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Grandparents name issues

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BoggledMind Sat 13-Jun-26 19:12:42

I think the OP is perfectly entitled to be known by whatever term they like and the others should respect that. However, I can see how first names could be seen as okay by some. Uncles and aunts are usually first name terms - Uncle Jim, Aunty Joan, for example. But that didn't apply to grandparents in our house. It was grandma or grandad followed by surname.

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Retread Sat 13-Jun-26 19:11:33

Paternal! I'm sure.

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Hilda123 Sat 13-Jun-26 19:10:03

What's a parental grandparent then???

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Farmor15 Sat 13-Jun-26 19:03:25

Probably meant parental!

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Hilda123 Sat 13-Jun-26 18:54:50

What is a partial grandmother?

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Bunnny Sat 13-Jun-26 18:50:14

I am really angry and annoyed by this. The partial grandmother keeps referring to us as gran and and grandad and then using our first names on the end. I have asked her not to do this and also told her son to ask her to stop.
She does not listen and so it continues and my daughter says what the problem it’s not such a big issue. But I think it is and we feel it is disrespectful to us both. Now their children are starting to us this and we are having to correct them which I don’t think is fair and also confusing for them. Also she just likes to be known has nanna.

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