grandfathered in

To include a subject in some sort of plan or policy under old rules, terms and/or conditions, usually because new regulations may exclude said subject. After a rule change, new rules and regulations apply to new members (the new rules could in fact say "no new members"), unless the members were "grandfathered in" (e.g. old, existing subjects who became members before the rule change), in which case, the old rules still apply.

Learnthespanish.com began charging a fee of $5.00 per month starting in November of last year. Members who established accounts on their websites before then however, were grandfathered in, which means that they can continue to use their services for free.

grandfathered in by Tatertoot July 27, 2016

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Grandmothered In

Used to describe the phenomenon where a middle aged or older man continues to stay with his wife despite the fact that if he were single, he wouldn’t give a second look to women his wife’s age. From the wife’s perspective, she has effectively become grandmothered in.

“I should have never left him. Sure he wasn't perfect, but now I’m stuck dating these viejos. I didn’t realize that I was grandmothered in.”

Grandmothered In by funky ls September 3, 2010