S/O What to call cousins?

LisaMarisa

My extended family is really close, on both sides.  We see my grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and their kids maybe every other month or so.  Now that my cousins kids are getting old enough to use proper names it seems kind of awkward.  My cousins were telling their son to call me Cousin Lisa, I was like EEK!  Just call me Lisa.  That seems weird to me!

So if you're close to your counsins, how do you handle this?  Aunt/Uncle?  Cousin?  First name only?

hannah&ben

first names only

laura&dan05

I call all of my cousins and their kids by their first name.  If I'm refering to them in conversation and they're not around I may say cousin First Name but that is really rare.

I address my aunts and uncles with that title and their First Name.  At this point I'm sure none of them would be offended if I dropped the "aunt" or "uncle" but I've been calling them by that for so long it's just their name to me.

mrsolsenk12

With my cousins, it is just first name. My one cousin is an only child and so is her husband so her children have no aunts/uncles or cousins. Her daughter calls me Aunt Jessica but she is the only one.

EastCoastBride

Aunts and Uncles, I understand using the "Aunt/Uncle" before their name.  But Cousin?  Uh, no.  I would want first name only.

RoxBride

We just call them by their first name.

All my daugher's cousins call her CC, short for cousin Charlotte.  But they also call me AC for Aunt Catherine, so it works.

gabbeyh

I call my aunts/uncles and cousins just by their first name.  My SIL wants her kids to call us Auntie or Uncle FirstName.  I think taking it to the cousin level seems a bit extreme.

LucyPevensie

First names only. 

crystalgirl

I've always just used first names for cousins, but they may have a legitimate reason for using "Cousin Firstname" instead.  For instance, DS has a cousin named Evan on my side and an uncle named Evan on DH's side.  So, to differentiate, we refer to them as Cousin Evan and Uncle Evan, but we only do this when we're not with them.  When we see either of them, we just use Evan (though I think DS should still say Uncle Evan).

Mouseygail

first name only

desabean

First name.  My cousins have kids that range from 24 to 6 but they all just call me Susan.

Honestly, I think I will feel weird having my friends kids call me anything besides Susan...but I guess that could change.