What do you have your children call your non-relative close friends?

[Seekrit]

I was brought up in the way that you only call relatives by relative names. All others were Mr/Mrs Surname. Mum would get quite upset if someone said "Aah, just call me Uncle Mike" or whatever...

Chris, on the other hand was brought up with calling everyone Aunty and Uncle, regardless of how close a friend they were.

I feel strange telling Cobes to go to "Mr Park" and "Uncle Phil" and "Phil" so I've taken to calling friends "Mr/Mrs Firstname"
I figure it's a nice compromise. :p

Okay, so I'm a nut. We were just taught that saying Mr/Mrs is showing respect :laughing:

What do you kids (or will your kids) call friends who aren't relos

[Chub Chub]

We always called mum and dads close friends just by their first name.

We only called "aunt" and "uncle" to real aunts and uncles. I still socialise with my aunt and uncle and it is weird being out for drinks still calling them Uncle Paul:o ......I still do it out of habit

[TeamAwesome]

well for us our friends who are our age are Aunty and Uncle when the kids get older I will make it so that people who are older then us by about 10years or so Mr and MRS...

DS calls our Dr, Dr Sarah, Dr Scott you get my drift... I am generally on a first name basis with most people but I think giving friends the title of aunt or uncle shows that we are close and they play a part in our lives like relos IYKWIM?

also I grew up and unless I was told to call a friends parents by their first name it was Mr and Mrs... then again when your DS is in primary school you'll probably be called Cobey's mum

[ziggie]

I'm exactly the same as Chub Chub. And I'll probably teach Mitch to do the same. I only really called my friends' mums and dads by Mr and Mrs so and so.

I'll tell Mitch to call anyone Mr or Mrs until he's given the ok to do otherwise, like "Oh, just call me Sally". That's a sign of respect for his elders that I'd like him to have.

[subaruforestermum]

He calls them by their names, and they think its fantastic that he actually knows remembers their names....

We are all young, and my friend doesnt like to be called a miss or MRS as she is No Lady:laughing: :laughing: ....

My uncle is referred to as Poppy 'K*&' as he was my father role model in my life growing up..... he is only my uncle through my blood aunty, but they're not married, just been together for years on end....

[mum2peanut]

We called only our aunts and uncles, Aunty or Uncle. Close family friends were first names, and anyone else Mr/Mrs.
I find that atm I refer to people to DD by their first name, but they are friends who are my age or so. Prob older people I would say Mr/Mrs. I find that because most of my friends, like myself are teachers, so we hate being called Mrs.... out of school, cause it feels like we're at work.
I think as an adult I will want the chn's friends to call me 'Mia' cause I'm more comfortable with that. But that's just me.
I guess it just depends on the person and the closeness of the person and their age.

[*Chels*]

First name basis for us.
I call my family by their first names.If I call my Uncle "Uncle Alan" he doesnt like it-same as my grandad-he prefers to just be called Ted.

[SorenLorensen]

DD calls my close friends aunty and uncle.
thats what i did growing up and i guess it just seems right to me.
but not all friends, its mainly the friends i have been great friends with for around 10 years.

[Pinkbug]

for relatives we go by aunt whatever... and uncle whatever.... for the kids but now I go by my aunts/uncles by their first name as we're all adults now so no need to go with aunt/uncle we know who they are etc... but for kids I would say go to aunt whatever BUT I call them first name for me only...

Hope that made sense lol :laughing:

I have two very close friends who I grew up with my DD calls them aunty because they're there every step of the way as my brother or sister does They celebrate birthdays together.. they were there straight away after birth so they saw DD1 and DD2 minutes old (one of them didn't see DD1 minutes old as she was living in Finland but she came in August when DD was about 5 months old to visit her and went back to Finland - now she is back in Australia for good and saw DD2 when she was minutes old and she cherishes that very much)

[Ana Gram]

There are a few "uncles" and "aunts", the rest of my friends are referred to by their first name.

[SassyMummy]

When I was little, there was ONE couple I called "Aunty Cheryl" and "Uncle Jan" who weren't relatives... but other than that, I only called relatives by their relative titles.

I called some people by their first name, and some people by their surname... I think it depended on how old I was when I first started seeing them.

I don't know that many people, but I teach DD to use their first name... unless I call them "Mr or Mrs" whatever. So she calls my friend by her first name, because that's what I call her. I'd never call her anything different, and we're only 21... so I think it'd feel weird to be called anything else.

I still feel weird when people call me a "lady" or a "woman...":p

[SilverStarfish]

There are a few "uncles" and "aunts", the rest of my friends are referred to by their first name.

Same for us. I'm "Aunty Wendy" to a few of my friend's little children - I really like that.

I certainly prefer children to call me by my first name, but I'll go along with what the parents what them to call me.

[mum2bubba]

Usually just there first names unless they specifically say "call me Aunty XYZ" or Mr XYZ or something like that.

[sarahbelle]

our closest friens are aunty and uncle. The rest are first names. As said before when DS gets older I will teach him to call older people Mr and Mrs unless stated otherwise!

[abibelsmum]

Well I grew up calling the parents of my friends by their first name. It was only in high school that I met friends whose parents wanted to be addressed by their surname.

My daughter calls everyone by their first name, including her grandmothers - their choice. If someone wanted to be addressed by their surname we would do that, but no one we talk to regularly has asked.

[punkbaby]

Most of mums close freinds we called by first name but if we didnt know them we were taught to call them by mr blah blah etc...auntys and uncles were referred too as mr bob etc etc

my kids call most my their first name unless we dont know them they will call them mr etc

[MoOaNdLiTtLePoPpEt]

we call one close friend....Uncle Craig..lol...but other are just by their first name....

Older people will be called mr/mrs....haha it's quiet funny my Dp has 2 nephews....and the oldest is 3 1/2....he calls me aunt jack....as his mum does....but because i am a childcare worker sometimes they call me miss jackie...lol. it is very cute when they slip up!!

[Kittylou]

DS calls our friends by their first names and I tell all of his friends to call me by my first name. Aunts and uncles are also just called by first name.