Do you call your aunts and uncles by their first name or just "aunt" and "uncle"?

[FunkyMonkee]

When we were little, we always called them aunt Annette, uncle Mike, etc.. Except for a few occasions, as we got older, we dropped the "aunt" and "uncle".
I was just watching an older t. v. show where the lead actress only ever referred to her uncle Charles as "uncle". I've heard this done in a few other shows over the decades but I don't think I ever heard anyone do it in person. It was always only either "uncle Fred" or 'aunt Janet" or just Fred and Janet.
It's like how, when we were little and my sisters were playing store one would always the other, "Mrs."; no actual names, just, Mrs..
"Well, Mrs., I'll have to see if we have any."
"Oh, thank you, Mrs.!"

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

I only use first names when talking to them directly. If im trying to tell a story to people who dont know who im talking about, I'll say my Uncle Dave for example. I even tell my kids they can just call me Bri instead of mom, they insist on calling me momma Bri though. Every time they do it though I say Child (and their name). If they are gonna use an identifier for me then I will do the same to them lol

[FunkyMonkee]

Do they have more than one mother than momma Bri?
I can understand that for grandparents, etc., because everybody has two sets. One of my cousins was lucky enough to have great-grandparents so, she would refer to them as GG. GG Anna, GG Edwin, etc..
Both of mom's grand parents were already dead either just after or before I was born and dad's dad died the Christmas before I was born and dad's mom was already 77 when I was born so, the most I ever had was 2 grandmas and one grandpap. Dad's mom died when I was 16 or just about to be and mom's parents died between my early 30's and 40's.

[Ez-Bri-Z_v2]

Yeah, im married to another woman so they use momma/mommy followed by our first names to signify which of us they are talking to.

[FunkyMonkee]

That makes sense.

[NathanDavis]

aunt and uncle...

once you're old enough... maybe you'll address older adults by their name

but in my case, I never do that... I just don't "equal myself to them" as a matter of respect

[LC75LC71]

First name basis. With that said, I have only one uncle that's still alive and we haven't talked in at least a decade.

[FunkyMonkee]

On mom's side, only uncles Mike and maybe Steve and aunt's Dot and maybe Toots were the only ones we didn't call by first name.
On dad's side, I think a of out aunts and uncles got those titles, unless we were just talking about them amongst ourselves.

[LC75LC71]

Always called him Jerry, but my dad refers to his younger brother as Troll for some reason I never understood why. Anyway back in the late 80's we went to a James Dean festival in Fairmount, Indiana and my old man asked the parking guy to charge him double and call him a clown. Sure enough the guy said "That'll be 6 bucks Clown!" I'll never forget looking back and seeing the shocked look on Uncle Troll's face lol. Good times..

[Cidknee]

I never used them. I wasn't taught to. I have nephews who refer to me as Uncle, Unc, or Jr and of course uncle jr.

[FunkyMonkee]

My uncle Mike was a Jr., too and, as the rest of his family called him Junior, we thought that was his name so, we'd also call him, uncle Junior.

[Cidknee]

Yeah. That's how it is with me but all my dad's siblings and moms sister called me by my first name and Jr. But grandma said just jr.

[Iron_Man]

Always, uncle Garth and Aunt Joe. Actually, her name is Josephine, but people call her aunt Joe

[Iron_Man]

Am I spelling that right

[Iron_Man]

I think it might be spelled Aunt Jo

[Iron_Man]

You should call your sister up and make amends before it’s too late I made up with my sister even though we don’t see each other we do text and she sends me Christmas and birthday presents

[Iron_Man]

And I sent her gifts

[FunkyMonkee]

NOT after what they did to me and against mom!! I can't possibly EVER forgive that!!! I hope they both rot in hell!!!

[Iron_Man]

I’m very sorry to hear this. Have you talked to your mother about this and how does she feel?

[FunkyMonkee]

No, they dd it to us as soon as she died. Mom didn't even trust them!! She'd get her monthly checks and, when she got them cashed, she'd give it all to me to divide up into several bank envelopes and hide them around the house so the girls couldn't find them!! Every so often, Karen would cash one and then she'd right to the store and buy over $100 worth of groceries for HERSELF, WITHOUT asking mom's permission!! when mom's sister cashed the checks, mom got EVERY PENNY!!

[Iron_Man]

I’m sorry you’re dealing with all that trouble

[loveyouoak]

I call them aunt and uncle.