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[quote=Anonymous]Given that niece is 30, they're probably doing it as a respect thing. Our house rules are that adults need to be addressed by a title of some sort, not just first name. "Cousin Jane" is not really something common to actually call someone in this country (cousin is not really a title that is spoken in the same way grandma/grandpa, aunt/uncle are) but "Ms. firstname" or "Ms. lastname" seems too formal if they have a close relationship. For us, "Aunt" is a kind of all-purpose title for an adult with whom my kids have a close relationship and no other title that would be more appropriate, in addition to being a title for the actual blood/legal relationship. If I became aware that one of my DD's aunts was offended by this usage, however, I would instruct the girls to address fictive-aunts as "auntie" instead in order to differentiate between the two and honor our true blood or legal kin with the distinction.[/quote]
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