Living with a person whose name you never knew

So my grandmother has been living with my family for almost 2 years now. And I just realized this morning that I call her "grandma" but I don't call her by her real name... because I don't know her real name.

Do you guys have any experience like this, living under the same roof with a person whose name you don't know?

I didn"t know my dads name tell I was 5 cuz I always just called him dad.

back when my great grandma was still alive (a few years ago), I had never known her name since I never bothered to ask...

It never really occurred to me till I read your question, but as of right now I don't know my great grandma's name or my cousin's... I mean our family never called them by their names, but referred to them by their nicknames. I call my little cousin cookie and my great grandma "abuelita chikita". (It means tiny granny/ sorry I don't really know how to spell in Spanish.)

Oddly I feel wrong for not knowing her name. I'll have to ask my grandma, knowing my grandma she'll tell me the name and a long winded story of abuelita chikitas past. XD

You are a bad person and should feel bad.

I dunno the name of my roommate in college. This is the second semester we're living together lol.

I asked a girl out once last year and I had forgotten her name. She turned me down though...I wonder why?

I know my immediate family members, but beyond that it get's a bit tricky. I'm not completely sure what the name of one of my uncles is, but I do know the name of one of my cousins. But I think I have more cousins, and I don't know the exact number, where they are or what they are called. I have been reassured several times that I've met these people on different occasions, but I neither remember or care. I think I have an aunt. I'm skeptical.

Some of us may call Fakku our second home, but how many of us know each other by our real names, especially that of our closest online friend?

I admit I don't know the names of some relatives, but does it really matter when the relationship is already close-knitted?

At the end of the day, I guess it boils down to how we feel about the situation.

I don't think I've ever experienced not knowing one of my family members names. Though if there's ever those family reunions and you see family you've never met before, I don't know their names.

I have plenty of coworkers where I work around them all the time though and I don't know their names. I try really hard to find out though without actually having to ask 5 months later after having met them. Especially when they know my name.

I know very few peoples names here on Fakku. I have to think hard just to get up to 9 people on here.

A little off-topic, but since you asked, I have been away for training, with no access to the internet.

My grandmother on my mother's side I called mimi and my grandfather papa. I didn't know their real names til I was about 10 or 11. Someone called and ask for her by name and I was like "No but mimi is here." She laugh and said to put her on the phone. I felt like an idiot.

Now that I think about it, I don't know my grandfather's name on my mom's sides name. He was always Pappy. Though, I have more fingers than times I actually have met the man. So, it's not like I've spent tons of time with him to know his given name.

training...?

Are u in the military?

I knew after reading some letters while trying to find my own. Still can't remember who's who through.

yea i used to call my grandma by mama and i didnt learn her name till 5th grade

When I had to met my girlfriend's parents, it was probably just the fact that I was nervous, but I totally forgot my gf's name! I remember thinking, "why haven't they said her name either!? I'd remember it if they just said it! Or have they said it and I didn't catch it!?!" I had to refer to her in pronoun forms until right before we left, when it just suddenly clicked in my head what her name was...

I'll never know what exactly happened inside my head that night... Or how anyone can forget their own girlfriend's name...

After I moved away from my parents, it has happened a few times