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Re: Nana
My mother liked Nana. My siblings and I called our maternal grandmother Grammy, so I assumed that's what my mom would want to be called, but she said she hated Grammy. My grandchildren call me Grammy.
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My mom is Mimi because Grandma sounded too old, she was 50 when she became a grandmother for the first time. My grandparents were Grandma / Grandpa but my parents are Mimi & Papa. It's from my sister's-in-law family.I wonder what Alexander and I will use. X's parents are Grandma & Grandpa.
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Old sounding...I was 45 when my first grand-child was born, in fact, the day after my 45th birthday.
I called my parental grandmother Nana, and my maternal grandparents Grandma Becky and Grandpa Jim. This had been well established by other grandchildren, I was one of the younger ones.
I don't mention my paternal grandfather, I never knew him, he died quite young. So I think of him rather formally, as Grandfather Lastname.
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