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kofmkg
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How will you refer to your friends when speaking to your child?
kofmkg
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I was raised to refer to adults as Mr. or Mrs. ________________. As I grew older, these adults would indicate whether I could call them by their first name or by another preference.
Some of my friends have already referred to themselves as Miss First-Name or Auntie First-Name when talking about what our kiddo will call them. None of the guys have indicated a preference.
When the time comes, how do plan to refer to your friends (guys and gals) with your LO?
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Re: How will you refer to your friends when speaking to your child?
Ms. and Mr. First Name
I hate when people refer to friends as "aunt" and "uncle".
This might be a regional thing? They'll call my friends by their first names, I'm pretty informal though and so are my friends.
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Mr and Mrs. First Name for good friends. Mr. and Mrs. Last Name for acquaintances.
Several of our good friends with be Auntie ____ or Uncle ____ but that is our decision - I wouldn't want someone deciding to be called Aunt or Uncle for themselves.
Probably Mr and Mrs/Miss first names or aunt/uncle for super close friends but I don't have any close by so I don't think we'll use it.
Dh doesn't call his aunts or uncles using Aunt or Uncle and I really want to make sure that our kids call their aunts and uncles using that surname.
I'll teach her to say Miss [first name] and Mr [first name]...but DH calls his aunts by their first name so I doubt he'll enforce using a salutation.
Calling my aunts by their first name only sounds weird to me....
Wow. NEver thought of this. LO will call our friends by their first names. I would never expect our friends' children to call me miss anything.
We are not a very formal crowd.
There are a few LO may call aunt/uncle on occasion but I won't enforce it.DH and I are both only children so they won't have 'real' aunts/uncles.
I would say when they start to have their own friends (from school) those kids parents will definately be Mr and Mrs. as well as any teachers etc.
As far as MY friends...whew this can be tough b/c I have 5 "buddies' and although I'm sure each one thinks they're just as important as the other there are really only 2 of them I would consider putting Aunt in front of which obviously would raise eyebrows...sooo as far as DH and my friends they will probably just be their first names.
Family if they are an aunt or uncle now - they are definately going to be called that. DD's godparents are my husbands cousins so they are even being called aunt and uncle for the purpose of respect and distinguishing them from all the other other cousins (which are about 20 of them). Family friends who were my godparents were also called aunt and uncle to show they weren't just any other people.
This.
I have a few friends that DD calls Auntie & Uncle so-and-so. I don't have siblings, so these people are basically my family.
With others, it's basically their preference - Ms./Mr. so-and-so or just first name.For existing close friends it will be first names. As we meet new people it will be "Mr and Ms Lastname" until told otherwise.
I always called adults by their first name (unless doctor, teacher, etc).
I will have my kids call their aunts and uncles by their first name - just aunt___ and uncle ___ sounds odd to me. And I won't let any of my neices or nephews call me aunt.
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Our DD calls all of our friends Mr.__ and Mrs.__, except for her Godfather, who would rather be called Uncle____.
I grew up on the west coast, and never used Ms/Mr unless I was referring to teachers. It wasn't until I moved to Texas and was exposed to other military families that used the titles, along with "Sir" and "Ma'am" and I absolutely fell in LOVE with it. I think it's FANTASTIC when young children can show those kinds of manners and respect, so I will definitely be instilling those titles in my children.
The only Aunts and Uncles my LO will have will be by blood, but I completely see the reasoning for others using these nicknames for very close family friends.
I guess we're just very informal... LO will call our friends what we call them: by their first names.
I have never called my aunt "aunt _____" I just call her by her first name. I don't imagine LO will refer to my brothers and sisters as aunt/uncle ____. Especially since one of his uncles is only 2 yo. DH is an only child, so that won't be an issue.
Same here. A kid calling me Mrs. Lastname would make me feel like an old lady, but I'll let adults decide that for themselves.
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Our LO will ABSOLUTELY say "sir" and "ma'am" but not Mr. or Miss. for friends. DH and I both say sir and ma'am a lot, so LO will probalby just sir ma'am or sir if a Mr. or Mrs. is required.
When he gets older though we will teach him Mr. or Mrs. when meeting new people, taking a girl out on a date (omg! seriously?!? SCARY), doctors, teachers, etc.