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Aibu to think my DH bought the wrong card?

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nutellacrumpet · 19/12/2015 16:37

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?

Aibu to think my DH bought the wrong card?
OP posts:
HortonWho · 19/12/2015 17:55

More examples of great gran... www.clintoncards.co.uk/search/?q=great+gran

Your DH is right.

tibbawyrots · 19/12/2015 17:59

We used to have to make Christmas cards for all our relatives 🖍

Pedestriana · 19/12/2015 18:01

Don't put "great" in speech marks. That looks sarcastic. I know someone who always used speech marks instead of underlining/bold.

I think the card can be viewed either way, so nobody's wrong or right

GeneralLeia · 19/12/2015 18:09

Never mind who it's for - I couldn't work out the picture! It looked like a big squidgy monster to me. I wondered who'd by such an ugly card.

The heads/noses were big eyes. Please someone else say they see a weird monster. Blush

But I'd have said its for great-grandparents.

EskiDecaff · 19/12/2015 18:18

Although horton if you search without the hypen you get this result, which the comma suggests is for your grandchilds child, I think... Confused

Aibu to think my DH bought the wrong card?
EskiDecaff · 19/12/2015 18:19

www.clintoncards.co.uk/search/?q=great+granddaughter they don't know what they're doing

Original poster
nutellacrumpet · 19/12/2015 18:32

Well, I fell a bit better after reading the more recent response. Seems pretty even split. I do agree that grammatically it maybe reads great, as in good. But I still think the card maker and Clinton's had great-grandparents in mind. Our children are all under 4 so definently no babies on the way! My in-laws are the type to find this funny and not be upset so all good either way :-)

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Egosumquisum · 19/12/2015 18:36

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ConfusedInBath · 19/12/2015 19:08

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Bubbletree4 · 19/12/2015 19:11

Your dh is right although the card is a bit misleading.

Twooter · 19/12/2015 19:14

I think it's deliberately ambiguous. Can't be many people with a complete set of great grandparents so wouldn't think they'd do specific cards for them

Lucylongcat · 19/12/2015 19:14

I'd imagine that a card designed for two living great grandparents would be a bit of a limited market, so I'm leaning to your dh's point of view.

Lucylongcat · 19/12/2015 19:15

Jinx twooter.

MedicalAdviceNeeded · 19/12/2015 19:48

Specific cards are definitely done for great grandparents. I bought one for my grandmother that was a congratulations on the birth of your great grandchild.

TowerRavenSeven · 19/12/2015 21:14

I work for a greeting card company and think he is right. I think it would say 'To wonderful Great-Grandparents at Christmas' if it were for great-grandparent. Usually they don't lump them together either.

TowerRavenSeven · 19/12/2015 21:17

Also the character is called Boofle, it's a teddy bear.

Orda1 · 19/12/2015 21:19

I agree with him. I wouldn't have thought there would be much demand for great-grandparent cards.

BlueJug · 19/12/2015 22:33

Sorry = quite clear your DP is right.
Agree with Euphemia re hyphen
Also agree with others who say that you wouldn't get a card that said "Grandparents "on the front. It would be to "Wonderful grandparents".

Sameshitdiffname · 20/12/2015 06:27

You only need to click the link to see that the card is for 'Great Grandparents'

jorahmormont · 20/12/2015 07:16

I like how people still insist that DP is right when the Clintons page quite clearly states that it's for great grandparents. As in, the parents of your grandparents.

SoupDragon · 20/12/2015 07:25

Perhaps it's because not everyone feels the need to blindly do what Clintons say and are happy to go with what is grammatically correct instead,

Dipankrispaneven · 20/12/2015 07:46

You are quite clearly right. You can tell from the descriptions on the site Horton linked to: if the card says, for example "To a special grandson" it doesn't put "special" in the description, whereas it does put "Great" into the descriptions of the cards for great-grandparents or great-grandchildren.

Even on the basis of grammar (and I'm usually a grammar pedant) I wouldn't buy a card like that for a grandparent, how could you guarantee that they'd read it the same way and not be offended that you were making out that they're a generation older than they are?

SoupDragon · 20/12/2015 07:52

how could you guarantee that they'd read it the same way and not be offended that you were making out that they're a generation older than they are?

Well, I know my parents wouldn't be offended because they aren't twats.

Sameshitdiffname · 20/12/2015 07:54

I doubt anyone would be offended if this offends someone they live very sheltered lives

jorahmormont · 20/12/2015 08:21

But the question was, "AIBU to think my DH bought the wrong card". Technically, the DH bought the wrong card. He bought a card intended for a great grandparent.

So technically the OP INBU, and is right.