Is it okay to veto "Mom-mom" for a grandmother name?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mom goes by Gigi, and tells everyone who will listen it stands for Gorgeous Grandma. It could be worse, OP. That said, I don't love Mom-Mom, not b/c it's confusing but because I don't like the sound of it.
Is she actually asking your opinion?

OP here. I wouldn't mind Gigi. She said "what do you guys think?" in her email.

For those saying it's not confusing...I'm thinking about a little kid learning to talk. They're not going to be able to differentiate between Mama and Mom Mom.

And yeah, I want to be my kids only "Mom." Call me petty but that's how I feel! She already has two kids to call her Mom.

MIL is not a bitch and we have a fine relationship. This will not cause years of drama so no worries.

It's totally fine if you don't want her to use the name--your prerogative--but this was never an issue with us. I'm "mama," she's "mom-mom," and it's cool.

What WAS an issue was when DS started eating those MumMum wafers when he started solids. My mom thought it would be confusing, so she taught him that they were called "NumNums." But she didn't tell us she'd changed the name. Confused the hell out of us for WEEKS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mom goes by Gigi, and tells everyone who will listen it stands for Gorgeous Grandma. It could be worse, OP. That said, I don't love Mom-Mom, not b/c it's confusing but because I don't like the sound of it.
Is she actually asking your opinion?

OP here. I wouldn't mind Gigi. She said "what do you guys think?" in her email.

For those saying it's not confusing...I'm thinking about a little kid learning to talk. They're not going to be able to differentiate between Mama and Mom Mom.

And yeah, I want to be my kids only "Mom." Call me petty but that's how I feel! She already has two kids to call her Mom.

MIL is not a bitch and we have a fine relationship. This will not cause years of drama so no worries.

So why bother posting and asking opinions?

PPs gave me a great way to handle the situation. Glad I posted and got that input.

[Anonymous]

My in laws are mom mom and pop pop. I never gave it a second thought. And they already had 7 grand kids and 7 great grand kids by the time our first kid arrived, so it would have seemed weird to demand that my kids call her a different name than the rest. But if you don't like it and it is not already in use, suggest alternatives

[Anonymous]

My husband calls his grandma (his mom's mom) Mom Mom. I think it's cute. Kids will make up
Whatever name they want for grandma. Just let it be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mom-mom is a common grandmother name. I called my grandmother Mom-mom and I had zero confusion and always understood the difference between my Mom and my Mom-mom. Now it is the name my mother is choosing to use as her grandmother name.

+1

Same. And my grandfather was "Pop-pop" which is what my son now calls my dad.

Mom-mom was never shortened to "Mom" and sounded more like "mum-um". It was very common in working class baltimore.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you've never heard of Mommom as a grandmother name? It's a traditional grandparent nickname.

http://www.grandparents.com/family-and-relationships/grandparent-names/grandparent-names

If anything, this list shows just how much worse it could be!

Not OP, but I've never, ever heard of this. And I know of Omas and Bubbes and Meemaws.

Maybe it's regional like another PP suggested. My friend's mother goes by Abuela. That was a new one for me (and I had to Google just now to get the spelling right)

It's the Spanish word for grandmother.

[Anonymous]

To answer your question, no it's not OK to veto the name she's chosen. You really want to fight over this? Let her be called mom-mom. It's cute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you've never heard of Mommom as a grandmother name? It's a traditional grandparent nickname.

http://www.grandparents.com/family-and-relationships/grandparent-names/grandparent-names

If anything, this list shows just how much worse it could be!

Not OP, but I've never, ever heard of this. And I know of Omas and Bubbes and Meemaws.

Maybe it's regional like another PP suggested. My friend's mother goes by Abuela. That was a new one for me (and I had to Google just now to get the spelling right)

It's the Spanish word for grandmother.

Google said that, too. They're not Spanish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you've never heard of Mommom as a grandmother name? It's a traditional grandparent nickname.

http://www.grandparents.com/family-and-relationships/grandparent-names/grandparent-names

If anything, this list shows just how much worse it could be!

Not OP, but I've never, ever heard of this. And I know of Omas and Bubbes and Meemaws.

Maybe it's regional like another PP suggested. My friend's mother goes by Abuela. That was a new one for me (and I had to Google just now to get the spelling right)

It's the Spanish word for grandmother.

I had an Avoa - Portuguese for grandmother.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you've never heard of Mommom as a grandmother name? It's a traditional grandparent nickname.

http://www.grandparents.com/family-and-relationships/grandparent-names/grandparent-names

If anything, this list shows just how much worse it could be!

Not OP, but I've never, ever heard of this. And I know of Omas and Bubbes and Meemaws.

Maybe it's regional like another PP suggested. My friend's mother goes by Abuela. That was a new one for me (and I had to Google just now to get the spelling right)

It's the Spanish word for grandmother.

Google said that, too. They're not Spanish.

er, so what? it's still "grandmother" in spanish. They chose it, they didn't make it up. Are you sure your friend's mother isn't latina? You know you can't tell by looking, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you've never heard of Mommom as a grandmother name? It's a traditional grandparent nickname.

http://www.grandparents.com/family-and-relationships/grandparent-names/grandparent-names

If anything, this list shows just how much worse it could be!

Not OP, but I've never, ever heard of this. And I know of Omas and Bubbes and Meemaws.

Maybe it's regional like another PP suggested. My friend's mother goes by Abuela. That was a new one for me (and I had to Google just now to get the spelling right)

It's the Spanish word for grandmother.

I had an Avoa - Portuguese for grandmother.

Oh, actually, I just looked at that link, and they have it wrong. They have Avo listed for both grandmother and grandfather in Portuguese. But it's feminized - Avoa - for grandmother.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That is a ridiculous nickname and I would veto it. Gently. But veto.

Same here.
So many other options.

[Anonymous]

I just heard Mom-mom for the first time the other day.
I thought it was odd.

As mentioned there are many other names. Mom-mom is a ridiculous choice. Just tell her you would prefer another name.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all those saying no to two grandmoms, what about Grandmom Sue and Grandmom Mary or Grandmom T and Grandmom V or something like that?

I grew up calling my grandmothers Grandma Sue and Grandma Flora.

I always said Grandma Smith and Grandma Jones when I needed to differentiate. Rarely happened.

That's what we did too. It'll be interesting to see what our moms want- I'm assuming MIL will be called Mimi as that s what my SiL's kids call her. My mom will probably obsess over a name because she'll feel the need for something non-traditional since MIL's will be.

[Anonymous]

I would not have DC call her Mom-Mom