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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
Offer some other suggestions. Grammy, Gigi, grandma first name, Nonna... [b]Tell her any recognizable grandma name, but nothing that includes "mom." [/b]

Does DH back you up? If so, he can tell her. "Mom, please, don't be ridiculous. Pick something that doesn't have 'mom' in it."[/quote]

You realize how ridiculous your words are?   Grand[u]mother[/u], grand[u]mom[/u], grand[u]ma[/u], all have "mom" in them.  Why?  Because she's the mother's [u]mother[/u] or the father's [u]mother[/u].  She is a mother of this child one generation removed.  "Mom" is the mother.  "Mom mom" is the a generation removed.  Why is this so hard to process?  And why would you make this your hill to die on?  If you really want to be that nit-picky and control-freaky, you will alienate your MIL.  Pick the battles worth fighting.  And people wonder why so many DILs and MILs don't get along?  This is why?  Typically because someone (in this case the DIL) is being unreasonable.[/quote]

Notice something different about your examples?  They don't begin with "Mom."

What some of you don't seem to realize is that not everyone has a crazy, strained relationship with their MIL.  My MIL and I are able to have a calm discussion and share our feelings on it.  She was totally cool with skipping MomMom - like I said, this is not a traditional name in their family.  Nobody is dying on a hill, nobody is fighting, and nobody's feelings are hurt.  MIL is now very excited to be called Grammy.

I know some of you are very angry that I did not take your advice.  But that does not make me a control freak or a diva.  I started this thread to see if there were other people that also thought Mom Mom was a very weird grandmother name and saw that I was not alone.

You can all move on and stop worrying about my family.  We are all very happy!

This was the OP, btw.[/quote]

And yet you continue to post here.  [/quote]

Exactly.  We get it, OP.  A lot of us just disagree with it being an issue.[/quote]

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