Aging Gen Xers demand to be called Gigi, Mimi or Gaga — anything but ‘grandma’

When Inna Berman learned last year that her 26-year-old daughter was having a baby. She was thrilled. 

But would the Gen Xer be called “granny”? 

As if.

“A grandmother is an old gray-haired lady,” Berman, 55, told The Post. “I’m not a grandmother; I just have a grandchild.”

As Generation X approaches 60-years-old — the oldest members were born in 1965 and turn 59 this year — some member are becoming grandparents. But, in typical Gen X fashion, they’re eschewing traditional grandmother labels for playful alternatives such as Gigi, Mimi, Gaga and Yaya. 

“Nobody wants to be called grandma,” said Jill Hite, a 56-year-old who lives in Fort Wayne, Ind., and has two young grandsons. “Everyone I know is like, ‘Oh, I ...
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