What will your DC call your friends?

becki777 · July 2009

I've been pondering this one lately....

How do you want your DC to address your friends?

Are any of your friends going to be called Aunt/Uncle even though they are not related? If so, does that make their spouse Aunt/Uncle too?

becki777 · July 2009

How do you want your DC to address your friends? I plan on him saying "Miss Jane" or "Mr. Joe" etc. I grew up saying Mr/Mrs Last name to all of my parents friends, but that seems weird to me now.

Are any of your friends going to be called Aunt/Uncle even though they are not related? Yes, my BFF is called Aunt N. I'm not sure about any other friends. Several of them are close enough that I would consider it, but I don't want to overkill the title so it loses meaning. If so, does that make their spouse Aunt/Uncle too? No, I'm not really close to my friends spouses and they are not close with DS, so I don't see the point.

I also want DS to use sir and m'am. I love that!

Carolina Panther Fan · July 2009

Mr. Joe or Ms. Jane

MrsHughesNC · July 2009

Hmm.... I refer to my best friends as "Aunt H" and "Aunt E." But that's more because I'm "Aunt Jill" to their kids... But I don't necessarily think my DH is "Uncle E." So....I'm not sure! As a general rule, we'll probably just do first names, or whatever feels natural.. Her teachers are "Ms Linda," etc.. but I guess that's different.

ECUGirl2004 · July 2009

It will vary by friend. Most of my friends will probably be called by their first names. My neighbors will probably be "Miss Katie" or whatever. I doubt we'll encourage Nate to call all of our friends "Miss or Mr."

I have one good friend who is "Aunt..." but she really is like a sister to me. She is unmarried (she's gay, actually) but if she ever meets the right woman, I guess Nate will probably have 2 Aunts!

My parents only had 1 set of friends that were Aunt/Uncle to me. I still sometimes refer to them that way, but I usually call them by their first names now. With the "Uncle" it's easier to call him Uncle G because my brother is names after him & it helps to clarify who we're talking to/about.

QCBride06 · July 2009

We have a couple of best friend couples and we already refer to them as Aunt & Uncle. My other friends will be Miss & Mr. I will definitely not have Will calling my friends by their first name alone but I think Miss & Mr "first name" is fine.

mrsNnearly · July 2009

becki777:

How do you want your DC to address your friends? I plan on him saying "Miss Jane" or "Mr. Joe" etc. I grew up saying Mr/Mrs Last name to all of my parents friends, but that seems weird to me now.

Are any of your friends going to be called Aunt/Uncle even though they are not related? Yes, my BFF is called Aunt N. I'm not sure about any other friends. Several of them are close enough that I would consider it, but I don't want to overkill the title so it loses meaning. If so, does that make their spouse Aunt/Uncle too? No, I'm not really close to my friends spouses and they are not close with DS, so I don't see the point.

I also want DS to use sir and m'am. I love that!

Ditto this. I grew up calling everyone Miss (name) or Mr (name) and want DS to do the same. It is southern manners thing and I think it sounds more respectful than just calling adults by their first names.

BlairWaldorf · July 2009

Miss Jane and Mr. Joe.

marryingacoach · July 2009

For the most part we are teaching Ms. Jane and Mr. Joe. My two bff's are aunt and uncle. He also calls some of the guys my dh coaches with Coach Joe.

Temp782982187506089 · July 2009

My BFF up home is Aunt Brittany, but mostly it will be Ms and Mr FirstName. I hadn't really thought about that, but when I was little it was Mr. or Mrs. LastName, like our neighbors were Mr and Mrs Jones, and friends parents were always Mr or Mrs Jones. Interesting...

And I love the sir and ma'am thing. I think that is definitely a Southern thing, because you never hear it in Delaware.

raceyrae · July 2009

Probably just their first names, maybe Ms./Mr. first name although I've never encountered this being used until moving down here.

WendyNC · July 2009

Miss Jane or Mr Joe seems like a meet in the middle approach, less formal than Miss Smith but more formal than Jane

starz080 · July 2009

I think it'll just depend on the person as to whether they're aunt or uncle. I never called any of my parent's friends aunt or uncle. I always used ms. or mr. which is probably what we'll use for the most part.

unc00ref · July 2009

Brooks calls all our friends Miss First Name, Mrs. First Name or Mr. First Name

<3cici<3 · July 2009

I think it's going to depend on each person. I grew up saying "Mr. and Mrs." for most people, but my parents were older than DH and I will be when we have our child, so I don't know. I know most people we're friends with would hate it if we used Mr. and Mrs. Although I can see me using "Miss" a lot because that's common with daycare centers.

My bff will be "aunt" and one or two other people, but only because their child calls me "aunt" and my DH "Uncle."

What's weird is that I have always called blood relatives "aunt/uncle" but my DH does not. He calls his aunts/uncles by their first name and his nieces call him by his first name. I think that it will be different for each side of our family - I refuse to let our child call my brothers/sister by their first name, but I know my DH's sister would HATE being called aunt.

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