ם Name My Family

So I was eating dinner with my mom and two of my three sisters last night, and somehow the topic of “grandparent names” came up. We’re all familiar with the standard “Grandma” and “Grandpa,” the ever-popular “Mom-mom” and “Pop-pop,” and I even had a “Nana” and a “Grandpa Joe.”

But let’s be honest, these are boring.

My mom has always wanted to be Nonna (Italian for “grandmother”), and that’s just fine by me. But what will my children, nieces, and nephews call my father (who, just for your reference, strangely and notably looks just like this man)?

I propose “Jeepers.”

I think taking the kids to Nonna and Jeeper’s house will be the most adorable/hilarious thing ever, and my two younger sisters and my mom agree. However, my older sister, always a stick in the mud, is refusing to have her kids call him Jeepers.

Who’s right, me or my sister? Let me know what you think. But only if “what you think” is that I’m right and that Nonna and Jeepers are the best grandparent names ever. Thanks.

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