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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

Who cares, unless YOU want to be called Papa. If you are European you might want that, so speak up.

Otherwise, some grandparents are truly self-centered and you will see this over and over when they visit, or houseguest, or speak to you/your kids.  So far a request to be called something is quirky but who cares.   Some grandparents can be pretty quirky.  At least they don't come over and eat all your/your kids food all the time. [/quote]

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