https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:09:21 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-222301 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:51:54 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 222301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been doing it with very close friends since these are people that she'll know all her life. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-222290 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:46:45 +0000 Crisark 222290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't but my LO's def do with mine and my exhusbands friends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-222282 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:45:42 +0000 Alivoo01 222282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hubby and I both do, and our LO's will too in the future. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-221352 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 16:09:01 +0000 mrsjyw 221352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did with a few of my mom's few gfs... And our LO(s) will with our close friends as well :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-221349 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:54:51 +0000 rawrasaur 221349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did not and my kids won't as well. Not only am I not a fan of it, we don't have any close enough friendships and we have a large enough family that they aren't missing out on having actual aunts and uncles around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-221346 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:32:23 +0000 MegWag 221346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My G'ma and Papa's best friends were our honorary "Aunt Ginny and Uncle Alan", but that was it. Some good friends of ours call us Aunt and Uncle.<br /> Honestly, though, my husband isn't a fan. My best friend refers to herself as "Aunt" and it really irritates him. I think mostly because his sister is dead, so the idea of someone else being called Aunt bothers him. Also, he remembers certain people being fake Aunts and Uncles when he was a kid and found it very confusing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-221339 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:49:04 +0000 cyndistar3 221339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I disn't ever talk to my parents friends but we have two friends that are married that our daughter calls aunt and uncle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-221253 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:42:13 +0000 littlebug 221253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most were just Mr. or Mrs. Lastname. The only one we called Aunt was my mom's best friend from grade school. And only because she insisted. I think we'll raise our kids to call our friends Mr. and Mrs. Firstname. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-221248 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:34:45 +0000 Grace 221248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. My parents didn't like having honorary aunts and uncles. I think it would be nice and I would try it. Thing is, many of my friends have tried to give me the aunt title and I don't think there's a single kid that it stuck with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-221221 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:13:02 +0000 chopsuey 221221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't call anyone aunt and uncle if they weren't related to us..<br /> LO calls my friends aunt X and aunt Y, DH's friends uncle this and that. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-221211 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:05:35 +0000 sulli301 221211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't, but DH did &amp; we will have DD &amp; new baby do so with special friends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-221144 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 05:38:23 +0000 lilteacherbee 221144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't as a kid, but our LOs will probably have a couple of "uncles" (DH's friends) because DH is an only child and his close friends are like brothers to him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-221121 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:31:47 +0000 Jasmin 221121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yea, I did... it's common in Filipino circles to call everyone your parent's age "Auntie" and "Uncle" :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-221115 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:18:51 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 221115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we always called my parents' best friends from high school aunts and uncle. In fact, I didn't find out until middle school that we weren't blood related!</p> <p>I have one close friend that DD will probably call aunt, but she is actually DH's cousin through marriage so it isn't that weird to call her aunt anyways! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-221111 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:12:30 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 221111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Some of them. We are doing this with all my cousins and most close friends. Mr superhero started it :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-221075 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:01:49 +0000 lovehoneybee 221075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My stepmom's best friend and her husband were "Aunt Gayle" and "Uncle Freddy" but that was it. McBebe will probably have lots of "Aunts" and "Uncles" among our friends, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-221061 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:23:32 +0000 matador84 221061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't as a kid, but all my close girlfriend are aunties! Some friend even signed their cards to me for gifts as "auntie so and so" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-221044 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:49:23 +0000 prettylizy 221044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't have any honorary aunts or uncles, but LO will. My BFF and her hubs are aunt and uncle, our kids are 'cousins'. As soon as she got pregnant, I told her that I'm demanding auntie status! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-221035 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:40:55 +0000 DigAPony 221035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't, but I had lots of aunts and uncles close by. I'll probably refer to my two closest girlfriends and their husbands as aunt and uncle when I have kids, especially because my husband has one brother and I'm an only child, so my kids won't have lots of aunts/uncles/cousins. </p> <p>I've always called my aunts, uncles, and parents' friends by their first names, though, and I'm sure my kids will do the same. I think it's unnecessarily formal to use Aunt/Uncle ______ or Mr./Mrs. _____. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-221010 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:07:53 +0000 Smurfette 221010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't. Some of our friends now call me Aunt but some Mrs. Since I have such a huge family, I will probably go with Mr and Mrs since they will have enough aunts and uncles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-221007 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:04:35 +0000 Sweet T 221007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom had a close friend growing up that I referred to as Aunt X and her husband was Uncle X. They were the only ones though. We have a friend that we refer to as Uncle to LO. They love each other! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-220974 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:16:46 +0000 kokobee 220974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i didn't but we refer our friends as auntie/uncles for LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-220971 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:10:40 +0000 hilsy85 220971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't...I'd like to have LO do that, but I'm afraid that my sister would be offended/hurt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-220964 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:54:37 +0000 mediagirl 220964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't. I called all of my parents friends Mr and Mrs last name. Haha. I won't be making our lo do that. I'll let my friends decided what they want to be called. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-220943 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:14:26 +0000 banana 220943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, we do. It seems nicer than just having him call my friends by their first names. My friend's daughter calls my husband by his first name and it feels kinda weird for some reason. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-220942 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:12:46 +0000 birdofafeather 220942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i don't remember, so i guess no. i think that our LO will. our friends who live in hawaii call us auntie and uncle to their kids and it kinda sticks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-220935 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:06:40 +0000 Rubies 220935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hubs did (I guess it's a Chinese thing?)...We do with LO, even to our non-Asian friends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-220924 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:01:05 +0000 BoogieBea 220924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents made me call everyone "aunt" and "uncle" in chinese but it was just aunt and uncle (in chinese) without their name. So everyone was just aunt and uncle, which made it easy for me I guess because I didn't have to remember names. Now, we also tell LOs to call friends aunt/uncle, but with their name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-220917 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:53:34 +0000 WALLAROO 220917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did and I think our LOs will do the same. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/calling-friends-aunt-and-uncle#post-220907 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:44:39 +0000 LemonLong 220907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't, but I had something like 22 real aunts and uncles already (not counting great aunts/uncles!). My husband's best friend is already referring to himself as "Uncle Andrew", and though I don't love it, if that's what he really wants our LO to call him I won't make an issue of it. </p>