Am I a laughing stock?

I would be really hurt by this OP. In your mind I'm sure they've all been ringin each other to chat about you and your cringy habit but I'm sure they haven't. I also think most people would be mortified if they knew they'd hurt your feelings (after all they would have told you to stop it if they didn't mind upsetting you).

Your sister is being a cow. Sisters often are in my experience as they forget they are no longer 7 years old. Your mum was being horrid too.

People who use the expressions 'cringey' or 'wanky' with a straight face about things people say have also forgotten they are not 7 years old. Minds so tiny they can't stand anything that doesn't fall inside social norms.

It's so very harmless and the reaction to it is very mean-spirited, as are quite a few of the comments on this thread.

I'm not sure how I would react tbh. They've presumably been happy to take you up on your hospitality, whilst mocking you behind your back. I'd struggle with that one.

Probably a joke that become tired through overuse. But if everyone has been taking the piss whilst enjoying your hospitality, then I would suggest they're the dicks.

You were not aware, but they were!

😂😂😂 Oh this is endearing - DH and I have just had a good chuckle at it.

I know a few people who do similar. I don't see it as a problem.

This is what my friend did, meant it in a totally ironic way and everyone saw it as that, but it doesn’t come over that way with anything more than a flat, sorry OP

Yes it’s cringy-especially when you started with the Christmas cards and invitations. But it’s harmless though-and people have different senses of humour. My dh and I started calling each other windy cunts after watching the gangster series, Kin-we thought it was hilarious but I strongly suspect others would find it highly embarrassing. It really doesn’t matter-humour is pretty individual. It’s only a problem if you get upset because others don’t have the same funny bone as you.

Some jokes have a short half life OP.
Don't worry though it isn't as if you didn't put out the cake forks when MIL came to tea.

Oh dear, that must have been quite upsetting. Sounds as if the Towers joke ran for too long. But by the sound of it your friends and family enjoy socialising in your, um, home, so they still like you.

After a friend saw all of the photos in our house and said it felt like a little bit of France we started to use the term Chateau Surname for the house.

I suppose we'd better stop now 😭

Really surprised by all the mean spirited comments. It's quite obviously a joke and quite a common one. If family doesn't find it funny, it still isn't anything worth hurting OP's feelings over.

Yes, I think there's a difference between how a radio presenter - talking to millions of unknown people, who may or may not only tune in occasionally - and an ordinary person communicating with friends and family would talk.

However Alan Partridge just doesn't get the distinction - which is what makes him so hilarious.

It's possibly just worn very thin over the years.

It's a bit like that chief rocket scientist who corrects the mistakes of the junior rocket scientists, and then always says, "It's not rocket science!"

And then laughs and laughs, and explains "It just gets funnier every time I say it! Because you know, this really IS rocket science!"

While they all look sad and pained.

It smacks of 'I'm mad me' and, like all 'jokes', has become a bit tedious after a while.

God, how hurtful 😥

. I can see that the ‘towers’ thing has probably gone a bit far, but it’s not uncommon in our circle ‘Casa Surname’ Chez Surname’ etc…

however- you sound like the super sociable hosts, the centre of gatherings.,, how fucking horrible of them to laugh behind your back.

they could fuck off ans start hosting at their own towers now, in my book,

Sarah Kennedy was kind of naff though...I used to find her cringey. A bit like Terry Wogan and his "Sally Forth" running joke which was amusing the first time you heard it but wore thin very quickly.

For family it might be that they’re always having to explain the inexplicable?

Slightly wonder if referring to ‘the towers’, could give an impression that there are other homes/named premises/options, but OP uses ‘the towers’ for this particular sort of occasion/event?

If you’ve got a bigger house than them it’s may of sparked a bit of envy and think you’re boasting. Even though you’ve said it light hearted.

It's absolutely hilarious and id continue to do it..I always said if I won the euromillions id build Allisonville and build houses for my friends and siblings so we could all live together but it would be called after me..they all love it..honestly I'd say your sister is jealous she didn't think of something like this so has made your family against it..good god why can't people have a laugh ffs

Its like when people pick their own nickname.
We had a lad at school called Luke Mo*.
He decided it would be cool if everyone started calling him L-Mo. It was when J-Lo was huge. He banged on about it for weeks and weeks trying to get it to stick. It didn't stick. People just thought he was up himself.

Love this! 💜 Or maybe "the welcoming home formerly known as Jackson Towers".

Makes me think of Trump Towers. We’ve named our cat tree “cat towers”. I think it’s a bit naff but wouldn’t laugh at you, wouldn’t give it much thought tbh.

I agree. I think I’d want to shout “DOES IT FUCKING MATTER?”. But silently.

We refer to our shitty diy loft conversion as the penthouse. I think most groups of friends or families have jokey names for part of their houses.

we also have a bizarre redundant hall left in a bit of the house that was extended (see a theme with the ill thought out “improvements” the previous owner did). We call that the anteroom. And the cellar is the oubliette. I don’t think any of our friends are under the impression I believe I live in the goblin kings castle.