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[quote=Anonymous]Wasn't there an Alcoholic-Boyfriend-of-MIL-Liver-Transplant thread a while back? Was that you, OP? Anyway, my mom's Significant other of 15 years (my dad passed away 5 years before that), is still "Bob" to my kids. There was a moment when one of my kids said "GrandBob" but that didn't stick. He is mostly annoying to me, DH, my brother and SIL but generally nice to the kids and is a CONSTANT presence in my mother's life, so he is around a lot. The kids (my brother's kids too) all know very well that Bob is not our father and therefore not their grandfather but they see him (rightly) as grandma's significant other and his role is grandfather-ish. He never had kids so is not particularly paternal or grandfatherly but he tries, I guess. Also, MIL's husband was called "Papa Jack" by our kids before he died, but that name was given to him by our oldest when she was just starting to talk, so it was very sweet and he was a very sweet man. [/quote]
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