were fine with that, but ended up calling her Grandma Jane and my mom Grandma Elsa to differentiate, and MIL didn't like being Grandma Jane. So then she switched to Nanny 3 months later.

Then six months later, she wanted to be something ELSE. Then she went back to Grandma, but again didn't like it that we said Grandma Jane: but we stuck with it; if you want the name already taken, we will be using it this way.

Seriously 2.5 YEARS later, she has asked to be called Grandmom. But by now, we're so used to calling her Grandma Jane, that we just stick with that. If we remember, we call her Grandmom, but we generally, and genuinely, forget. So she kinda gets what she gets.

My point? You call her whatever YOU want, within reason. Don't call her Mama. Do go with Mama Jane if that is OK with you. But she kinda gets what she gets.

OMG this makes my head hurt to read it.

So. Much. Drama.

Serious. This family is not a solution, this family is horrible.

[Anonymous]

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NP. You honestly do seem like a teenager, with your multiple postings, multiple emoticons, and hyperactivity. How many times have you posted in this thread?

This is the fourth message I think... Have you read the whole thread and counted?

I guess I'm young at heart. I highly recommend you let go of your bitterness. Then smilies won't bother you as much

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, a story that might offer you a solution.

When we had our first baby, my parents were already grandparents to my sister's three children. My parents go by Grandma and Grandfather.

So when we were expecting, my husband asked his parents to start thinking about grandparent names, but keep in mind that my parents went by Grandma and Grandfather. We did not say "don't pick one of these 'taken' names," we just asked them to consider it.

Well, my MIL picked Nana. Then after my baby was born, she wanted to be Grandma. We were fine with that, but ended up calling her Grandma Jane and my mom Grandma Elsa to differentiate, and MIL didn't like being Grandma Jane. So then she switched to Nanny 3 months later.

Then six months later, she wanted to be something ELSE. Then she went back to Grandma, but again didn't like it that we said Grandma Jane: but we stuck with it; if you want the name already taken, we will be using it this way.

Seriously 2.5 YEARS later, she has asked to be called Grandmom. But by now, we're so used to calling her Grandma Jane, that we just stick with that. If we remember, we call her Grandmom, but we generally, and genuinely, forget. So she kinda gets what she gets.

My point? You call her whatever YOU want, within reason. Don't call her Mama. Do go with Mama Jane if that is OK with you. But she kinda gets what she gets.

OMG this makes my head hurt to read it.

So. Much. Drama.

LOL! You must not read very much, or very complex material, if these few paragraphs make your precious little head hurt.

And your life must be truly boring and uneventful if you consider this "So. Much. Drama."

LOL. Cheers!

DP. My God, it must be exhausting being true to your bitchy self! Obviously, if the only events in your life are fights with relatives, there's not much to be said. It's the quality, my friend. The quality of your life sounds abysmal

Oh, it is. Oh, it totally is. I have some real changes to make. Thank you, anonymous DCUM poster who uses emoticons in 2017, for teaching me the error of my ways.

I missed the memo on emoticons. No LOLs, no emojis... I know you're an American white middle-class automaton without sense of family or ability to love, but still. Goddamn!

NP. You honestly do seem like a teenager, with your multiple postings, multiple emoticons, and hyperactivity. How many times have you posted in this thread?

More than one emoticon user genius

Eh, you're all the same type: LuLa Roe; "But First, Coffee"; duck-face selfies; inverted, stacked bob; French mani AND pedi.

You are so far off base it is silly. Besides what do emoticons have to do with the topic of the thread?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, a story that might offer you a solution.

When we had our first baby, my parents were already grandparents to my sister's three children. My parents go by Grandma and Grandfather.

So when we were expecting, my husband asked his parents to start thinking about grandparent names, but keep in mind that my parents went by Grandma and Grandfather. We did not say "don't pick one of these 'taken' names," we just asked them to consider it.

Well, my MIL picked Nana. Then after my baby was born, she wanted to be Grandma. We were fine with that, but ended up calling her Grandma Jane and my mom Grandma Elsa to differentiate, and MIL didn't like being Grandma Jane. So then she switched to Nanny 3 months later.

Then six months later, she wanted to be something ELSE. Then she went back to Grandma, but again didn't like it that we said Grandma Jane: but we stuck with it; if you want the name already taken, we will be using it this way.

Seriously 2.5 YEARS later, she has asked to be called Grandmom. But by now, we're so used to calling her Grandma Jane, that we just stick with that. If we remember, we call her Grandmom, but we generally, and genuinely, forget. So she kinda gets what she gets.

My point? You call her whatever YOU want, within reason. Don't call her Mama. Do go with Mama Jane if that is OK with you. But she kinda gets what she gets.

OMG this makes my head hurt to read it.

So. Much. Drama.

LOL! You must not read very much, or very complex material, if these few paragraphs make your precious little head hurt.

And your life must be truly boring and uneventful if you consider this "So. Much. Drama."

LOL. Cheers!

DP. My God, it must be exhausting being true to your bitchy self! Obviously, if the only events in your life are fights with relatives, there's not much to be said. It's the quality, my friend. The quality of your life sounds abysmal

Oh, it is. Oh, it totally is. I have some real changes to make. Thank you, anonymous DCUM poster who uses emoticons in 2017, for teaching me the error of my ways.

I missed the memo on emoticons. No LOLs, no emojis... I know you're an American white middle-class automaton without sense of family or ability to love, but still. Goddamn!

NP. You honestly do seem like a teenager, with your multiple postings, multiple emoticons, and hyperactivity. How many times have you posted in this thread?

More than one emoticon user genius

Eh, you're all the same type: LuLa Roe; "But First, Coffee"; duck-face selfies; inverted, stacked bob; French mani AND pedi.

You are so far off base it is silly. Besides what do emoticons have to do with the topic of the thread?

New poster without a dog in this fight, but do you honestly expect a thread to be on-topic 17 pages in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, a story that might offer you a solution.

When we had our first baby, my parents were already grandparents to my sister's three children. My parents go by Grandma and Grandfather.

So when we were expecting, my husband asked his parents to start thinking about grandparent names, but keep in mind that my parents went by Grandma and Grandfather. We did not say "don't pick one of these 'taken' names," we just asked them to consider it.

Well, my MIL picked Nana. Then after my baby was born, she wanted to be Grandma. We were fine with that, but ended up calling her Grandma Jane and my mom Grandma Elsa to differentiate, and MIL didn't like being Grandma Jane. So then she switched to Nanny 3 months later.

Then six months later, she wanted to be something ELSE. Then she went back to Grandma, but again didn't like it that we said Grandma Jane: but we stuck with it; if you want the name already taken, we will be using it this way.

Seriously 2.5 YEARS later, she has asked to be called Grandmom. But by now, we're so used to calling her Grandma Jane, that we just stick with that. If we remember, we call her Grandmom, but we generally, and genuinely, forget. So she kinda gets what she gets.

My point? You call her whatever YOU want, within reason. Don't call her Mama. Do go with Mama Jane if that is OK with you. But she kinda gets what she gets.

OMG this makes my head hurt to read it.

So. Much. Drama.

Serious. This family is not a solution, this family is horrible.

Plus it's so weird! 99% of people have TWO people they call "grandma" and two called "grandpa" (as long as they're still living). When I needed to differentiate I use my grandparent's last names. "Grandma Smith called today."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, a story that might offer you a solution.

When we had our first baby, my parents were already grandparents to my sister's three children. My parents go by Grandma and Grandfather.

So when we were expecting, my husband asked his parents to start thinking about grandparent names, but keep in mind that my parents went by Grandma and Grandfather. We did not say "don't pick one of these 'taken' names," we just asked them to consider it.

Well, my MIL picked Nana. Then after my baby was born, she wanted to be Grandma. We were fine with that, but ended up calling her Grandma Jane and my mom Grandma Elsa to differentiate, and MIL didn't like being Grandma Jane. So then she switched to Nanny 3 months later.

Then six months later, she wanted to be something ELSE. Then she went back to Grandma, but again didn't like it that we said Grandma Jane: but we stuck with it; if you want the name already taken, we will be using it this way.

Seriously 2.5 YEARS later, she has asked to be called Grandmom. But by now, we're so used to calling her Grandma Jane, that we just stick with that. If we remember, we call her Grandmom, but we generally, and genuinely, forget. So she kinda gets what she gets.

My point? You call her whatever YOU want, within reason. Don't call her Mama. Do go with Mama Jane if that is OK with you. But she kinda gets what she gets.

OMG this makes my head hurt to read it.

So. Much. Drama.

Serious. This family is not a solution, this family is horrible.

Plus it's so weird! 99% of people have TWO people they call "grandma" and two called "grandpa" (as long as they're still living). When I needed to differentiate I use my grandparent's last names. "Grandma Smith called today."

Which is what that poster tried to do, with Grandma Jane and Grandma Elsa, but Grandma Jane didn't like it. Honestly, Grandma Jane sounds like a pill--changing what she wanted to be called several times over several years. That's what's odd, to me. -np

[Anonymous]

Lol. Not weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lol. Not weird.

"Lol." SO weird.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, a story that might offer you a solution.

When we had our first baby, my parents were already grandparents to my sister's three children. My parents go by Grandma and Grandfather.

So when we were expecting, my husband asked his parents to start thinking about grandparent names, but keep in mind that my parents went by Grandma and Grandfather. We did not say "don't pick one of these 'taken' names," we just asked them to consider it.

Well, my MIL picked Nana. Then after my baby was born, she wanted to be Grandma. We were fine with that, but ended up calling her Grandma Jane and my mom Grandma Elsa to differentiate, and MIL didn't like being Grandma Jane. So then she switched to Nanny 3 months later.

Then six months later, she wanted to be something ELSE. Then she went back to Grandma, but again didn't like it that we said Grandma Jane: but we stuck with it; if you want the name already taken, we will be using it this way.

Seriously 2.5 YEARS later, she has asked to be called Grandmom. But by now, we're so used to calling her Grandma Jane, that we just stick with that. If we remember, we call her Grandmom, but we generally, and genuinely, forget. So she kinda gets what she gets.

My point? You call her whatever YOU want, within reason. Don't call her Mama. Do go with Mama Jane if that is OK with you. But she kinda gets what she gets.

OMG this makes my head hurt to read it.

So. Much. Drama.

LOL! You must not read very much, or very complex material, if these few paragraphs make your precious little head hurt.

And your life must be truly boring and uneventful if you consider this "So. Much. Drama."

LOL. Cheers!

DP. My God, it must be exhausting being true to your bitchy self! Obviously, if the only events in your life are fights with relatives, there's not much to be said. It's the quality, my friend. The quality of your life sounds abysmal

Oh, it is. Oh, it totally is. I have some real changes to make. Thank you, anonymous DCUM poster who uses emoticons in 2017, for teaching me the error of my ways.

I missed the memo on emoticons. No LOLs, no emojis... I know you're an American white middle-class automaton without sense of family or ability to love, but still. Goddamn!

NP. You honestly do seem like a teenager, with your multiple postings, multiple emoticons, and hyperactivity. How many times have you posted in this thread?

More than one emoticon user genius

Eh, you're all the same type: LuLa Roe; "But First, Coffee"; duck-face selfies; inverted, stacked bob; French mani AND pedi.

You are so far off base it is silly. Besides what do emoticons have to do with the topic of the thread?

New poster without a dog in this fight, but do you honestly expect a thread to be on-topic 17 pages in?

You are right, I don't know what I was thinking. LOLOL!

[Anonymous]

this makes my blood boil. My spanish MIL refers to herself still as MAMA but my daughter is starting to call her buela from abuela (grandma) on her own. THANK GOD!

[Anonymous]

I'm floored there are so many people willing to be called "Mama X." It seems seems hillbilly to me.

[Anonymous]

No no no!

[Anonymous]

I probably wouldn’t say anything but always refer to grandma as grandma when speaking to my child.

[Anonymous]

How about “the grandma they never see” as a name ? You need to visit the DWIL Forum because she is overstepping Big time. If it bothers you, then it’s a no. Don’t let her bully you into that name.

[Anonymous]

Flip the names OP, that's a good solution. The women in my family (maternal) go by X-Mama when they become grandmothers, and it's not a big deal at all.

Lucy Mama
Larla Mama
Larleena Mama