Aunts and uncles

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In your family, providing you have both or either an aunt or an uncle, were you raised to include "Aunt" or "Uncle" in addressing them? In our family, we just used their first names, and not any more formal title. I got to wondering because I've rarely heard others address their aunts or uncles in this way.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Always called them Aunt and Uncle.

[barb162]

4. Same here and it was a sign of respect n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. My nieces, who are in college, still call me Aunt.

In my family we also called my parents' friends Mr. and Mrs. Whatever; we were told this was to be respectful of our elders. It became such an ingrained habit that I still do that unless instructed not to -- and I'm now much older than the people I was first told to call Mr. and Mrs. Whatever...

[SeattleGirl]

2. I was taught to call them Aunt or Uncle So-and-So. My family

felt it was a sign of respect.

If your family doesn't do that, I sure don't see any problem with it. Each family has their own way of doing things.

[mwooldri]

3. With my nieces and nephews, it's been Uncle Mark, or just Mark.

That just trips off the tongue well. My wife on the other hand has never been called Auntie, just her first name.

[dpbrown]

6. Aunt and Uncle - for some unrelated family friends as well

I always thought it was nice to have that closeness as part of the way I addressed them.