April 20, 201016 yr From the "personal preference" file, I will not be called "pappaw." Believe me when you have grandchildren old enough to recognize and call you by a favorite name you won't care what they call you . You will just hug and kiss them and laugh about it .
April 20, 201016 yr Believe me when you have grandchildren old enough to recognize and call you by a favorite name you won't care what they call you . You will just hug and kiss them and laugh about it . ...and gently correct them until they figure it out. Its "Grandpa."
April 20, 201016 yr From the "personal preference" file, I will not be called "pappaw." ...and gently correct them until they figure it out. Its "Grandpa." I just went through this with my grandson. Kept calling ma Papaw. I would tell him no, I'm Grandpa. He got it after about a month.
April 20, 201016 yr Maam and Sir. Will you require your grandchildren to call you "Lieutenant?" "Chesty?"
April 20, 201016 yr Mom's side -- Mimmom and Grandpa. Dad's parents had passed away before I was born.
April 20, 201016 yr Maternal-Grandmother and Granddaddy Paternal-Mamaw and Papaw My nieces and nephews call my parents Grammy and Poppy.
April 20, 201016 yr In a somewhat related note, I went to school with a guy who called his mom "Dear" and his dad by his first name.
April 20, 201016 yr In a somewhat related note, I went to school with a guy who called his mom "Dear" and his dad by his first name. That's weird. :confused:
April 21, 201016 yr Paternal-- Grandma. Never knew my Grandfather. He passed away 13 years before I was born. Maternal-- Grandpa and Granny.
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