I take it gracefully and not let it worry me.
Doesnt make a difference in who I am and how I feel.
Neither should you let it worry you.
Aunty label is pure desi.
Dont see no goras calling people they arent related to as unkils and aunties
*I've taught my girls to refer to everyone by their names with respect. *
No aunties and no unkils.
good idea.....because if kids go around calling everyone aunty and uncle it doesnt make the real aunties and uncles special.
so you’re telling me that if back in the day when girls used to get married at 13 she would automatically be an aunty?
Fine i’m making a new rule, anyone five years older than i am will be called budha hula:
Yeah, but real aunties and uncles have special names, like phupo and khala and mamoon etc etc..
Um…i’d feel kinda weird if all my cousins n stuff keep calling htemselves phupo even though they’re not but at the same time, i have little cousins n thier big sisters say i’m just the cousin n not the sister.. :hinna:
i like this thread:~) and agree with most of you but ^ is soo true. just happened to be called an “Aunty” yesterday by none other than OUR OLD AUNTY herself “Legallybrown” …Yeah LB, I’m NO aunty of Yours’…especially when i’m 6-7 years younger than you …matter of fact u should be the one called Aunty
p.s. if i’m a Aunty(which i’m NOT) then that makes you a nani? right…
What’s wrong with marrying at 20?And even if someone is a mother at that age does not make her an aunty unless the kid calling her aunty is her kid’s age.
I take it gracefully and not let it worry me.
Doesnt make a difference in who I am and how I feel.
Neither should you let it worry you.
Aunty label is pure desi. **
**Dont see no goras calling people they arent related to as unkils and aunties
*I've taught my girls to refer to everyone by their names with respect. *
No aunties and no unkils.
Thats what i am trying to tell my kids and my wife and mom, this aunty/uncle thing seems so PAINDU.
But... calling desis their names is not easy either.
maybe not by age but by Looks you look like an aunty thats why the poor kid got confused
I dont mind when someone calls me aunty.. i think calling someone by rishta like ‘mami’, ‘phopho’, ‘khala’ or aunty waghaira waghaira sounds much more sweet instead of calling someone by name
I dislike that aunti factor as well, but sometimes kids are not taught to respect their elders. My family friend is a few years older than me, and her kids are 10 & 5. I think they are old enough to know NOT to call me by name, and I actually find it rude when they call me out by name, lack of manners. I would appreciate them calling me baji or anti, anything.