Most of my Aunts and Uncles have past on now, mainly due to cancer, but I still call my surviving relatives Aunt or Uncle *first name*. My sister just calls them by their first name.
Only one uncle (and I'm his only niece). I call him Uncle First name. However, I fully expect my niece and nephews (esp. given there's at most a 15 year age gap) to drop the Auntie/Aunt Heather at some point.
Most are just their first names. However I one uncle that I call Uncle Dennis. I don't know why, but he's just always been Uncle Dennis. Everyone else is just their name
First name only. I didn't even say Aunt ___________ or Uncle __________ when I was a kid..... except for my Aunt Bobby and Uncle Jim. I never thought about it before; I have no idea why I only used the title with them???
Most of my Aunts and Uncles have past on now, mainly due to cancer, but I still call my surviving relatives Aunt or Uncle *first name*. My sister just calls them by their first name.
Mine are mostly all Aunt ___ and Uncle ___. I have one aunt that is only about 9 years older than me. People usually guess that she is my older sister. She is the only one I call by her first name. She prefers it that way as well.
My young nieces call me Aunt ______ or Missy. That's thanks to my mom who is always going "Listen Missy". They get a kick out of it and call me that too.
But my hubby's family is a bit different. He has a brother who is only 15. That boy is an uncle to a 17 year-old and a 14 year-old. So, they certainly don't call him Uncle _____.
I still call them Aunt ___ and Uncle ____, my sister (she's older) calls them by their first name. She also doesn't want my kids (ages 6&8) to call her Aunt either.
DH & I (50+ & 60+) still call his only surviving uncle "Uncle ____" My children call all of their aunts and uncles "Aunt____ or Uncle___" and my nieces and nephews know better than to try and call me by my first name alone. I called my aunts and uncles "Aunt __& Uncle____" until the day they died.
There are hundreds of people who can call me by my first name; only my nieces and nephews can call me Aunt.
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