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Hint of sarcasm there Rob_G!!! I like that Tchaik, but wss'nt really in the mood for listening to it,all the way through. Dont know why.
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« Reply #5326 on: 10:12:21, 21-08-2008 » |
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Happy news here....... my daughter-in-law is pregnant! They got married in order to have children (they'd lived together for a year before that), but it has happened rather more quickly than they anticipated. Everyone told us, they said, that it took a while for things to settle down after coming off the pill. Well, it didn't - it happened straight away. They aren't even sure when it's due, but the hospital thinks March. Hurray! I know many/most people are grandparents years before my age (Milly, for instance  ) but it does feel quite surprising and very exciting. I'm thrilled! |
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« Reply #5327 on: 10:15:00, 21-08-2008 » |
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Oh Mary! I'm delighted for you! There's nothing nicer than a new baby in the family. It will open up a whole new world for you all. Christmases will start to be happy times again as well. Wonderful news.  |
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« Reply #5328 on: 10:16:31, 21-08-2008 » |
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Congratulations Mary!!! Granny Mary Chambers it is from now one!!!
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« Reply #5329 on: 10:23:48, 21-08-2008 » |
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Many, many congratulations, Mary.
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« Reply #5330 on: 10:29:19, 21-08-2008 » |
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Will you be Grandma or Nanna do you think Mary? I had to be Grandma because the "Nannas" were swiftly taken before me! I don't mind at all. I love being a Grandma. |
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« Reply #5331 on: 10:30:46, 21-08-2008 » |
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Happy news here....... my daughter-in-law is pregnant! They got married in order to have children (they'd lived together for a year before that), but it has happened rather more quickly than they anticipated. Everyone told us, they said, that it took a while for things to settle down after coming off the pill. Well, it didn't - it happened straight away. They aren't even sure when it's due, but the hospital thinks March. Hurray! I know many/most people are grandparents years before my age (Milly, for instance ) but it does feel quite surprising and very exciting. I'm thrilled! Congratulations Mary - to you and the happy couple! That advice about the pill is really suspect - I know several couple who've become pregnant right after coming off it. |
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« Reply #5332 on: 10:33:13, 21-08-2008 » |
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That's lovely, Mary, I am pleased.
(I never heard of anyone being Nana until as a student I met people from the North. It was always Granny where I came from. I am pleased I have never been called "Uncle", but I can't help feeling that getting children to refer to the adult relations by the first name is a bit off.)
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A time to weep, and a time to laugh: a time to mourn, and a time to dance
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« Reply #5333 on: 10:36:47, 21-08-2008 » |
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Definitely not Nanna. Whether Grandma or Granny I don't know. It will depend on K's mother and what they would like. Either seems quite funny to me! My children always called my mother Grandmother in full, which I'd like, but perhaps K would find it too formal. My sons' relationship with Grandmother and Grandfather was far from formal!
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« Reply #5334 on: 10:44:52, 21-08-2008 » |
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My maternal grandfather was always 'granddad', my paternal grandfather was always 'grandpa'.
For some reason, my grandmothers were both 'grandma' ('grandma in Southwick' and 'grandma in Bromley').
My parents have become, for all my nephews and nieces, 'grandma' and 'granddad'.
But my eldest brother's two refer to their maternal grandparents as 'granny' and 'pops'
And my younger sister's three refer to their paternal grandmother as 'nanny' (best not to ask how they refer to their maternal grandfather - it usually involves scowling and kicking things).
Can't remember how middle brother's children refer to their grandparents.
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« Reply #5335 on: 10:48:09, 21-08-2008 » |
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I like Grandma. Grandmother would be too formal for me. It's also quite a mouthful for a toddler. Some people don't like Grandma because it sounds "harder" than Nanna and they say it makes them feel old, but life moves on apace and let's face it by the time you're a Grandma you're older than the average Mother!  Medical science is pushing motherhood into the grandparent years I know but I'm not sure how great an idea that is. (However, please let's not start an argument about that - anyway there are lots of older Mums at school and they've done me a favour in fact, because anyone that doesn't know me usually doesn't dare assume that I'm a Grandma in case of causing offence. I have a friend who gave birth in her early forties and when someone assumed she was the Grandmother she was devastated.) None of us are getting any younger and I'm just happy that I've survived long enough to attain the status, even though technically I'm a youngish one. |
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« Reply #5336 on: 10:51:08, 21-08-2008 » |
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I am pleased I have never been called "Uncle", but I can't help feeling that getting children to refer to the adult relations by the first name is a bit off.)
I had an aunt who was about 17 when my brother was born, and 20 when I arrived. She refused to be called "Aunt" - she thought she was too young - and we always just called her Elizabeth. The odd thing is that my daughter-in-law also has a sister who will be that age when the child arrives, and she is also called Elizabeth. That's by no means the end of the name coincidences - K's first name is the same as my real one, her surname is the same as my other son's first name, and her mother's first name is the same as my other first name. I think they'd better call the child something really unusual to avoid confusion like this in future . |
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« Reply #5337 on: 11:01:27, 21-08-2008 » |
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I've been Uncle John (usually 'unkeljon' all run together or 'udoodod') from the moment that my sister's firstborn could conceive of such a thing.
Occasionally I'm just 'John' (or 'DON') but more usually I get my full honorific*.
*Why isn't that 'honourific'?
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« Reply #5338 on: 11:03:28, 21-08-2008 » |
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I never heard of anyone being Nana until as a student I met people from the North. It was always Granny where I came from.
I lived Up North, and it was unfamiliar to me too. I didn't hear it until I was well grown up. To me, Nanny or Nana (think Ballet Shoes, Peter Pan) means a nursemaid, not a grandmother. |
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« Reply #5339 on: 11:05:30, 21-08-2008 » |
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Miriam has Granny Sue, Dad, Grannie Linda and Grandpa. (She's lucky enough to have three great-grandparents too.)
"Grannie" and "Dad" are both variants with family history to them.
All four grandparents are absolutely dotty over her - I think you have something wonderful to look forward to, Mary!
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