I had no Grandfathers, and called my Grandmothers Honey (she wasn't the Grandma type) and Nanny Gay (Gay = her last name). My parents are Granny and Papa. My mom is far too young (and looks younger than she is) to be Granny, but that's what she wanted. MiL will be called Grandma.
Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass.
Cordelia ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Glamcookie - Jun 16, 2009 8:53:38 am PDT #24546 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
juliana - Jun 16, 2009 8:55:34 am PDT #24547 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Grandma and Grandpa on one side, Poppa and Nana on the other. I have no idea what my putative children would call my mother.
Jesse - Jun 16, 2009 8:58:26 am PDT #24548 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think my mother would want to be Mémère, like her mother before her, but like her father, Pepere or whatever the equivalent is would NOT work for my father, so who knows.
Jessica - Jun 16, 2009 8:58:46 am PDT #24549 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My mom is Bubbe, my dad is Pa Bill. E's parents are Grandma Pat and Grampa Bernie.
My grandparents are (or were) Granny/Grampa (also Gumpa or Pumpa), Nana/Granddaddy, Grandpa Dave/MiscFirstName. (Grandpa Dave = my dad's bio dad. By the time he died he was on his 5th wife. We didn't see him much.)
flea - Jun 16, 2009 9:03:33 am PDT #24550 of 30000
information libertarian
Oh, my stepmother's parents were Meme and Pepe (add French accents).
I was out cold for the tooth removal. Ver' niiice. Now my nose is back (numb nose = so weird!) but lips still numb, feel a little sore but not bad. Have taken various pills as preventative. All in all just fine. I like pudding, and an excuse to eat lots of it. We'll see if actual pain kicks in eventually.
sarameg - Jun 16, 2009 9:06:34 am PDT #24551 of 30000
My nephews called their other grandparents Mamaw and Papaw, emphasis on the first syllable. I think they just call my parents Gramma and Grampa. Which is what I called all of mine.
The only unusual in our family is my father's maternal grandparents: Mormor and Pomps. Mormor is swedish,but I have no idea where Pomps came from. It has no relation to his given name, or the swedish for grandfather.
bon bon - Jun 16, 2009 9:08:33 am PDT #24552 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
ETA: I am eating mashed potatoes with numb lips. They gave me Hydrocodone! I could become an addict, dude!
Not to scare flea, but I am STILL taking the hydrocodone eight days later. And I said something similar about this on facebook, but I don't know how people with chronic pain do it. I've been trying to avoid taking it but honestly, it hurts! And the vicodin makes me feel better! t /addiction issues
brenda m - Jun 16, 2009 9:08:49 am PDT #24553 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Grandma and Grandpa on one side, Poppa and Nana on the other.
This. (Except, Papa.)
juliana - Jun 16, 2009 9:13:26 am PDT #24554 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
This. (Except, Papa.)
It might have been Papa. He's been gone for a while, so I never really wrote it - just said it. (Chicago suburbs FTW!)
lisah - Jun 16, 2009 9:17:28 am PDT #24555 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
My mom is far too young (and looks younger than she is) to be Granny, but that's what she wanted.
Same with my mom. She suggested it as sort of a joke but it stuck and it suits her.