to ask what grandparent names you use (in light of frustrating lunchtime experience)

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So what happened was, among the 17 or so other jobs I was trying to squeeze in to my lunch hour, I had to buy two "Grandma and Grandad" cards for DD to send. Yes she would normally take care of this herself and will no doubt pay me back for them, but she is at school all day and there is a particular urgency for one of the cards. It needs posting soon and we want to put it inside our card to save on stamps.

Anyway I found the relevant section only to be confronted by a plethora of cards to "Nan and Grandad" or "Nanna and Grandad". I scanned the rack in growing frustration but the only "Grandma and Grandad" I could find was a large letter size so would have to be posted separately, which would cost nearly as much as the card itself. (Well I was in Card Factory)

At last, when I was about to give up in despair I found just one card of the right size for people with Grandmas not Nans or Nannas. So with at least a dozen choices for this Nanna person there was only one large and one small design for Grandma.

Now this I find hard to understand. I don't know anyone who has a Nanna. Seriously, among all my family, friends and acquaintances I can't think of one whose children say Nan or Nanna.

This being the case why would the shop have so many cards for her? I suppose one answer might be that there are hardly any Nannas only Grandmas so they have sold out of Grandma and are stuck with a lot of Nanna left on the shelf. But surely these shops aren't stupid and would stock what they have a market for?

So, in my long-winded way, I thought I would ask on here what names you all use for the grandparents so that I could tell whether IABU or Card Factory are. That's it really.

My Mum and step dad are Grandma (often pronounced Granma) and Grandad.
My Dad (who in all fariness they never see so it doesnt really matter) is Grandad.
My (now ex ) stepmother WAS Gran to my eldest-but since my dad did the decent thing and divorced her we havent seen her for years.
My MIL and FIL are Nanny and Grandad.

I hate the phrase Mammar for Grandma-it makes me shudder.

We are Yeye and Nainai to my two delightful half-Taiwanese step-grandchildren. They also have a Nana (English)and an Ama (Taiwanese). I have decided to stay as Nainai to my new grandson (DD's),so I can have the same name for all my grandchildren, which also frees up Granny, Grandma etc for XH's wife and DD's ILs.

Both our parents are grandma and grandpa which is the norm around here. My parents would pass out if anyone called them nan or grandad as they consider it "common" their words not mine. I have never come across a gran or nan but there are a few nanas and one granny amongst the families we know but the male grandparents are always grandpa.

My parents are Amma and Babba - traditional names make them feel old!
and DP's are Grandma and Grandad, they have no such concerns.

But I really cannot stand cards that specify your relationship with the receiver - I don't see why they can't all just be pictures and you pick the most appropriate one. Give me 'blank inside for your message' any day!

I had two Grandmas and a Grandpa and a Granpa (or "my Granpa" as he was known to me - he was brilliant ) When I was teeny it was Grandma (DM's maiden name) and Grandma (DF's last name) first names were not for the likes of children...

Another one here with a MIL who went with Grannie - she hates nanny cause that's a paid job and she's not paid to be a Grannie! PIL finally settle on Grandad - he didn't want to be called anything at all and DS just decided that was what he was going to call him and it stuck.

I am a grandma and very proud of it :)

Nanny and Grandad here - have struggled to get cards that say Nanny in the past so have had to settle for Nana, which is not what either of them are called so UANBU.

We have grandma and Poppa and Nanna and grandad. We also had a great-grandma and a Nan (my grandma)

Granny and Grandad here (their choice), although DS's first attempts at saying it came out as Ganjy and GaGa which I sort of like

Can anyone answer how Nan is a derivative of Grandma anyway? We've got Mamma, Grandad, Nana, Pa, and Grandad (name) (MIL's ex)

Sorry Peppa, guilty of reading only the top few (most recent threads)

Its more odd now as I called my Dad's parents Nain and Taid, and my Mum's parents Gran and Grandad - now my parents have chosen to be Gran and Taid - and it just isn't right as a combination!!!

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(baby brain!)

From wales so i geuss we are a little different...kids have Nain and Grandpa and a Taid and Grandma...v confusing for all!! Don't see much of one set...highlighted by DD once asking when going to see taid...will the mummy one who liveswith taid be there!!!!

my mum is grandma (Manchester) and my MIL is Nana (leeds)

I'd never heard of Nana before I lived in Leeds

her sister lives in Beford and is Nannie

both grandads are grandad but tend to get called 'grandma's grandad or Nana's grandad' when we are talking about them lol

We have usually had trouble getting grandma and grandad cards. This year there seems to be more. But we can't get nanny and grandad (for MIL and FIL) this year. My mum likes grandma because she says a nanny is a paid childcarer. MIL thinks grandma is old sounding. DH is from the south though. Is it a regional thing?

Wilf calls my Mum Graggy(Granny)!!!!!!!!

My son, 13 weeks, has a nanny and grandad (dh parents) and a grandma and grandad ( my parents) but I tend to call my own grandma grandma and that confuses my hubby.

I'm from the South. Dad's (Southern) parents were Gran and Grandpa, while mum's (Northern) parents were Grandma and Granddad.

The PIL are Nanny and Grandad. They already had GC before ours were born. I can't abide Nanny, and will insist on Grandma if I ever have any gc.

Beanbagz, do I know you? One of my friends says niblings for nieces and nephews.
My mum and dad are Granny and Grandpa, my DP's mum is Nanny.

All my DS's grandparents choices surprised me.
My dad is Grandpa, which I think is endearing but quite old sounding.
I thought my mum would want to be gran, like her mum, which was unusual when we were growing up, but she chose grandma
And mil is gran, which I don't like because my gran was so special and I like to think of her as a one off

Oh, my brother thought he had invented nibbling! I won't tell him he didn't- he'll be really disappointed!

Interesting - are Nain and Taid also Welsh, and how do you pronounce them? DH called his (Welsh) grandparents Mamgu and Datgu (but pronounced Mam-gee and Dad-gee) - I was v surprised when I saw them written down.

I have a Grandma, a Gran.

DSs have a Grandma and a Nanny. It was their choice.

Grandad for all

Mine have a granny and a nanny. Even more hard to find

Granny and Grampa here. I think Granny is the commonest title in Scotland with pockets of Nana and Papa in more working class areas. Grandma would be seen as trying to be posh (and my mother is another who would think Nana a bit common).

Now, do you say Santa or Father Christmas...?