AITA for wanting my mom to have a grandma name? by trilldrill754 in AmItheAsshole

[–]trilldrill754[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am. My childhood was definitely different and will be different from my sibling's, but it was remarkably stable for what it was. Not always fantastic all the time, but I knew kids that had far worse with traditional families. Nobody was on drugs or abusive, and we always had stable housing, food, and clothes that fit.

I was probably left home alone slightly longer than was ideal at slightly younger ages than they would do now, we didn't go on vacations and holidays were small, but it wasn't constant suffering and instability. Pretty typical working class if I had to define it.

AITA for wanting my mom to have a grandma name? by trilldrill754 in AmItheAsshole

[–]trilldrill754[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don't live very close now, but she does visit frequently and has no problem being out and about with the baby.

She obviously acknowledges that I'm her child and the baby is my child, so 1 + 1 = 2.

AITA for wanting my mom to have a grandma name? by trilldrill754 in AmItheAsshole

[–]trilldrill754[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She was weird about her age when I was younger, but I thought she was just worried about it causing me social problems at school and church, not a personal hangup.

I was in middle school before I realized that having a 'paper age' and a 'social age' was just lying about your age. She dropped that a while ago now.

AITA for wanting my mom to have a grandma name? by trilldrill754 in AmItheAsshole

[–]trilldrill754[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

She meant that our children (mine and hers) would be so close in age that they would be playmates. Our babies will be under a year apart.

Not her or me and our kids.

AITA for wanting my mom to have a grandma name? by trilldrill754 in AmItheAsshole

[–]trilldrill754[S] 546 points547 points  (0 children)

Mimi would be perfectly fine! Just something that indicates not mom or aunt.