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What's in a name

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Llamedos13 Wed 07-Dec-16 12:54:01

My sil finds it impossible to call me by my name, we get along great and I have asked him often to use my name but he says he simply cannot call me by name, possibly due to his upbringing where he was always made to call adults Mr or Mrs.Now that I am a granny to my dd and his grandson he calls me granny.Just wondering if any of you out there have the same issue.

Marmight Tue 20-Dec-16 20:21:21

I'm not called by my given name which is just as well as I hate it. I never called my PiLs anything. I just couldn't manage it but obviously they became Grandpa and Grandma after the children arrived which was a relief. DH called my parents Mother and Father which they and I found hilarious. My sons in law call me by my Christian name (not the horrible one!) and the girls do the same to their PiLs. I object strongly when some whippersnapper on the phone trying to sell me something I don't want, says, 'I may call you '****y' can't I'. . I always say no you may not!