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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is this only a thing for grandparents to have a "name"?? Parents don't seem to have special names like this. IMO grandma and grandpa have a definition.

My MIL is trying for "Gigi" but that's a dog name in my opinion. [/quote]

This seems like a relatively new thing.  I know that not everyone calls their grandparents Grandma and Grandpa, but usually the grandparent names are traditional-my husband called his grandmother Nana, which is what his mom called her grandmother, etc.  Jewish kids use Hebrew or Yiddish names for grandparents.  Families with origins in other countries use their traditional names for grandparents (abuela/bibi/yaya/sobo/etc.)  Some names are family-specific, often where one of the oldest grandchildren created some name for the grandparent that is then used by subsequent grandkids (I grew up near one family who called their grandmother "Rankin" for that reason.)  But just inventing a grandparental name seems so odd to me.  My mom talked a little bit about using a different name, probably because she knew other women who were doing that, but Grandma and Grandpa just came more naturally.  I mean, call them what they want to be called, but it seems silly and artificial to change it decades later.  [/quote]

It's definitely odd. Grandparents should be free to choose their names when the first grandchild is born, but once the kid learns those names, you're kinda locked in. [/quote]

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