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Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:17:27 +0000 Mae on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163888 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:35:54 +0000 Mae 1163888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Danizaur: I think my parents told us that we should call our friend's parents by Mrs. and Mr. whatever unless told otherwise, but I can't remember any parent that didn't say "oh call me Val" or whatever when I'd meet them, even when we were pretty little. Maybe its a midwest thing. artsyfartsy on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163883 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:34:17 +0000 artsyfartsy 1163883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mae: Speaking of the respect/title thing, it's completely unheard of to call someone Mr. Or Mrs. So and so except for teachers. I was never taught to call people that way. It was always first names. I think it's just my area? We keep a lot of aspects of speaking as casual as possible. Sapphiresun on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163873 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:32:07 +0000 Sapphiresun 1163873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yep, still call all my aunts Auntie Name. Some of my uncles that I don't know super well I just call by their names. artsyfartsy on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163872 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:31:38 +0000 artsyfartsy 1163872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I always and still call my aunts and uncles by their first name only. Mrs. Lemon-Lime on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163859 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:26:52 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1163859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Smurfette: that makes total sense. DH has a few God children and I listened attentively the first few times when I was around him and the kids to figure out if I would be Lemon or Ms. Lemon or Aunt Lemon. I'm an aunt. Lol Marfi on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163845 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:21:51 +0000 Marfi 1163845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I do for most of them to their faces. If I'm talking about them to my parents I usually only use their first name. Also the spouses of my uncle and aunt who were married after I was in high school I call by their first name. LuLu Mom on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163832 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:18:09 +0000 LuLu Mom 1163832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ When I talk about them I say Aunt/Uncle, but when I am actually talking to them in person (and always have) use their first name. However, I do call my grandma's sisters Aunt, not just their first name. Maybe becaue they are my grandma's age I use a title? I've never thought about it before (or it's what my mom calls them.) Mae on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163808 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:09:47 +0000 Mae 1163808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Interesting how many people say its a respect thing! I don't feel like my parents ever really used title to convey respect for us. They actually weren't really big on the whole "respect your elders" thing. It was more just--- respect everyone, I guess. :) But adults didn't have special standing for the sake of making it to adulthood. Dandelion on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163783 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:01:56 +0000 Dandelion 1163783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Most of them I do call Aunt and Uncle, but my mom has a younger brother who has kids my age, so I call him and his wife by their first names. chopsuey on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163782 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:01:32 +0000 chopsuey 1163782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yep. I call them aunt/uncle in korean. MrsMac on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163777 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 13:59:47 +0000 MrsMac 1163777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes, I still do. Can't imagine calling them just first names! It's not necessarily a respect thing, just more...part of who they are to me, I guess. lamariniere on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163633 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 13:09:28 +0000 lamariniere 1163633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I do, but I wish I didn't. That said, I only see them like every 5 years, if that. I actually think it is really weird for DS to call his aunts and uncles by their title. With my family, I just use their name. But with DH's family, they have all inserted the title before the name, even though when I refer to one of them I just use their name. Smurfette on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163460 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:18:51 +0000 Smurfette 1163460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Cause I came along after he was born, so he was already calling DH by his name. And I don't feel entirely comfortable with his family. I sign gifts and cards we mail them Aunt and Uncle. I will make sure R calls them Aunt and Uncle. My nephews call us Aunt and Uncle. Mrs. Lemon-Lime on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163451 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:16:13 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1163451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Smurfette: why don't you correct them? By the time my brother came along people in my area started doing the first name thing with adults. My dad didn't mind, but my mom always told children to call her Mrs. Last name. I'd like to think I am young, but even with my favorite cousin's little girls I am Cousin Lemon. MsLipGloss on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163434 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:12:44 +0000 MsLipGloss 1163434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yep! mediagirl on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163432 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:12:27 +0000 mediagirl 1163432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yep! It's a sign of respect and they will always be my aunt and uncle so, I just keep doing it. plantains on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163425 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:10:28 +0000 plantains 1163425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yep, and they will eternally be Aunt and Uncle. It is considered exceptionally rude in my family to call them by first names. Mrs. Champagne on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163423 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:09:36 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1163423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We all still do - and it's kind of funny names too. My aunt is Jane and we called her Auntie Janie. No one else ever calls her Janie other than her nieces and nephews who are now all in their 20s and 30s! mrskc on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163421 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:08:31 +0000 mrskc 1163421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ A mix of both... sometimes they're Aunt "first name" and sometimes just first name. @shopaholic: DH was trying to explain to me all the different Chinese names, and it was making my head spin. anonysquire on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163410 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:05:04 +0000 anonysquire 1163410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I still do. It's a respect thing for me. Smurfette on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163408 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:04:09 +0000 Smurfette 1163408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I still call the Aunt Name and Uncle Name. DH's nephews call us by our name and I hate it. I think that it is a respect thing. Any adults should be Aunt, Uncle, Mrs, Mr, etc. R will call my Aunt Name, the same thing I do. Then my siblings and cousin Aunt and Uncle. SugarplumsMom on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163406 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:03:06 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1163406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yup. In my culture, calling them by their first names would be cold and rude, especially since they used to always be auntie and uncle. Mrs. Lemon-Lime on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163402 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:01:14 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1163402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes, Uncle and Aunt is a sign of respect. Even though we are all adults we are not peers. shopaholic on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163385 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:54:36 +0000 shopaholic 1163385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes. In fact, we just celebrated my grandmother's birthday this weekend, and my mom and aunt were still telling us "kids" what to call THEIR aunts and uncles in Chinese. It gets so technical depending on gender and side of family. I told them "Auntie/Uncle xyz" was about as good as they were going to get, because if we still couldn't remember at this age, it wasn't ever happening. I think "Great-Uncle and Great-Aunt" were too formal, but Uncle & Auntie would suffice. BKCaribBaby on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163362 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:45:20 +0000 BKCaribBaby 1163362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I can't imagine calling my Aunt and Uncle by just their first name. My mother would have never went for that. Alivoo01 on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163337 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:40:35 +0000 Alivoo01 1163337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yup!As @Mrsbells: said, it's a sign of respect. So we call them by their appropriately titled aunt/uncle followed by their name. BananaPancakes on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163318 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:35:30 +0000 BananaPancakes 1163318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I never used "Aunt" or "Uncle." I always used first names only. autumnlove on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163313 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:34:24 +0000 autumnlove 1163313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I do. Adira on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163300 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:31:26 +0000 Adira 1163300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ In person, I just call them by their first names. But in writing, I always write Aunt/Uncle! lovehoneybee on "Do you still call your aunts and uncles aunt/uncle?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-do-you-still-call-your-aunts-and-uncles-auntuncle#post-1163297 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:30:25 +0000 lovehoneybee 1163297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No, I call them shortened versions of their names ("San" for Melissa Ann, "Nan" for Nancy. I do refer to E's aunts and uncles as "Uncle Jesse, Auntie Em, Uncle Ben", etc).