Sayings for grandparents: what to actually print

Grandmothers and grandfathers want two different registers, and the gifts that work know it. Both are here.

One difference jumps out as soon as you look at what really sells: irony works on grandfathers, warmth works on grandmothers. It is not an absolute rule, but it repeats often enough to be worth knowing. A grandfather gets the joke about fixing everything, about not being retired so much as self-managed, about always being right. A grandmother gets something that says how much she counts.

The second thing to know is that these presents are almost always bought in pairs. If you tell her you have to tell him too, especially when the occasion is an announcement: promoted to grandma, grandpa loading. Those are the two shirts that end up in the same photo and go round the family chat within the hour.

27 sayings for grandmas and grandpas

1. Grandpa
2. Grandma
3. I Don't Snore
4. I Don't Snore
5. Real Grandpas
6. Only The Best Dads
7. I Have Two Titles
8. I Have Two Titles
9. Rookie
10. Rookie
11. Grandpa Loading
12. Grandma Loading
13. Promoted to Grandpa
14. Promoted to Grandpa
15. Promoted to Grandma
16. Promoted to Grandma
17. I'm Not Retired
18. I'm Not Retired
19. My Favorite People
20. My Favorite People
21. If Grandma Can't Fix It
22. If Grandpa Can't Fix It
23. Course Four. Still Smiling.
24. Grandpa Fixes Everything
25. Grandma: If You Don't Eat,
26. Promoted to Grandma.
27. Grandma: Yes to Everything

Two warnings from experience. First, sizes. Grandparents almost always wear a size above the one they claim, and this tee runs close, so go up one. Second, if the line is a birth announcement, check the printed year before you confirm.