Do you still refer to your aunts and uncles by that title?

[Anonymous]

I was reasonably close with my aunts and uncles as a small child (got together for big holidays, the occasional out of town visit, etc), but for numerous geographical and family dynamic reasons did not have much of a relationship with them from my pre-teen years until my early twenties. By the time we all reconnected, calling them "Uncle Bob" or "Aunt Susie" seemed long and somewhat clunky, so I have mostly just referred to them just by name.

I'm wondering if this is common for most adults (ie. that you just naturally grow out of using these titles) or if it's more a symptom of our somewhat distant relationship when I was growing up.

[Anonymous]

Yes I do. They are still my aunt, uncle

[Anonymous]

Never have, still don't. My nieces and nephews don't call me "aunt Larla" either.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I do, without regard to how long it's been since I've seen them. I'm in my 40s.

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

No.

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

yes. I can't imagine just calling them by their first name. In fact the though never crossed my mind till just now.

[Anonymous]

i've never really used honorifics for aunts and uncles unless it was to differentiate my step dad jim from my uncle jim or something like that. i have close to 30 nieces and nephews and some of them refer to me as aunt sara and some don't. makes no difference to me.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I like calling them aunt and uncle, especially those I was close to growing up.
My blood aunt divorced, and I hadn't seen her ex in 8 years, since I was a teen. I saw him at a wedding, and still called him Uncle Mike.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes I do. They are still my aunt, uncle

+1

It's a sign of respect. I still refer to my teachers (who are now my coworkers) as Mr. Or Ms./Mrs. Just can't seem to bring myself to use their first names. To me, it's disrespectful. I'm in my mid 30s.

[Anonymous]

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

Yes, but my uncle married late in life, when I was an adult, and I call his wife by her first name.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes. Usually to their face but if I'm speaking about them to my brothers or DH I usually just use their first names.