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I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« on: 26 May, 2024, 01:43:56 pm »
First time grandparent as of yesterday and I need to work how I am to be known.  Grandpa has been taken and I don't feel like a grandad.  I don't have any ethnic background so something like tait or papy doesn't seem right.

Any suggestions?

I'm expecting rudeness so don't worry!!

Tim Hall

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Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #1 on: 26 May, 2024, 01:52:54 pm »
No suggestions but many congrats to you and R (and the proud parents).

Edit: I'm grandad, as was my dad to my children.  I really like being a grandparent.
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Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #2 on: 26 May, 2024, 01:58:56 pm »
Congratulations!

Does it make you feel old?

It'll be a while before the little one calls you anything so you have some time to make up your mind.

Nothing wrong with two Grandpas, Grandpa Russell and Grandpa <Other>.

I am one Grandpa, the other one is Abuelito, but my Granddaughter calls me Grandpa Pickles as opposed to just Grandpa.

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ElyDave

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Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #3 on: 26 May, 2024, 02:02:25 pm »
Gramps, pops, oi you!

Take your pick.

If my daughter has anything to do with it, her kids will call me Dave
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Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #4 on: 26 May, 2024, 02:14:26 pm »
Gramps, pops, oi you!

Take your pick.

If my daughter has anything to do with it, her kids will call me Dave

My grandparents were proudly working class northerners but insisted on being called Grandpa <surname> and Grandma <surname>. There was a massive scene one Christmas when as a very small I addressed one Grandpa as "Eric" (understandable as that's what everyone else was calling him) and he completely freaked out.
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ElyDave

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Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #5 on: 26 May, 2024, 02:21:52 pm »
My daughter calls me Dave as she thinks it winds me up, I don't give a stuff
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Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #6 on: 26 May, 2024, 02:25:21 pm »
Nothing wrong with two Grandpas, Grandpa Russell and Grandpa <Other>.

I am one Grandpa, the other one is Abuelito, but my Granddaughter calls me Grandpa Pickles as opposed to just Grandpa.

Yes, we had Grandpa $Lastname and Grandpa Spikings (as my then-toddler brother dubbed him after his first experience of kissing a man with a beard).  The latter faded over time after he became our only Grandpa.

barakta

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Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #7 on: 26 May, 2024, 02:50:14 pm »
Multiple Grandpas over here, one was "Grandpa", the other was forename only unless old-fogies yelled at us for being disrespectful making him "Grandpa Richard". One grandmother was forename only but interestingly old-fogies didn't yell at us about that. Other Gran was "GranGran" cos she wanted to be 'GanGan' like Queen Victoria and my sister oldest grandchild mangled it. Stepgrandmothers (both married to Richard) did NOT get a grandma title, they were just forename and I think would have shouted at us for anything else (weirdly upper class enough not to actually follow the convention with children and manners).

My nieces get Grandpa+Forename for their biological and stepgrandfathers and while there is now only one left, I suspect that'll stick due to how they're talked-about to them rather than becoming just grandpa. The grandmothers vary with a Nana (now dead), Grannie (my mum, alive and kicking arse) and Grandma (Gail, stepmother to sister and me - I think if my sister could ungrandma her title wise, she would  :demon:).

You can probably have a name you choose and the children or family will end up with a different name entirely.

Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #8 on: 26 May, 2024, 02:51:27 pm »
Papa?

barakta

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Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #9 on: 26 May, 2024, 02:56:57 pm »
My cousins called our joint grandpa "papa" which I think was a Catholic Glasgow influence (papa was also the pope) or my maternal great grandfathers were both Pa Surname (both dead before our Mum/sibs were born, so purely historical).

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Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #10 on: 26 May, 2024, 03:12:18 pm »
My brother-in-law is known as Grumpy*.

*But I’m pretty sure he was also called that before the arrival of his granddaughter.

Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #11 on: 26 May, 2024, 03:13:17 pm »
My father was grandpa to our sons but I did not like this so I am Granda. Rolls off the tongue easily and easy for little ones to pick up. It is for a new generation.

Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #12 on: 26 May, 2024, 03:22:25 pm »
It'll be a while before the little one calls you anything so you have some time to make up your mind.
Although when the parents talk about you to the little one they will use something from very early on; 'wave goodbye to your Grandwhatever' etc so it will get decided (possibly by default) sooner than you think.
Ours have 2 granddads and 2 gramdmas, distinguished by adding the fore name, ie I am 'Grandad Mike' (Sheena absolutely refused to be 'Nana', which I felt was a shame as that was how me and my siblings addressed the mothers of our parents).
Whatever, enjoy yourself. I find being a grandparent is very different from being a parent (As I've grown older I've become much more aware of all the things that can go wrong, which makes my grandchildren very precious).

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Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #13 on: 26 May, 2024, 03:24:05 pm »
Seems I am granddad.
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Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #14 on: 26 May, 2024, 04:07:33 pm »
Gramps, pops, oi you!

Take your pick.

If my daughter has anything to do with it, her kids will call me Dave

Especially as your name is Kieth?

Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #15 on: 26 May, 2024, 04:32:33 pm »
My maternal grandfather was gramp or grampy, the paternal was grandad.

I am referred to as grampy (or is that grumpy?) by my daughter's brood.

orraloon

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Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #16 on: 26 May, 2024, 07:48:49 pm »
B minus ~3 months before I become a....  🤔 I wonder what.

rogerzilla

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Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #17 on: 26 May, 2024, 08:49:00 pm »
My daughters' remaining grandparent is known as Gaga.
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Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #18 on: 26 May, 2024, 08:56:37 pm »
The Person Formerly Known as Dad.

Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #19 on: 26 May, 2024, 09:28:13 pm »
Congratulations, welcome to the club, it's quite fun.

Grandad %Firstname is the option here, making me Grandad Ham and the other one Grandad Pete. That is seems to have morphed a little - I'm mostly known as just Grandad and the other is Grandad Pete - that's the way things work out.

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Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #20 on: 26 May, 2024, 10:01:06 pm »
We are Granddad and Granny Jane , or G&GJ for short.
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Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #21 on: 26 May, 2024, 10:05:33 pm »
I referred to my grandparents by where they lived, so Dundee Granny/Grandad and Cupar Granny/Grandad.
Others do surnames
Some do different names, my Niece refers to my Mum as Gran and her other Granny IIRC, think both Dad and the other are Grandad though.

What ever makes sense I guess

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Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #22 on: 26 May, 2024, 10:22:07 pm »
The Old Gaffer?

I'm known as Granddad Peter and Janet is Grandma Janet. T'other GPs were known as Nana (ugh!) and Granddad John. Sadly they are no longer with us.
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FifeingEejit

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Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #23 on: 26 May, 2024, 10:44:45 pm »
I was always confused by Nan, because it's also the nickname that goes with Anne round these parts.
And I had a (Great) Aunty Nan.

Nan Shepherd possibly being the best known Nan/Anne, I can think of at the moment,

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Re: I'm a new grandparent, what should I be known as?
« Reply #24 on: 26 May, 2024, 10:51:56 pm »
Well, as my grandad said,  "You can call me anything you like. Just don't call me late for dinner."
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