Aunties and Uncles

I'm 27 and still call mine auntie and uncle. It seems wrong not to, although one of my aunties hates it and corrects me everytime but I can't not do it (she thinks it makes her sound old now I'm all grown up ?)

I don't have any neices or nephews ☹️

I call them both tbh, one of my aunty's I've only ever called by her first name though but I don't speak to them so it doesn't really matter!

My 26year old cousin still calls my step dad uncle mike, it's quite funny

Ooh. er. I don't have that may in this country, the one I do I think I call her 'Tante' (dutch) in a sort of ironic way, and a sort of to give her a title for my little ones.

I'm 30 and I still call my aunts and uncles, auntie this and uncle that. I can't imagine not. Or why I would stop.

My H still calls his Auntie / Uncle, and he's nearly 40. I call his that too. They love it, the oldies hehe.

Ive never had an aunty or uncle so have no idea! And Ive not got nor will have any nieces or nephews either.

I love it too but I'm only 31 ?

Mr Nora doesn't call any of his family auntie or uncle and even winced at the me what I called his auntie, auntie.

Thinking about it i've called my aunt and uncle by their first names since about the age of 16/17. My lovely aunt (now sadly deceased) Rhona insisted that i call her "Rhona" and not aunty any more cos it was making her feel old!!

Aww WT, do you wish you did or not?

My aunties/uncles are so distant that we've never, ever been close but (thankfully) its different with my nieces and nephews. I think I like having them in my life, knowing that I'll never have children of my own.

I've always said I really want to be an aunty but I have no strong feelings about being a mum. I think I'd make a good aunty ?

I dunno Nora, Ive never had them so dont miss them! I had a great aunt and uncle (my grans only sister, and only grandparent to have a sibling) and I have a handful of 2nd, 3rd and 4th cousins, but thats it.

Thats what happens when you come from a family of only children!

Im not into children so nieces and nephews arent something I particularly want anyway.

All thats left of my immediate family is me, my mum and my paternal granny. thats it.

I totally get that. When my sisters began having their family it was almost expected that I would dote on them and want to share in their upbringing but to be honest, it was all a bit much for me. I don't want children, and whilst I don't dislike them, I do find them hard company ?.

Now they are all a bit older, its much easier for me. I get on so much better with young teens.

PHB, the good thing about being an auntie is that you generally only get the fun stuff. The biggest downside is they still cost a bloody fortune ? My dog is so cheap in comparison ?

I don't ever remember calling them Auntie so-and-so, always by their first name. In fact, I don't remember any of my cousins doing it either, always by first name only.

My nephews call me Auntie Lorna, which is nice - except I'm not Lorna. That's their other auntie. I'm Auntie Laura. They're only little though and they do see her more than me, and our names are similar. They used to call Mr Chunk 'Auntie Gareth' too, again because they see Lorna more so thought that everyone was an auntie.

Now I've typed Auntie so much, I'm convined it is wrong.

I'm 26 this year and refer to my auntie and uncles my their first names. I don't know when i stopped calling them auntie or uncle. My nephew calls me x, but my sister refers to me aunty x.

My cousin calls my dad uncle X, which for some reason annoys me. She's 22 this year.

Buttons x

I guess it's a family by family thing. No-one in my parent's families ever uses just first names for Aunties and Uncles, wheras H's family never use the names Aunty and Uncle. When I was younger even my friends parents were aunty and uncle although that stopped when I reached secondary school.

I'm struggling to call my Great Uncle by his first name after he recently decided that it was rediculous that even my 62 year old Dad still calls him "Uncle".

H has an aunty who's 2 years older than him and more like a sister to him. He thinks it's funny to send her cards designed for OAP's with things like "to a beloved Aunty" on them.

I think I stopped sometime in my 20s. It wasn't a conscious thing, it just sort of happened.

I still call my aunts and uncles

auntie em, uncle tommy etc and i'm 34. I wont ever stop calling them that as i think it would be odd.

Do we stop calling our grandparents granny and grandad once we get to a certain age?

I still call my mum mummy sometimes ?

I stopped using aunt and uncle when I was early 20's I think. Mum looked at me a little odd a couple of times but nothing was ever said. I have a 9 year old nephew and he calls me by my first name - I spent ages telling him it was aunty first. By the time he gets the hang of it, I'll be telling him to drop it.

H has 6 nephews and nieces - aged 17-21. At our wedding we sat them all at the same table in front of the top table and they spend the whole meal shouting Aunty Karen ?

I still call them Auntie ands Uncle, wouldn't think not to.