On reading another thread about not allowing children to call adults their names only auntie/uncle or Mr/Mrs, I thought of my own situation. I hate and always have being called Auntie.
My Dp got his son to call me Auntie when we met. I said time and time again that I did not like it and to call me Calico. The same as my kids friends do. Now DSS does call me Calico, I think he prefers to too. Did take a few years though.
However, even though times have changed and most kids do call adults by their first names I still come across people wanting to refer to me as Auntie.
My DP's adopted sister has some kids and she tries to get them to call me Auntie. My first name is difficult enough for a small child without making it longer by adding Auntie. I hardly ever see them so it is not really an issue, but I do correct her if I hear her say Auntie.
My own sister has some kids, who I have only met once, I did not like them calling me Auntie either, sounds so Victorian and in most cases suggests a family relationship. I know there is one biologically with my sisters kids.
My family to an extent is causal about names, since childhood I have called my father by his first name and aunts and uncles too. My kids call my step mother by her first name.
Am I being unreasonable, is it up to me what I am called or up to the parents? I feel that it should be up to me. What does everyone else do?
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CalicoBlue · 11/01/2015 13:07
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