My sister is having her best friend be called aunt

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To those saying MYOB. This is my sister don't I have a right to express my feelings to my own sister? Shouldn't my feelings as her sister trump the feelings of her friend?

Yes

No

Suck it up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There may be some legal implications to the name. My brothers former girlfriends kid called my brother Dad when they were a little kid. After he died, the adult kid filed a claim on his estate and got a big chunk of his money.

If you think that's because of what he called him, you are really stupid.

[Anonymous]

You have to be a troll making this up. No one in reality could be getting upset over something so ridiculously unimportant.

[Anonymous]

She’s probably closer to her best friend and feels she’s just as much an aunt as you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of poster point out that their culture does this. They should respect other cultures that do not.

What culture is that? Seriously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of poster point out that their culture does this. They should respect other cultures that do not.

What culture is that? Seriously.

I'd like to know. I'm German (not heritage, born and raised) and we do this with close family friends. Tante & Onkel.

[Anonymous]

It's like I tell my kids; love is multipled, not divided.

The more people to love and connect with the baby, the better.

[Anonymous]

What culture?

I’m west African and family friends are definitely auntie and uncle. I know quite a few Asian and Hispanic friends have mentioned the same phenomenon.

[Anonymous]

If you truly loved this baby you’d want it to have all the loving adult figures in its life possible. There is no prize for being a blood relative. There are tons of benefits for cultivating warm, loving relationships with a child, regardless of genetics.

That baby is lucky to have an additional person to love them.

[Anonymous]

Would you prefer Miss Suzy? Or, worse, Miss Miller? Could be a lot worse. They're picking the best alternative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What culture?

I’m west African and family friends are definitely auntie and uncle. I know quite a few Asian and Hispanic friends have mentioned the same phenomenon.

It's true in the Native American tribal heritage that I know, too. I mean, calling young women "the aunties" is part of the humor, and the terms "cousin-sister" and "cousin-brother" are often used to emphasize a closeness that goes beyond just cousin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To those saying MYOB. This is my sister don't I have a right to express my feelings to my own sister? Shouldn't my feelings as her sister trump the feelings of her friend?

This isn’t about your feelings versus the friend’s feelings. It’s about your feelings and your sister’s feelings. She is the mother of this baby and gets to decide who the baby’s “aunts” will be.

Stop being so immature. It’s not a good look. Focus instead on getting your own life in order instead of creating drama where there is none.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of poster point out that their culture does this. They should respect other cultures that do not.

What culture is that? Seriously.

Don’t be so obtuse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You must not be South Asian bc EVERYONE is an Auntie or Uncle. Which is really nice.

But only in name. They are not aunts and uncles like you want to pretend them to be.

+1. We call our parents’ friends “X Auntie/Uncle” but we call our actual relatives (and maybe parents’ absolute BFFs) the proper term in our language of origin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would you prefer Miss Suzy? Or, worse, Miss Miller? Could be a lot worse. They're picking the best alternative.

Miss —— is not an insult. It’s what all the kids called their parents friends growing up.