Choosing what to be called as a grandparent

MrsE_2

They all sound so old!!!!

I don't want to be called any of them.

shellsuit

I called mine Nan and Grandad. (Nanny when I was little)

The kids call theirs, Nan and Grandad. (Same again, Nanny when they were little)

OH called his Grandma & Grandad.

With the arrival of the new little man, we received a card from OH's Dad & stepmum, and it was signed from 'Nanna & Grandad'.

When and if the time comes for me, I'd just like to be 'Nanny' and then 'Nan' as they get older too.

KimYeovil

Class is the determining criterion, not age. If there are both 'nanas' and 'grandmas' in your family then there must be some interesting social mobility tales to tell.

MrsE_2

KimYeovil wrote: »

Class is the determining criterion, not age. If there are both 'nanas' and 'grandmas' in your family then there must be some interesting social mobility tales to tell.

Can you expand?

KimYeovil

MrsE wrote: »

Can you expand?

As the balance of suggestions from other respondents is overwhelmingly one-sided I fear it is not advisable for me to expand. Then again, with inverted snobbery being so prevalent these days they could well take my snootiness as a badge of honour.

Janepig

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

You could go Welsh and be called Nain (prounounced a bit like like the number 9) and it means grandmother.

Only if you're from North Wales. If you're from South Wales it's Mamgu.

Jxx

Spendless

MrsE wrote: »

Can you expand?

She means that those calling their grand-parents 'Nan' or 'Nanny' are likely to be working class. However regions play a part in this too. You are far more likely to find a grandmother being called Nanny where I live regardless of social class than if you live in a different part of U.K.

My London born mother used the term Grandma to her own grandparents (because she called her the term more familiar to the area not to do with her class) and answers to Nanny from mine and my sister's children as she moved to Yorkshire as a child.

phunkles

As a child I had
A Nanna and a Grandad (occasionally called gramp)
A Gran
A Pop and Old Nanna (My mums grandparents)

Kaz2904

When I was pregnant with DD, my sister decided that my Auntie should be called Nanny and my Uncle should be called Bampy (We were raised by them and they are more like Grandparents than my blood parents).
DDD could never say Bampy and has always called him Bumpy. This went down very well with everyone except Bumpy as he has always been a little large and we all called him Hummick when we were children!
Subsequent children have just followed suit.

naughty_10382

fernliebee wrote: »

Somebody recently told me that mum's parent's are traditionally grandma/ grandpa, and dad's mum and dad are nan and grandad.

Our family had this the wrong way round then!

Dad's parents were Grandma and Grandpa
Mum's dad was Grandad and mum's mum (although she died before my mum had children) has always been referred to as Nanny.

Think I'd rather be Grandma when and if i have grandchildren!