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What name does your kids call your parents?

Posted on 6/4/19 at 7:40 pm
Posted by GAFF
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 7:40 pm
I’m about to be a new father. We were talking to my wife’s parents about the upcoming addition when my wife asks her mother “what do you want the baby to call you?” Some of the names suggested were Zozo, Lulu, Lele, and a variety of other dumb as shite names. She made it clear she didn’t want to be called grandma. When she asked her dad he said either Grand Daddy or Big Daddy (the later of which I told my wife wasn’t happening) and no way would he go by pawpaw/grandpa. On my side of the family it was always grandpa/pawpaw and mawmaw/grandma. When did it become popular to buck tradition and make up your own name?
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 7:44 pm to
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Zozo, Lulu, Lele,
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Grand Daddy or Big Daddy
you chose poorly
Posted by joshwj93
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 7:46 pm to
I know some kids that call their Gigi and literally G-daddy
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 7:47 pm to
My grandkids call me Pop.
Posted by LSUJuice
Back in Houston
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 7:47 pm to
I've already decided our grandkids will call us Maw and Baw.
Posted by fallguy_1978
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 7:48 pm to
Dad - paw paw
Mom - Nana

My parents are divorced so that's why they don't go together I suppose.

My mom hated the idea of being called maw maw at 52 or so when my daughter was born.
Posted by NYCAuburn
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 7:49 pm to
There are bound to be some changes. Your kids will butcher a pronunciation then it will stick

Nana and pap(was supposed to be papa)
Grandma and pop pop(was supposed to be just grandpa)
Posted by joshwj93
Member since Feb 2019
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 7:49 pm to
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Dad - paw paw 
Mom - Nana 

Thats what I call my grandparents
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 7:49 pm to
Grandpa and Papa. My parents are both men and that way they can distinguish.
Posted by OWLFAN86
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 7:49 pm to
NanaPorn
Posted by ScopeCreep
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 7:50 pm to
Nonno and Nonna. Italian for grandfather and grandmother.
Posted by fallguy_1978
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 7:50 pm to
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NanaPorn

Probably one of the few things I've never considered google'ing
Posted by Geauxtiga
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 7:51 pm to
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She made it clear she didn’t want to be called grandma.
Amazes me how grandparents are steering clear of being called one these days. “MeMe” etc.

What often happens is the grandparent choose one name but the child mispronounces it and the mispronunciation sticks.
Posted by GAFF
Georgia
Member since Aug 2010
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 7:51 pm to
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My mom hated the idea of being called maw maw at 52 or so when my daughter was born


That’s what her mom basically said. Blows my mind. She acted as if being called a grandma was a bad thing. Also said that since my wife called hers grandpa and grandma that she couldn’t go by those names.
Posted by fallguy_1978
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 7:54 pm to
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That’s what her mom basically said. Blows my mind. She acted as if being called a grandma was a bad thing. 

I find it odd too. My dad didn't give a shite but my mom did. She's a little on the pretentious side if I'm being honest.
Posted by Tortious
ATX
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 7:54 pm to
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My parents are both men


The picture is now becoming clearer.
Posted by baybeefeetz
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 7:55 pm to
Mawmaw and pawpaw
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 7:55 pm to
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What name does your kids call your parents?


Keep it simple man.

Gran and Pop

Gran and Pappa


Quit being such a fricking millennial
Posted by RedFoxx
New Orleans, LA
Member since Jan 2009
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 7:57 pm to


Grandma Yetta
Posted by baylorbaiter
Too close to Waco
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Posted on 6/4/19 at 8:04 pm to
Wife's parents were Poppa and Maw maw, My side was Pap and Mamma!
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