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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We call everyone cousins.  It's not a big deal.  My side has grandparent divorce, so I have step-siblings who have kids of their own.  Some are "legally" steps and some are just partner steps and some are even EX-step-kids who now have kids.  Who cares.  All their kids, who are the generation of my kids, are "cousins".  They don't all have the same relationship, and that's fine too.

The steps I don't really like, I don't go out of my way to hang out with.  When we see each other, I'm nice.  The end.[/quote]

My best friend’s kids call me Auntie. Its cultural and a term of endearment. I like it and it's not that deep.[/quote]

That's different though because that title is based on YOUR relationship with the kid's parents. In my case, these titles are being pushed by people whose presence in my life and my kids' lives is entirely dependent on a relationship I'm not a party to.

If you and your best friend had a falling out and you didn't see her kids again, you would at least know why it happened and have had some part in the falling out. Whereas if my brother splits up with his GF, then suddenly she would no longer be my kid's "auntie" and her kids would no longer be cousins, without my kids or I being involved at all.[/quote]

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