Do you hate your kids' grandparent names (like granny, etc...)?

[Anonymous]

My WVA ex-inlaws called the grandparents Mamaw and Papaw. That sort of grated on me, although all of them were lovely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My MIL goes by Nana and it grates on me, I just hate it, it's so pretentious. That is all, just a vent. Why couldn't she pick a normal name like grandma?

You prefer Memaw and pepaw? Grandparents have every right to choose the name they want. Find a real problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My MIL goes by Nana and it grates on me, I just hate it, it's so pretentious. That is all, just a vent. Why couldn't she pick a normal name like grandma?

You prefer Memaw and pepaw? Grandparents have every right to choose the name they want. Find a real problem.

What if grandparents choose to be called Mommy and Daddy?

[Anonymous]

The worst I have ever heard:
Lala
Gamoo/Gampoo

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every Nona or Nonna I know is barely Italian but definitely from South Jersey or some low brow location.

“Lowbrow places” with a dose of a subtle shot at the Italians who live there. Nice way to ruin a lighthearted thread.

[Anonymous]

YES. My ridiculous mother insisted on a grandma name I hate. It's not cutesy (like "Gigi") but doesn't suit our taste. My DH hated the grandpa name she chose for my father, too.

I say nothing because she babysits often and is very helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nana is pretentious? This is the type of sh!t that gives credence to those posters that claim DILs are actually the evil ones. This is such an absurd things to waste feelings on.

Nana is what grannies who think they're too cool to be a grandma try to call themselves.

My mother wanted to be Nana because that's what she called her grandmother, and loved her. I will someday be Bubbie for the same reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, just for a little perspective, all my kids’ grandparents are dead, and my own Nana was an immigrant who worked as a domestic.

So, having a hard time empathizing with you here.

There's always one of these downer posts on every single venting thread. OP was venting, she was not trying to offend anyone with dead grandparents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My MIL goes by Nana and it grates on me, I just hate it, it's so pretentious. That is all, just a vent. Why couldn't she pick a normal name like grandma?

You prefer Memaw and pepaw? Grandparents have every right to choose the name they want. Find a real problem.

And their children have every right to veto that. For example, my FIL is of Welsh ancestry (but his ancestors also fought in the civil war, so it's not a recent immigration) and he wanted our kids to call him by the Welsh word for grandpa. DH and I got a lot of laughs over a one year old trying to say "taid" which is pronounced more like "tad-quad".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MIL literally took 3 years to settle on a name, having us call her everything from Granny to Nana to Nanny to Grandmom to Gran to Gmom. Finally I told her if she wanted us to call her anything besides “Judy,” she better settle on something. I didn’t care what she wanted to be called, just calm the eff down and choose something.

I knew she was putting on a show because my mom (who already had grandkids) was already “Grandma.” We never said she couldn’t also be Grandma, we just made it clear that was definitely also going to be what my mom was. MIL is obnoxious and attention-seeking in many ways, so I was not surprised by these antics, but it really did go on for years.

I grew up with two grandmas, Grandma [name1] and Grandma [name2]. It's odd to me that people think you need a unique name for each grandparent. It's not that hard to distinguish them.

Same!! This is a fairly modern thing, I think. Very Boomer to want to have a unique grandparent name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MIL literally took 3 years to settle on a name, having us call her everything from Granny to Nana to Nanny to Grandmom to Gran to Gmom. Finally I told her if she wanted us to call her anything besides “Judy,” she better settle on something. I didn’t care what she wanted to be called, just calm the eff down and choose something.

I knew she was putting on a show because my mom (who already had grandkids) was already “Grandma.” We never said she couldn’t also be Grandma, we just made it clear that was definitely also going to be what my mom was. MIL is obnoxious and attention-seeking in many ways, so I was not surprised by these antics, but it really did go on for years.

I grew up with two grandmas, Grandma [name1] and Grandma [name2]. It's odd to me that people think you need a unique name for each grandparent. It's not that hard to distinguish them.

Same!! This is a fairly modern thing, I think. Very Boomer to want to have a unique grandparent name.

It's regional. I am from the Southeast and we have distinctive grandparent names for each set. Midwesterners and I think new Englanders tend to use generic "Grandma and Grandpa [name]"

[Anonymous]

My DH’s parents are German and at first I hated Oma and Opa so I had them called Grandma and Grandpa, just like my parents are called.

Then one day I decided I liked Oma and Opa so we’ve moved towards calling them that but it’s been hard to change it.

In any event, I feel bad for being the one to dictate the terms. Luckily, no one else seems to care all that much.

[Anonymous]

I can't imagine wasting energy on hating a grandparent's moniker.

You guys must lead glorious, problem-free lives!!!

[Anonymous]

My MIL tried to name herself Mumsy, but none of us would go for it. I swear it would have been "Mommy" if she thought she could get away with that.

She's "Grandmother" instead, lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC call my mother the Graminator.

NP. Love this. Drop the mic, this should win the thread!