Mine was the formal family. My grandparents were known as
"Grandmother and Grandfather." Bleh. That's a mouthful when you're a
kid. But we didn't see them often and it was only awkward once every
few years. My kids call their grandparents "Grandma and Grandpa."
Original! It took my parents awhile to get used to their new names; my
dad especially failed to respond on more than one occasion when someone
addressed him as "Grandpa."
But I hear kids all over addressing their grandparents by all sorts of other names: Grammie, Pop-Pop, Nana, Meemaw, Paw Paw...
Ugh.
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