Tinkerbellarella: My daughter loves Rock of Love. She said I would too if I sat down and watched it. I only saw bits and pieces. Now as for I Love New York, she makes me sick. My daughter liked to watch that one too though.
UGH. I CAN'T STAND New York. She's skanky and 12 other words that mean the same thing and worse that cannot be used on the DIS. Her show is so far beyond a train wreck that I quite literally can't watch. Same thing with Flavor of Love. Well, that and Flavor Flav irritates the living carp out of me.
Rock of Love, though...can't. get. enough. LOL
I can see my oldest (9 next month) is showing my former bratty tendencies. I wish my mom was still alive so I could apologize.
I still have my momma and I've been apologizing since I turned 21. I'll be 29 in October. LOL
Ok, on that note, here's an odd scenario for y'all! Help me out here... My dad remarried almost 2 years ago. His wife is very nice, I had met her a few times prior to them getting together. But, since they live in Florida, we don't see her very often at all (my dad flies up a couple of times a year, but just him due to her work schedule). WE (kids and I) refer to them as "Grandpa and Judy." However, when he's here and talking to the kids, he always refers to her as Grandma Judy. They know who he's talking about but they never refer to her as Grandma, so it's always kind of uncomfortable.
To me, being a Grandma implies a relationship. I'm not even close to her myself, never mind the kids (again, mostly due to distance, but in some ways because I will just never think of her as a step-mother and thus I don't think of her as my kids' grandmother....She's my dad's wife. Period.). She has biologial grandkids of her own, so it's not like she's lacking here. I don't want to make a stink, but I'm not comfortable with bestowing the Grandma title on her, just because she's married to my dad. Does that make sense?? The older two boys remember my stepmom as their Grandma on that side, which adds to the confusion.
What would you do?
[what would any of you do?...to bring back, witty Jack?...... Sorry, couldn't resisit!!]
Ok, so let me share my situation and see if it helps you at all:
My dad's parents split and remarried before I was born and so my whole life I had THREE sets of grandparents, all of whom I knew as either:
1.) Mem and Pep (my mom's parents)
2.) Grams and Gramps (my dad's mother and step-father)
3.) Grandma and Grandpa (my dad's step-mother and father)
I never knew them as anything else.
However, a few years after we lost my dad's mom to lung cancer, my gramps (my dad's step-dad) started to date. He's really only had two girlfriends since my gram's passing and we called/call each of them by their first name. Granted, we are all adult grandchildren, but still. As much as I adore Nancy (his current girlfriend of at least 5 years), no one can replace my grams. Nancy knows that. She respects that. She knows just how much my gramps adored my gram. She thinks it's wonderful and in no way shape or form does she try to assume the role. In actuality, I think she'd be uncomfortable if we tried calling her grandma if they were to ever get married. She has a son and just recently became a biological grandma for the first time herself.
I think each situation is very unique and you truly have to do what makes you the most comfortable. However, I also feel strongly that a title doesn't necessarily represent feeling. Just because you don't call her grandma, if it's something you're not comfortable calling her or having your kids call her, doesn't mean you don't care about her. Maybe that's something you should discuss with your dad. Like I said, I LOVE Nancy. She's a wonderful person. And it has nothing to do with the fact that I do or don't call her grandma. It's just, for me, my grams is 100% irreplaceable and I personally couldn't bestow that same title on someone else.
My ticker now starts with "1 month...." !!!!!!!!
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A few short
weeks?
Surely.
You mean days...
I will respond when I get back. On my way to my daughter's road test now. Wish her luck.
Best of luck to you and your daughter!!!
It's been three years for me and I think of calling her for so many things. Not just the big events in my life, but for help with recipes, just to vent, or ask questions about what I was like as a kid. "Did I drive you crazy this much?" is tops on my mind. 
) we decided we would just call his wife by her name (for many reasons, including the relationship one you mentioned.) It's your kids, you can decide who is their "Grandma" or not. 
Such as she would pass a speed limit sign that said 25, she would drive 25 and he would tell her to pick up her speed. I have never heard of that. I told her that is not normal and on her next test to still drive the speed limit. Not to assume the next instructor wants you to drive over the speed limit.
). I lived in Andover. The closest DMV was Lawrence, so most people went there. However, at one point, someone I know decided to go to Haverhil. Word got out FAST that Haverhill was easier!!....and the people behind the counter were NICE! 
So, I went for my road test in Haverhill. No parallel parking! I did have to stop on a bit of a hill, then back up 50 feet, then execute a 3-point turn (I'm convinced that's a lost art....most turns I see involve a minimum of 5-points!). Drove around a bit, turned here and there, and done!
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