Ok , over the years I have seen alot of GS’ers use the term “aunty” in a negative way .. today, I ask you , finally, to explain in detail , exactly what is it that makes such a sweet term “aunty” into such a negative connotation?
1- Is it age related? anyone who is 8-10 years above your age group can automatically be classed as aunties? you know, alot of you in your 20’s seem to be calling those in their 30’s aunties.. and then when you yourself enter 30’s you start calling those in their 40’s aunties !
2- Is it attitude related? when a person becomes too culturally motivated , says negative or positive things that dont go well with the current generation, that lady attains the status of an Aunty..
So which one is it? no, dont even start saying we call them aunty out of due respect, believe me , I have seen people here use the work Aunty in a negative connotation, I am sure many will agree with this … hardly is this term being used in a good way .. so yeah kindly explain please
You’re definitely right in that it’s used as an insult…and that’s pretty sad cz aren’t most aunties someone’s mother? Would you like it if someone said something so mean to your mama?
Those are all negative behaviours , why associate them with a relation as beautiful as an Aunt?
Or is it that the ones who consider others aunties are themselves in an illusion that they are little bacha’s who will never grow up? what if their own mothers and sisters have the same behaviours mentioned in the comment ? will those loved ones be classed as aunties too?
I want to be able to berate and belittle my MIL/SIL/FIL in my BLOG/THREAD/POST and everybody should jump on my bandwagon and agree that I’ve been wronged.
Dare anyone point out that I might have had a hand in inviting trouble upon myself, or should anyone suggest that I could possibly have taken a different, less problem-inducing, path I will not hesitate to call them a meddlesome and self-righteous aunty.
I think when someone comes across as too preachy, gossipy, or can't mind their own business, then they are given the aunty status.
As horrible as that sounds, we all know a real life example of a khaala, mumaani, phupi, chachi, tayee who is EXACTLY like this, it seems to have become acceptable to tar the whole lot with this moniker.
Oh, I’m not justifying that it’s a good thing to do, just answering your question of what the negative connotations are, and as Sehrysh said, that many people have a person they are related to (or even maybe a friend of the family) who exhibits such behavior. You’ve probably seen plenty of threads in which a woman like that is creating havoc in someone’s life. This is not to say that it is right, but it just is. I have had some awesome aunty figures in my life, almost like second mothers, but have also come across some chalako massi types as well.
