Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Do they all have names like meme Pepe, mamushka, dedushka. Or something with a family name like grandma, Grampa Perry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Greatgrand folks call me PAPA CHARLIE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Nana and PaPa.... Jabez Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 When talking to them, mine were Grandma and Grandpa. Both sides. When talking about them, they were Grandma and Grandpa last name. When my daughter told me she was pregnant, I informed her that I would be Grandpa. Not Gramps, not Pappy, not Papa. Grandpa. Jimmy Stewart movie. Mr. Hobbs takes a vacation. His oldest daughter and her family come to the beach where he has rented a beach house. When he sees him her littlest boy starts crying. She tells him, "Don't cry. That's Boompa. You love Boompa". And Jimmy, in a voice of total disbelief, says, "Boompa!!????" She says, "That's what he calls you". And he walks off just shaking his head. "Boomba?" I decided, upon seeing that scene, that if it ever came to pass that I had grandchildren, I would tell them what to call me. I would not let them make the choice. I might end up with Boompa. my mother told me when I was in high school that if I ever had children they had best not refer to her as Granny. My in-laws were Pappy and Nang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 We have 12 grandkids and it's always been 'grandma' and 'grandpa'. If the kids are talking and referring to another set, they'll say 'grandpa [last name]. Same with my kids with theirs and us with ours. We've never had the various alternatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Wilson Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 When I was growing up it was Grandma and Grandpa. Today my grand kids call me PaPa…….and I'm still growing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin Gambler Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Mum Grandpa and Granny were my 3 grandparents. When the great grandkids came along they decided Grandpa needed a better name so they called him Poppy. Now when grandkids are born, the grandparents seem to be choosing their names. PeePaw, MeeMaw, Pops, PopPop, NaNa, etc. It would be one thing to be stuck with a name like PeePaw, but I sure as heck aint gunna choose it. If I do have to choose one I'll tell them to call me Gambler. Or Grouchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 I am Pappy. My wife is Nana to our one and only Grandson. My Dad’s Mom was my Nanny. My Dad’s Dad was Pap-pap the 4 or 5 times I saw him. That dude was a piece of....work. My Mom’s Mom was Grandma. I never knew my Mom’s Dad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Seamus Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Four grandkids call us Papaw and Mamaw. Two of them call us Grandma and Grandpa. I'm fine with both. Call me anything, just don't call me late for dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry T Harrison Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 My grandmother’s were both grandma I never knew either of my grandfathers. To my twin four year old grandsons I’m pops and my wife is granny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Old Man Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 I'm Grandpa and the Boss is Grammy. Youngest boy calls me Papa for now, of course his vocabulary is severely limited-19 months old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 My moms folks were grandpaw and grandmaw my dads folks were pawpaw and buba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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