What is the deal with grandparents being called names other than grandma and grandpa?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've asked my parents and the in-laws to call my child "son number one." If we have additional children, they too will be properly named. Calling him by some silly, made-up name that we would choose for him is just ridiculous.

So Clever! Maybe instead of mom, your child should just call you Asshole. Asshole!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can totally relate to this thread as my in laws also want my daughter to call them by ridiculous names. Gammi and Pappi. First of all, "Gammi" is actually "Pappi's" wife and not actually the grandmother so I refuse to have my daughter call her such a stupid name. Not to mention it makes it seem as though my daughter cannot pronounce Grandma when clearly she can. My mother in law wants to be called Ne Ne which is what my first niece called her because she couldn't pronounce my MIL's name, Aneila. The bottom line is that I am not going to teach my child to call their Grandparents by names that don''t make sense. Grandma and Grandpa is just fine in my book. That's what they are so why are we making these cutesy names?!

Wow, you are a piece of work. I predict that you will be posting many times in the future regarding issues with your inlaws. Please reference this post when you do, so we can all remember that it's most likely your insufferable attitude that causes the problems.

[Anonymous]

I dont think the poster has issues at all. Why advocate to have a child call its grandparents nonsense names. Good Lord, you people get up in arms if we use "cutsey" names for bodyparts but it is Ok for this?

I think that the current generation of grandparents is the first to be so concerned with what they are called. Never when I was growing up did I hear so many variations on grandma and grandpa.

And I am sorry Gammi, sounds like a ninety year old with no teeth

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I dont think the poster has issues at all. Why advocate to have a child call its grandparents nonsense names. Good Lord, you people get up in arms if we use "cutsey" names for bodyparts but it is Ok for this?

I think that the current generation of grandparents is the first to be so concerned with what they are called. Never when I was growing up did I hear so many variations on grandma and grandpa.

And I am sorry Gammi, sounds like a ninety year old with no teeth

I agree with everything here. I had to chuckle recently in an email my MIL sent where she noted that my year-old niece calls my SIL "Mama" (normal) and she, as the grandma, is "Mamaw." And of course she's loving this and I feel like saying, "I hate to rain on your parade but I'm pretty sure it's because she can't pronounce 'grandma' yet." And PS, it also sounds just like what she calls her mom. Of course I didn't say any of this. (To my kid(s), she's Grandma First Name.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I dont think the poster has issues at all. Why advocate to have a child call its grandparents nonsense names. Good Lord, you people get up in arms if we use "cutsey" names for bodyparts but it is Ok for this?

I think that the current generation of grandparents is the first to be so concerned with what they are called. Never when I was growing up did I hear so many variations on grandma and grandpa.

And I am sorry Gammi, sounds like a ninety year old with no teeth

AGREED!! Children should be taught to say penis and vagina but Grandma and Grandpa is too much to ask?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who the hell cares if something other than gramma or grampa is used. I am much more annoyed by small children calling me by my first name

My MIL, on the other hand, demands to be called by her first name and deems anything else rude and disrespectful. She fumed for days when a friend of mine met her and said "It's nice to meet you, Mrs. LastName."

[Anonymous]

My parents are divorced and both remarried so there are step grandparents involved, which starts to get confusing.

Both my parents are mid 40's and both want another child, so they said flat out that Grandpa/ma was out. So my Mom makes up random words all the time, haha. And my Dad's wife is really young so we call her by the first two letters in her name which is cute, but out of nowhere my Mom wants to be called that when it doesnt make annnny sense for her to want that name.

[Anonymous]

my MIL wants the baby to call her Honey...we all think it is weird and just avoid calling her anything

[Anonymous]

PP: You call Honey.....her.....that is rude.

[Anonymous]

My niece and nephew call their grandparents 'Baba' and 'Dee'. Even though the grandparents are Russian, and everyone speaks Russian, I find it very grating. Why can't they just go by "Grandpa" and "Grandma". Also, why do French people have all sorts of funky names for things like "cheese"??? "Ooo la la, c'est le fromage!!"

Just call it "cheese" and be done with it, you surrender monkey.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My niece and nephew call their grandparents 'Baba' and 'Dee'. Even though the grandparents are Russian, and everyone speaks Russian, I find it very grating. Why can't they just go by "Grandpa" and "Grandma". Also, why do French people have all sorts of funky names for things like "cheese"??? "Ooo la la, c'est le fromage!!"

Just call it "cheese" and be done with it, you surrender monkey.

please explain, can't tell if this is meant to be seriuos or a joke or sarcastic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my MIL wants the baby to call her Honey...we all think it is weird and just avoid calling her anything [/quote

A small child calling a grandma honey is pretty weird to me, too. Did you tell her you're not crazy about the idea? (This is the Daddymama poster BTW).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The worst is an egotistical SOB who insists everyone calls him Doctor "Bob". When he had grand kids he insisted that they call him Grand Doc.

Er... my grandfather was Grandpa Doc. Everyone in town called him Doc, even sometimes his wife and kids. Because he was the doctor. The only one in a very small town. And he was as far from an "egotistical SOB" as it's possible to be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The worst is an egotistical SOB who insists everyone calls him Doctor "Bob". When he had grand kids he insisted that they call him Grand Doc.

Er... my grandfather was Grandpa Doc. Everyone in town called him Doc, even sometimes his wife and kids. Because he was the doctor. The only one in a very small town. And he was as far from an "egotistical SOB" as it's possible to be.

Grand Doc is an egotistical SOB your Grandpa Doc doesn't sound like one. This guy insists everyone call him Doctor because he doesn't want anyone to forget that he is one. He thinks he is better than everyone else because he is a doctor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Daddymama PP--your situation sucks. I'm sorry. I would say at this point you must just pick something and stick to it. I would suggest just going by their first names. If they are so averse to variations of Grandma and they couldn't come up with something creative or cutesie in 18 months, they have forefitted their say in this. Just go with their first names and be done with it. That's what you call them afterall, right?

Maybe stick a "ma" or "pa" on the end or beginning of their names, like "Alice-ma" or "Jane-ma" depending on how that sounds with their first names. Or for FIL, it would be "Bill-pa", "John-pa" or whatever. I personally find this too gimmicky, but your running out of options and this might be something that pleases everyone or at least doesn't offend anyone.

Friends of ours transformed their names with Grandma/Grandpa. Marcy became Grancy and Max became Grandmax. It worked for them.