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Moms: Are your friends "aunts"?
I ask because one of my friends met Collin recently and was referring to herself as Auntie to him. Not that he has a clue what that means, but she wasn't a friend I would consider an honorary auntie or anything.
I have a few close girlfriends I refer to as Auntie to Collin, but they don't live around here and I don't think it will confuse him later when he is old enough to comprehend relatives. Besides, even from afar, they're just as involved if not more so than his actual aunts. I just don't toss it out all the time.
When when we saw my friend over the weekend, I almost laughed out loud when she said to him "I'm your Auntie so-and-so!" She had never met Collin and had blown off or declined more than one invite to come see him over time. It's more of an earned title in my eyes.
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Re: Moms: Are your friends "aunts"?
Even someone I'm VERY close to and would trust with Rhayna's life, I'd not call them an aunt - she's our friend. Its a weird blurring of boundries to me.
Well, if you've ever been to Hawaii, anyone that is 10 years older that you is considered an "auntie" or "uncle". I have been taught to call strangers in Hawaii auntie/uncle if they are friends of the family.
So yes, Jackson will basically call anyone older than him auntie/uncle.
My sister is the only relative aunt N has. I had planned for certain friends to be called Aunt but I definitely cleared it with her first. DH?s aunt hates being called Aunt because all of MIL?s friends were aunt. My sister is cool with the friends I have had forever being aunties. DH?s cousin is Uncle and his fianc? is Aunt.
I?d try to nip it in the bud fast. Gently as possible but without question.
This. We have always followed in the same thing. I am auntie to all my friends kids, and Cam has LOTS of aunts and uncles. Its a respect thing to us. Also, anyone that she doesnt call Aunt or Uncle will be Ms. or Mr.*firstname*. Her daycare providers are Ms. Paula and Mr. Ron.
This, except replace Hawaiian with Chinese.
E has an autie who isn't related to her...my bonus sister (my former step-mom's daughter turned honorary sister). But that was a given considering how close we are. Otherwise, any time I'm introduced, I take the cues from the parents on what to call me. Most of the time I'm just my name, which works.
We've met once or twice..would that make me Auntie Angel?
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DH's birth mom lives in Hawaii and his adoptive mom lives in Hawaii half the year, so we have adopted this philosophy as well. We have TONS of really close friends (mostly DH's) that we refer to as Auntie or Uncle so and so. But casual aqaintences, or more recent friends are not auntie or uncle.
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Not that Lucy can actually call them anything other than some jibberish, but only her actual aunts are called auntie, with the exception of my cousin who is 10 yrs. older than me. She's considered an aunt as well.
Mostly, by the time the kids are 10, everyone is just called by their first name in my family though. I grew up where everyone worked for the family business and you couldn't go around yelling "Mommy" or "Aunt so and so" it was unprofessional. So, even my grandmother is just Jane to me.
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My BFF that watched Tillman from when I went back to work after maternity leave until he was a year and a half always called herself Auntie Sarah to Tillman. Now that I think about it, though, she asked me if she could do that soon after I found out I was pregnant because her only sibling has nothing to do with the family so she doesn't have any nieces/nephews of her own. She was excited to be the auntie of my kid(s).
Besides her, there is one lady at church that he occasionally calls "auntie" who isn't his actual aunt, and that's just because some of Tillman's friends call her that (who are much closer to her).
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Yes a couple of my closest friends are called "Auntie", mainly because they are like sisters to me and will have close relationships with my kids-the same with me, their kids refer to me as Auntie.
I have a real sister who has never even met my kids, has very little interest in them and will probably never have much of a relationship with them. I am grateful that I have good friends that fill that role.
I am a stickler on this too - I reserve Auntie for my sister and sister-in-law only....but I figure everyone will be called whatever he chooses to call them!
...he does have two Gunckles and a my sister's boyfriend is his Bunckle though!
I will openly state that I am a walking contradiction in regards to this.
My BFF of 21 years, who is also C's Godmother, is Auntie. She will probably end up being Auntie *shortened version of her name* because her name is hard to pronounce as a young child.
My sister, H's 2 sisters and my 2nd cousin (who is older than my father) are Aunts as well.
However, it really rubs me the wrong way when MIL and BIL refer to BIL's girlfriend as Auntie A. I cringe every time I hear it. I dislike her so that may be part of it but this is where I contradict myself. A few people are lucky enough to be Aunts/Aunties to C but the one who will most likely end up being family soon, I can't stand being called Auntie.
This. But she will only refer to our Hawaiian family and friends as this and my closest friends. It won't be just anyone.
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This!
Same here!