Weddingbee Blog

Not even an issue - we’ll be married before there are any kiddies in the family! There are no young’uns yet since I’m the oldest child in my family and my fiance is the oldest in his. So none of our siblings are quite at the child-bearing stage just yet.

We would like to be Auntie Laura and Uncle Chris though

It’s all about the Breen today isn’t it!

I am Aunt Anooduh. Sometimes they slip and actually call me Miss Anooduh like their teachers at pre-school. Sometimes they just call me plain ole Anoooduh

I’ve known my FI’s sister for years and, therefore, his neice and nephew since they were born. They’ve always called me “Miss Lucy” and my FBIL has said that I’ll always be Miss Lucy. It’s kind of sweet, actually.

We only have one little one between our two families and that’s his nephew. I’ve been there since he was born but he’s never been able to pronounce my full name, so it’s been shortened to “Tina”. And now when his mother is speaking to him and refers to me, she calls me “Auntie Tina”. But in his 3-year old mind, I will always be just plain “Tina” and that’s fine with me!

We only have one niece right now, my oldest brother’s daughter and also one of our FGs. She picked up calling FI Uncle like it was second nature; she is five years old. We have a nephew coming in August (also from my oldest brother), so FI and I will already be married at that time and he will grow up knowing us as Uncle and Aunt.

no nieces or nephews to speak of, but my cousin’s daughter (what would that be? something once removed i guess) calls me just by my first name but she calls my FH “uncle phil” then she decided to start calling him bonky-head because he always bounces her ball off his head when they play catch so now we are Myste & Uncle Bonky-head

i have asked her if she thinks i am her aunt and she says no, and i ask why she calls phil “uncle bonky-head” and she says “because that’s his name.” enough said. no sense arguing with a 6 year old.

We became an “aunt” and “uncle” about a month before our wedding. It’s my brother’s son but he’s too young to talk still so who knows what he will end up calling us. I honestly don’t have a preference either way but I love hanging with my baby nephew!

Ellen’s right, it differs by family. In most Asian families, respect is a huge thing and it is a big no-no to address a superior (either in age, generation, profession, etc.) by his/her first name. In my family, it was even frowned upon to address an older cousin by his/her first name.

However, I know that my SO, who is 4th generation Asian (so he’s basically American), addresses his aunts and uncles by their first names and his cousins address his parents by their first names.

Because of the way I was raised, I addressed his parents by “Mr. & Mrs. So-and-so” but he’s like, just call them by their first names! It makes me a teeny bit uncomfortable to do so, but I think I’ll eventually get used to it.

i can’t wait to be an aunt! i joke that my future nieces are the reason i stayed with my guy, i love them so much.
both of my future nieces will be under 6 so i think i have a chance of transitioning them to aunt.

Out of my 10 nieces and nephews (ages 18-3) only 3 refer to me by Aunt and that’s because their Dad makes them. Personally I don’t feel the need to be called by my “title” we’re friends but there’s never a doubt that I’m an authority figure and must be respected when it comes down to it.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been an Aunt since I was 9 but it just sounds weird when I hear Aunt Becky.