Honorary Aunts & Uncles

[Twocky61]

As a kid any of your parents friends & neighbours, us kids addressed them as aunt or uncle so & so

One particular neighbour called Jean; I had a crush on. She probably was not aware of this fact as I was only eight, after all

Her son was a best friend of mine & I remember calling round thinking I wish she was my mum

Of course I didn't want her as a mum; more likely as a girlfriend

[Heather74]

Re: Honorary Aunts & Uncles

We also called all our close Neighbours Aunty and Uncle, we would be in and out of each others houses and we hosted a garden party for the silver jubilee.
The neighbours who were the other half of our semi-detached My Aunty Nelly and Uncle Bert were also my god parents.

[George 1978]

Re: Honorary Aunts & Uncles

It didn't feel right calling someone uncle or auntie unless they were rightfully related to you. I suppose that we have "agony aunts" and all that, so in it does extend to that in many ways.

I used to think in a literal way that Emily Bishop was Deirdre Barlow's sister in Coronation Street because of the way that Deirdre referred to "Auntie Emily next door" to Tracy.

And of course there was George Layton's book The Fib where the protagonist proclaimed that his uncle is Bobby Charlton as well.

[Twocky61]

Re: Honorary Aunts & Uncles

Just like a Mum would refer to her kid her husband as Dad