[poll] Friends' kids call other Friends aunt and uncle when they really aren't

[TheNinja]

Do you have friends or know of people that have their kids call their other friends aunt and uncle? For example I'm 26 and have a couple of close friends married with kids, their kids are in the 1-3 years old category. When I come over they sometimes say, "Hey there is uncle ----". And this happens with some of our other friends as well, calling each other aunt and uncle. Is this normal? Do you have this happen to you?

 

[notfred]

You've got wierd friends.

 

[edro]

Some familys do it.... but it's weird.

 

[sygyzy]

It mostly happens in Asian communities because the direct translation for respected elders (basically anyone older than you, not necessarily the elderly) is aunt or uncle. It's a title of respect like "sir". You can't call your mom's friend by just her name. Like "Hey Jane! Wassup!"

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Originally posted by: Staley8
Do you have friends or know of people that have their kids call their other friends aunt and uncle? For example I'm 26 and have a couple of close friends married with kids, their kids are in the 1-3 years old category. When I come over they sometimes say, "Hey there is uncle ----". And this happens with some of our other friends as well, calling each other aunt and uncle. Is this normal? Do you have this happen to you?

I know Indian (well South Asians) do it. But thats cause we have seperate names for our real uncles and aunts (like mama for mom's brother, chacha for dad's brother, etc..). In India, even we greet the shop owners as uncle or aunty (if they are older than us). It's just a sign of respect. My mom finds it wierd when my white friends call her Mrs. ___ rather than aunty.

Wat really irks me is that people give you a dirty look when you call them "sir". I was brought up to greet elder male by saying"sir". When I say it over here (like if I need to ask a stranger for directions or what not), they look at me wierd. One guy even asked why I'm calling him "sir". I was like wtf? How else am I supposed to greet you; "Yo Guy"? That's not polite.

 

[Bryophyte]

No, but my kids call my cat Uncle Jack.

 

[Jzero]

We had some family friends that we called aunt and uncle so-and-so. One couple was a close friend of my parents, another was my grandmother's best friend since childhood.

My gf's family calls her mom's best friend aunt, as well. Actually, as you get older you kinda grow out of it. I still call my grandmother's friend Auntie, but the other family friends I call Mr. and Mrs. now.

It's pretty normal in my experience.

 

[Nitemare]

Filopenas do it as well. My wife has plenty of Aunties that are no relation

 

[bunker]

Growing up I remember calling our neighbors Aunt Mary and Uncle Bob.

Whenever my wife is talking to our daughter about her friends she calls them Aunt ....

I'd say it's pretty normal.

 

[loup garou]

Yeah, I used to call some of my parents' friends aunt or uncle.

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: werk
Yeah, I used to call some of my parents' friends aunt or uncle.

 

[MrDingleDangle]

my friend used to do that as a kid...he had a bunch of "fake" uncles

 

[blackdogdeek]

growing up in a filipino household we did it all the time.

raising a daughter i suspect she will call our friends uncle or aunt so-and-so.

 

[Kevin]

Normally its a sign of respect...

 

[thomsbrain]

I call my parent's best friends "aunt and uncle." They might as well be family, I'm named after the "uncle," and he's my godfather. I guess it's sort of weird now that I'm an adult, but it's habit from when I was a kid, I guess.