To think that I am far too young......

[TheRhubarb]

to be a great aunt!

Just had the news that my young niece is expecting
But it's all hush hush for now, so don't tell anyone!

My brother is delighted to be a grandad but I have mixed feelings about being a great aunt - mainly because my own great aunt was very very very old, looked scary (to me) and smelt.

I am so very pleased for her though! I did say YOUNG niece didn't I? As in, I really will be a YOUNG great aunt!

Wow there are some young aunts and uncles out there!
Aw she is thrilled although I don't officially know yet. Only 2 months gone. She'll make a great mum although I can't see her in the birthing room without her hair extensions/false nails/full make-up

Oh yes, things are going to change drastically for her now. Mwah hah hah!

Great Aunt Rhubarb sounds fantastic. Tell you what, just get rid of your real name, and insist you're called Great Aunt Rhubarb - it's name that gives you licence to be totally eccentric

OK -re 84 Charing Cross Rd...my aunt is mentioned (v briefly) in it. Will that do?

YANBU - I'm going to become a great aunt one month before I become a mum. I'll be 34.

I'm pretty mortified (along with happy that my 'niece' is expecting and will do it all before me of course). It's mental to think that my own child will probably have a half-niece (or whatever the relationship is) that is older than it!

My 23 year old friend is a great-auntie!

Oh it's 84 Charing Cross Road! No wonder I couldn't find it when I googled. Thanks laineylou

Sorry for the hijack Auntie Rhubarb (great name BTW )

My niece is 23-come on girl, I´m waiting to be a Great Aunt

(Loved the 84 Charing Cross Rd film, btw)

Never heard of the book or film. Will I like it? I like comedies, thrillers and horror. No slush.

Auntie Rhubarb indeed!

I am in fact a great, great Aunt. I am 42. DH's eldest sister is a great grandma.

Do you have a blue rinse yet?

Auntie Rhubarb 84 CCR is a sort of diary told through letters between a woman in New York and a booksellers in London. It's not slushy, just sort of charming. It was made into a film starring Anne Bancroft but I haven't seen it.

I thought I had posted on a thread about feel good books in Adult Fiction, glad to see it wasn't wasted anyway

No blue rinse yet, but I am already practicing growing old disgracefully Which reminds me - it is wine o'clock!