Reagan called Nancy mommy.
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When our children were younger, my husband used to refer to me as “mama,” and I referred to him as “daddy.” Now we call each other “granny” and “poppaw.”
My great-aunts and great-uncles did the same. My parents didn’t, maybe ‘cause they divorced.
OT...my mil would call her husband “daddy” and it made me cringe....he was a arrogant brute and not good to his kids so calling him “daddy” was just such nonsense...
When our children were younger, my husband used to refer to me as “mama,” and I referred to him as “daddy.” Now we call each other “granny” and “poppaw.”
Ditto, LOL Except I am ‘Meem’ and he is ‘Papa.’
We are expecting our first grandchild and I keep getting the question about what I want to be called. My husband is papa with my daughter’s dog, lol. They live with us and he is affectionately called the beast because of his size. So that will probably continue.
I’m from the south and all our grandmas were Meemaw, Nana, MawMaw etcetera but hubby says no, no, no to any of those. My sister is MiMi to her grandkids.
My DIL’s mother, who is from Brazil, will be called by the Portuguese word for grandma, Avo.
I can’t believe how much pressure there is to be called some cutsey name. Grandma is fine for me but everyone says no that’s old fashioned.