Aibu to think my DH bought the wrong card?

[nutellacrumpet]

My DH has bought his parents a card from our children, but it says 'To Great Grandparents at Christmas.'

I told him he had bought the wrong card. They are our children's Grandparents not Great Grandparents. He says it means 'Great' as in wonderful, amazing etc not the parents of one's Grandparents. Surely he is wrong and I am right?

[Whatsinaname2011]

I can see both sides to be honest so I'm not sure

[regularrectangle]

Surely great-grandparents would be hyphenated?

[DXBMermaid]

He is wrong and you are right, but it's a sweet mistake to make so I don't think they will mind.

[Finola1step]

He is,wrong but you can make a joke about it.

[UterusUterusGhali]

I think he's right.
If it had said to my/our you would have been right.

I think.

I don't know.

[nutellacrumpet]

Oh... It seems quite a mixed response already. I was expecting almost everyone to agree. So maybe I am being a bit unreasonable then.

[FadedRed]

Definitely you are right, but agree it is a sweet mistake, (maybe you could put Great between speech marks "Great!" with a red felt tip pen [smile) ?

[Curiouserandcuriouser30]

I would agree with you OP, but it is very ambiguous.

[catfordbetty]

Is there a message inside too - any clues there?

[nutellacrumpet]

Euphemia - that is exactly what my DH said.

[nutellacrumpet]

Inside it says 'Wishing you a Christmas that is as lovely as you both. With lots and lots of love.'

So no real clues there.

[AnchorDownDeepBreath]

Euphemia is right. It means great as in good - it's missing a hyphen and would need "my" or "our" to make sense if it meant "great-grandfather"

[pilates]

I would say you are right Nutella.

[Whatsinaname2011]

You wouldn't get a card that said "For Grandparents at Christmas" so I don' think it sounds right "For Great-Grandparents at Christmas" therefore your DH might be right.

It would be for MY grandparents

[AnchorDownDeepBreath]

Ahem, meant grandparents not grandfather. I got distracted by the football

[Madbengalmum]

Sorry OP but i think you are in the wrong here, if your OH was referring to his parents' parents then it would be great-grandparents.
However this card is talking about grandparents who are great, as in positive/good.

[nutellacrumpet]

Oh... I hate being wrong! Looks like IABU then.

[catfordbetty]

I am leaning towards your DH's view. Cards like this always have a adjective to qualify the noun. They never just say "To brother" it's always "To a wonderful brother" or similar. You would not expect to receive a card from your own children that simply said, "To Parents".

[EeyoresTail]

I don't hyphenate Great Grandparents so to me that card would be for the his grandparents from your DD.
So you are right and he is wrong.
Also the Great and Grandparents being in caps while the rest isn't looks like you are correct.

[honeyroar]

I think your Oh is right, but it's not the best worded card, it is confusing!

[SoupDragon]

I think it's ambiguous.

Address the card inside "To our really great grandparents" and laugh about it :)

[IWasHereBeforeTheHack]

I'm with you nutella! But follow Faded's advice - just in case, you know, the recipients thinks you have some, ahem, news to share if your DCs are under 5 then ignore me

A colleague, who had recently married in middle age, got a text from her new DH's niece to tell her she was a "great aunt". She said her first reaction was "That's very kind of her", then the penny dropped - the niece had just had a baby ...

[SoupDragon]

Also the Great and Grandparents being in caps while the rest isn't looks like you are correct.

Look at it again :)

[SoupDragon]

Hang on, I think I misunderstood. I was commenting on it being a mix of capitals.