I have friends and loved ones who just outright REFUSE to be called Grandma or Grandpa. I don't get it. What is so horrendous about having a second generation that's been created? I never had to call my grandparents, any set of them, (which I had several, being in a "step" situation), anything other than Grandma and Grandpa. I like to think that none of them felt the need to be set apart as "special" by being called something different than the other set.
Some of my friends say they're just "too young" to be called a Grandma or Grandpa. What a bunch a crap! They didn't think they were old enough to be parents at 16 to 22, but by Gawd they didn't have a damn choice, mommy and daddy were made. Period. So how come, all of the sudden 16 to 22 years later they're given a choice to confuse the hell out of a kid and make up some cute name that makes THEM feel better? Some name that once the kid gets to school they're going to have to repeatedly explain over and over and over to the 90% of other kids who have a "normal" Grandma and Grandpa. Explain to their friends that their parents' parents have serious issues about growing up and being a mature adult who is a part of the cycle of life and actually ages.
Whatever happened to tradition and simplicity? Our generation just seems to have to fuck with everything don't we????
I had a Great Aunt named Boochie. She carried a switch blade and ended up so fuckin' old that she couldn't remember the names of her first two husbands.
ReplyDeleteWell...my great nephew refuses to call my sister Grandma. He is 2 now and has always called her Grandma. All of a sudden he calls he MIMI-OOOOO. What television show you suppose he learned that on, or what foreign language is it? Is he possesed? It's awful cute to hear a little one screaming for his MIMI-OOOOO..... Kari Sledge
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