What do/did you call your grandfather?

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Posted: 1/23/2009 10:03:47 AM EDT

My oldest son made me a grandfather at 42 yesterday.

Aubrey Madelina

I couldn't be more thrilled. But what are some alternative terms for "grandpa." I just don't know if it suits me. What do/did you call your GP? What do your kids call your dad?

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:06:20 AM EDT

[#1]

When we were young we called my grandfathers "Puppa"

When we got a little older we called them "Grandpa"

Congrats by the way!

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:06:34 AM EDT

[#2]

"did" call him Paul Bob, he is with God and he was my best friend.

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:08:10 AM EDT

[#3]

Paternal grandfather = Granpa

Maternal grandfather = PawPaw.

Now, PawPaw has a whole bunch of great-grandkids now who all still call him PawPaw, so one uncle's grandkids call him 'Daddy Bill.'

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:08:45 AM EDT

[#4]

Gramps.

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:08:51 AM EDT

[#5]

Grandpa suits you because you are and grandpa, get over it.

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:08:54 AM EDT

[#6]

My paternal grandfather was Pa, my maternal grandfather was Pa (last name).

Man, I miss them.

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:09:04 AM EDT

[#7]

Sir... when speaking with him....Grandpa in general terms

ETA....Congrats

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:09:33 AM EDT

[#8]

"Pa Pa" (two words) right up until he passed this Easter.

(My wife swears we pronounce it Pow-pow)

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:10:26 AM EDT

[#9]

Dad's Parents = Grandma - Grandpa

Mother's Parent = Nanny (Her father died when I was 6 months old so I never really called him anything)

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:11:22 AM EDT

[#10]

Opa.

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:11:58 AM EDT

[#11]

Poppa, but when we got older it was shortened to Popps. I miss him to this day.

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:12:15 AM EDT

[#12]

both my gandfathers where dead before I was born so I really can not answer this one

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:12:21 AM EDT

[#13]

Grandad.

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:12:41 AM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
Grandpa suits you because you are and grandpa, get over it.

Lighten up Francis

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:12:45 AM EDT

[#15]

Paternal is Granddad, he is an Optometrist and very formal. Doc by his peers.

Maternal told us to call him Guy. It was weird, but its what he wanted. I guess that was his nickname. I think I'd prefer Gramps when the times comes.

Congrats on new rugrat in the family.

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:13:24 AM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
Opa.

Same here.

RG

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:14:30 AM EDT

[#17]

Pop-pop

And my wife's family used it too, so it was easy for us.

But when we have grand-kids I wanna be Papa Joe and she wants to be Mimi. I know, we're ghey.

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:14:42 AM EDT

[#18]

Grandpa. My kids call my dad Papa when they are young though.

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:14:59 AM EDT

[#19]

Grandpap

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:15:32 AM EDT

[#20]

Both of my natural grandfathers passed away too soon for me to have any real relationship with them –– one before I was born and one when I was still young.

But my wife's paternal grandfather, God bless that saint of a man, treated me like I was his own from the day we met until the day he died. I loved him dearly and really miss him.

I called him "Granddaddy" like all of his "real" grandchildren did, and it fit him well.

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:16:07 AM EDT

[#21]

Maternal Grandfather was Peepaw
Paternal Grandfather was Grandpa

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:16:24 AM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
Opa.

That's it.

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:16:28 AM EDT

[#23]

I don't have one anymore .

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:16:43 AM EDT

[#24]

Either just plain grandpa, or Grandpa Joe/Grandpa Emil.

Both of them, WWII vets, are also gone now.

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:16:54 AM EDT

[#25]

Papa, best man I have ever known, man I miss him. Congrats on the new grand baby.

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:18:47 AM EDT

[#26]

Never knew any of my grandparents

They all died before I was born

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:20:52 AM EDT

[#27]

"Grand-daddy"

Might be an Alabama/Florida thing, though. Dunno.

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:22:00 AM EDT

[#28]

Grandpa............they are both passed on now.

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:22:03 AM EDT

[#29]

pappy

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:22:33 AM EDT

[#30]

Dida.

(Croatian for 'Grandfather'.)

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:23:09 AM EDT

[#31]

When speaking to him, Grandpa.

When speaking about him, Grandfather.

It's a term of respect, accept it and live up to it.

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:24:12 AM EDT

[#32]

Doesn't matter what you want to be called. THe kids will figure it out for themselves, and you just go with it!

I didn't know my maternal grandfather, or paternal grandfather.

My paternal grandmother remarried before I was born, and I called him Grandaddy.
And he treated my just like one of his own natural grandchildren.

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:24:18 AM EDT

[#33]

Congrats, called him pa-paw, then grandad when we got older

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:25:07 AM EDT

[#34]

Grandpa

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:26:42 AM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:
Sir... when speaking with him....Grandpa in general terms

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:28:40 AM EDT

[#36]

I did the following:

Maternal Grandfather - Poppy
Fraternal Grandfather - Grandpa

My kids:

call my Dad - Grandpa
my Stepdad - PaPa

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:29:14 AM EDT

[#37]

Farfar

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:29:44 AM EDT

[#38]

It must be a regional thing, because nobody I grew up with kept their 'kid' name for their grandparents into adulthood. It became Grandpa X, or Grandma Y. Most were instructed to change the name they used. It was another subtle signal of no longer being a kid...

The first time I ever saw adults calling their grandparents "Pawpaw" or "Memaw" was on arfcom.

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:30:42 AM EDT

[#39]

Dado

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:30:55 AM EDT

[#40]

On dad's side was Grandpop

Mom's was Grandfather.

Congrats Sharky!

Edit-Grandma is my only living grandparent(dad's side.) When my grandmother remarried in 1996, he was Grandpa Olon(RIP Grandpa Olon).

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:30:57 AM EDT

[#41]

"Pops" and I was "Popcorn."

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:31:09 AM EDT

[#42]

Father's father = Grandpop

Mother's father (much influence on my life) = Pop

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:31:19 AM EDT

[#43]

Maternal grandfather - Granddad
Paternal grandfather - Poppa

Maternal grandmother - Granny
Paternal grandmother - Nonnie

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:31:46 AM EDT

[#44]

PaPaw

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:32:59 AM EDT

[#45]

Grandpa
served in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.
Passed Dec 7, 2008, man i miss him

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:33:59 AM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:
both my grandfathers where dead before I was born so I really can not answer this one

Same here

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:34:38 AM EDT

[#47]

Maternal grandfather - Ong Ngoai
Paternal grandfather - Ong Noi

(Vietnamese)

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:34:50 AM EDT

[#48]

By the time she is old enough to talk, I believe by law she will be required to call you "Comrade."

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:34:55 AM EDT

[#49]

never had any grand parents.

But I would love to us grampa of gramps.

Posted: 1/23/2009 10:36:03 AM EDT

[#50]

My only living grandfather, and the only one whom I've actually known, is Grandpa Bob.

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