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Aristus

(66,286 posts) Mon Sep 7, 2020, 01:40 PM Sep 2020

After twenty years of being "Grandma" and "Grandpa" to eight grandchildren,

our ninth grandchild (and fourth granddaughter) has given us grandparent nicknames.

I'm "Baba" and Mrs. Aristus is "Mina".

I like it...

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After twenty years of being "Grandma" and "Grandpa" to eight grandchildren, (Original Post) Aristus Sep 2020 OP

Hah! The grandkids were a little slow on that. My eldest cousins tagged my grandparents 15 years hlthe2b Sep 2020 #1

Awww. How old? Laffy Kat Sep 2020 #2

She's two and a half. Aristus Sep 2020 #3

DH was pretty determined to be the traditional "Grandpa" Freddie Sep 2020 #4

To my oldest grandson, SCantiGOP Sep 2020 #5

I'm "Grumpy" to most of my 9 grandkids. SwissTony Sep 2020 #6

hlthe2b

(102,119 posts)

1. Hah! The grandkids were a little slow on that. My eldest cousins tagged my grandparents 15 years

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Mon Sep 7, 2020, 02:05 PM

Sep 2020

before the second cohort of grandkids were born. But, we all used those nicknames until their deaths ("Momo" and "Popo" )

It was the one thing that tied all the generations together.

Laffy Kat

(16,373 posts)

2. Awww. How old?

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Mon Sep 7, 2020, 02:11 PM

Sep 2020

It's great when the names come naturally like that. My oldest son couldn't pronounce Grandpa so he became "Bee-pah" and Bee-pah he remains to this day even though both boys are adults now.

Aristus

(66,286 posts)

3. She's two and a half.

Reply to Laffy Kat (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 7, 2020, 02:20 PM

Sep 2020

My sister couldn't pronounce 'Grandpa' and so my mother's father became 'Gangy'.

My father's father was a simple "Papa".

Freddie

(9,256 posts)

4. DH was pretty determined to be the traditional "Grandpa"

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Mon Sep 7, 2020, 02:35 PM

Sep 2020

Our grandson had other ideas and christened him Peepaw, and it stuck. For Father’s Day he got a sign to hang on the garage “Peepaw’s Garage”.

SCantiGOP

(13,865 posts)

5. To my oldest grandson,

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Mon Sep 7, 2020, 04:04 PM

Sep 2020

I'm G-Daddy, cause he didn't want to go all out with Granddaddy (and that will be my name if I ever embark on a career as a rapper).

My two twin granddaughters contorted it a bit more, so I am GG-DaDa.
But they can call me anything and it is fine.

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=7c2ffd6c17&attid=0.1.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1657451086215236590&th=170072fb3a71cbee&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ-9CyUcTEa4YU3ocKnxRQSxOtIaASLSPUlXTurimdp0q2xLDlgne5nopQJzu1L-0f5NgwrWAbkr05lc8fMYfRURLatwuk0rgQx-AjRgQOiK1fkU-jtYnUJyweU&disp=emb

SwissTony

(2,560 posts)

6. I'm "Grumpy" to most of my 9 grandkids.

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Mon Sep 7, 2020, 04:13 PM

Sep 2020

I live in The Netherlands and grandads generally go by the name "opa". But I'm not Dutch so that title didn't feel appropriate to me. So, I thought about English language equivalents such as Granddad and Grampa. One of my grandkids had bought me a mug with the cartoon character Mr Grumpy on it. I thought "Mr Grumpy" and "Grampa" were pretty close so I chose for the the name "Grumpy".

Most of my grandkids call me that. My oldest grandchild could say the name but the next youngest (different mother) couldn't quite say it and pronounced it "Blummy". So the kids in that family call me Blummy.

I'm happy with that.

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