FIL Wants To Be Called Papa

[Anonymous]

I grew up in New York and call my grandfather Pop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Obviously wife would not allow child to call your mother mama.

Lots of people.call their moms "Mama"

Nobody actually calls their dads "Papa". Papa is used for grandpas, not fathers.

The only time people use "papa" to refer to a dad are in old cliches like "Mama's baby. Papa's maybe?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd be creeped out by this.

Do you know a single.person who uses papa for a dad?

Probably not. But you do know dozens of people.or.more who use papa or some variation for grandpas.

And OP and you incest comment? You really have issues, and it is not grandpa being called papa.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Growing up in the Midwest my wife called here parents Amma and Papa. She wants our son to call them that too. I've never heard anyone call a grandfather Papa. I think southerners or people in rural areas may use some variant but not straight Papa. To me it's no different than calling him Dad. It seems incredibly inappropriate and even implies something incestuous between him and his daughter. She doesn't see it. I think that the fact that she called them these things is evidence enough that they are names for parents but she doesn't see it. What's the best way to handle this? We are all together for the week and I feel done after only 24 hours.

What on earth is your problem? Papa for a grandfather is cute.

[Anonymous]

Born and raised in VA. We all called both of my grandfathers "Papa". seemed totally normal

[Anonymous]

Many Jewish kids call their grandfather Papa.

I know my daughter does -- Papa "Joe" and Papa "Larlo". There is nothing creepy about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can buy other's day cards for grandparents that say Papa. I know, because I buy them.

+1

[Anonymous]

I have a hard time believing this is a real post. For a grown man to have NEVER heard of a Grandpa being nicknamed "Papa", and further, to call that "incredibly inappropriate" and suggest that it implies incest? I just can't wrap my head around that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Obviously wife would not allow child to call your mother mama.

Lots of people.call their moms "Mama"

Nobody actually calls their dads "Papa". Papa is used for grandpas, not fathers.

The only time people use "papa" to refer to a dad are in old cliches like "Mama's baby. Papa's maybe?"

Exactly. Mother is mama, NOT the GRANDmother.

[Anonymous]

Change it to pop pop

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Growing up in the Midwest my wife called here parents Amma and Papa. She wants our son to call them that too. I've never heard anyone call a grandfather Papa. I think southerners or people in rural areas may use some variant but not straight Papa. To me it's no different than calling him Dad. It seems incredibly inappropriate and even implies something incestuous between him and his daughter. She doesn't see it. I think that the fact that she called them these things is evidence enough that they are names for parents but she doesn't see it. What's the best way to handle this? We are all together for the week and I feel done after only 24 hours.

i kinda understand being annoyed but the incestuous comment is sick.

[Anonymous]

My grandpa was Pop-Pop and my son calls my FIL Pop Pop (not quite Papa - but close). I guess I don't see the big deal, it is a term of endearment.

[Anonymous]

My kids call my dad Papa. Lifelong New Yorker here.

P.S. you're crazy.

[Anonymous]

Grandfathers in my maternal family are Pop-Pop, with grandmother being Nana. So that's what my kids call my parents.

I've heard Papa as a grandpa name much more often than as a father's name. Only one person I know uses Papa and that's because he's the step-dad and the kids are very close with him but already have a "Dad". In that family the name wasn't already used as a grandpa name.

If OP wants to be the one called "papa" then they should figure out a different grandpa name but if he doesn't want to be "papa" then he's being ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

I'm French and our name for "Dad" is Papa.
There is no way someone other than my children's father is going to be called Papa!