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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]American-Indian here. My kids call my Indian friends who are my age or older - First Name Auntie and First Name Uncle. So it will be Sunita Auntie and Rakesh Uncle

They call the grown up kids of my Indian friends who are much older than them - First Name Bhaiya or First Name Didi (Bhaiya - Older brother, Didi- Older sister).  So something like Rohan Bhaiya and Suhaani Didi.

I have two very close Chinese-American friends. They are called Auntie First Name by them.  So it will be "Auntie Pearl" for example.  Notice that the placement of Auntie gets changed between Indians and Chinese.

But to every one else they say  Mr. and Mrs. Last Name. They easily switch based on  who they are addressing.  I guess the benefit of being exposed to multiple cultures.  When someone tells them "Call me Bob" they follow their wishes.  No confusion for my kids though.  Being Indians, we have distinct names for all relations, so there is no confusion which uncle or aunties are being addressed.  For example, my DH's younger brother will be called - First Name Chacha , my DH's elder brother will be called - First Name Taaya etc. [/quote]

I'm the poster with the Filipino husband, and I forgot this part. Among those close enough to be called Auntie/Uncle, my child calls their children (if older than she is) Kuya/Ate Firstname (older brother/sister). Auntie/Uncle's parents (or people of our parents' generation) are Lola/Lolo Firstname or Lastname (grandmother/grandfather).[/quote]

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