oithedad

Ok my mother insist on having my dd call her Mimi. I cany stand it my father is Pops wich is what I grew up calling him no problem there. My mothers major complaint is "I to young to be a grandma" mind you she is 60. When I hear Mimi I think of 2 things The Drew Carey show (with my mother make up habits and mental state not to far off) or the Junkie stripper from the musical Rent. Also it confuses Macey because Me is macey so Mimi is said with her pointing at herself Both of my inlaws are grandma/grandpa and younger then my mom, We havehad fights over this and the using of Aunt. I say it as ANT and think the other pronoucation sounds snobby, the rest of her aunts agree but my mother still say it the "highbrow way". Do I grin and bear it?

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oithedad

ok some spelling errors and work comp wont let me edit cany = cant is the first one I caught

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Mindy

Sounds to me like this is your mom's problem, not yours or your child's. Ask her if she feels your child calling her mimi will change the fact that she is indeed a grandmother. What difference does it make?

LOL and I hate that snobby way of pronouncing Aunt. I say Ant too

Besides, tell her she should just be happy with whatever your DD learns to call her, because it will be her unique way of saying it!

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oithedad

Tried that and failed. I have 2 nephews that already call her Mimi (my sister hates it to). My mother uses the arguement that it will cofuse my nephews if she is called even Grandma Mimi, wich I could stomach. I have offered other traditonal names sunch as Nanny Nana Grammy ect. But she loves Mimi and has the nerve to correct my wife and me when we say grandma around her

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Mindy

Hmmm, not sure, but she sure is being stubborn.

Maybe try to make her feel guilty? Like why should it be all about her and what she wants to be called? Children will be children, and what they learn to call someone isn't always going to be what they want to be called.

Hey, my God daughter calls me Bindi, what am I gonna do? Scold her? Or sometimes she calls me NNNNTi indi (aunty mindy)

I would tell her that when she's old enough to understand then she can ask your child to call her whatever she wants, but now she's learning. And your mom is her gramma so that is what she will call her.

LOL, wish I had better advice

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Trina

Is this really a battle worth fighting? When DH's parents were alive they wanted their grandchildren to call them "Nammy" and "Pa". No one questioned it. I've heard of grandparents called all different things, including Mimi. Personally, I'd let this slide. It's not worth it. If someone is old enough to be a grandparent I think they've earned the right to be called what they want, provided it's not obscene, of course.

FWIW, I grew up pronouncing *aunt* as "ant", because my family is of English roots. However, DH's family is French, and they pronounce it "aunt". It's not snobby at all, it's just the french influence. My kids use both pronunciations, depending on which side of the family the aunt is on. LOL!

Mindy

LOL, that's funny. Baby's girls parents are totally french but say Ant. And my other relatives are totally English and say Aunt.

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Trina

They've got it mixed up. LOL! Regardless, one pronunciation isn't better than the other, they're just different. Getting hung up on trivial things like this just isn't worth the aggravation as far as I'm concerned. Certainly not worth family conflicts.

HappyMomma

IMO, I think it is really up to the child what they want to call their grandparents (as long as it's not indecent. )

My grandparents are Nan and Papa, My mother to my daughter is Meemaw.

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Music-dad

When I grew up, it was Grandma and Grandad on moms side, and Nanny and Pop on dad's.

I have cousins that call theirs Grandma Fryer, and Grandma Frame (last names)...I always thought that was odd and kinda cold. Never would I ever allow that, when K was born I asked mom and dad if they prefered Grandma and Grandad or Nanny and Pop, they was adiment about being G & G....it was cool with me because on mommy's side they are French, so they are Memere and Papere, so no conflict, although Papere was long since passed when she was born.

I think it should be the grandparents decision though.