when to refer to someone as "aunt/uncle"

[Rubix]

Oh, and I wouldn't correct, but when I refer to her I would use the term Miss Firstname or Mrs Lastname.  The kids would take their cues from us.  If he outright told them to call her Aunt, as opposed to referencing her, I would probably say something to him privately or just let it go, and that would depend on which sibling it was, whether they were getting married/ were engaged, etc. 

 

 

[indigomama]

What part of the country are you from?  Just curious, I thought the Miss FirstName was purely a southern/military thing.

 

 

I'm from California, and my kids call adults Miss Firstname. Although, now here in the midwest more people seem to prefer Mrs. or Mr Lastname.

[ThatHomeschoolDad]

When people call me that I tell them I'm not a preschool teacher.  That's a common preschool teacher title around here. 

 

Miss Firstname is also a dance school thing here.  DD just became a Miss_____ in her first student teaching gig.

 

DW grew up with several "Aunt and Uncle so-n-so's" who were family friends and not actual relatives.  I always called my aunts and uncles by their first names, so it definitely seems to be a family thing and/or regional thing.  It was not my first choice for my nephews to call me "Uncle Tom," mainly because I don't own a cabin, but my SIL feels strongly about it being a term of respect, so whatever.