What do your nieces & nephews call you?

samhexum · July 2, 2018

Ever since I was a young'n, I told my sister I would NOT be Uncle Sam if she ever had kids.

It took her a long time to find the right guy... She had her first kid at 37+, & her second 3 1/2 years later... ironically, the exact same timetable as our mother.

I was pleasantly surprised when I was with her one day during the first pregnancy... she started talking to her belly, and introduced me to the baby as Tio Sam (we're English-speaking Jews). Both my nephew & niece grew up calling me Tio Sam.

They're both in college now, and they still call me Tio Sam. I'm still not sure if they actually realize I'm their uncle. (I didn't say they were in good colleges. :rolleyes:)

+ *Avalon* · July 2, 2018

Just my name. I wanted to be called "Uncle" but my sister would not allow it. I'm only six years older than my oldest niece.

samhexum · July 2, 2018

I wanted to be called "Uncle" but my sister would not allow it.

I suppose 'Auntie' was out of the question...

+ *Avalon* · July 2, 2018

I suppose 'Auntie' was out of the question...

LOL I was only six years old at the time. My sister got married the month after she turned 16. And she was not pregnant. Her first child (my niece) was not born until one year later. My mother was 39 when she became a grandmother and she loved it! People telling her that she looked too young to be a grandmother.

I was the ring bearer. The groom's niece was the flower girl. As we were walking up the aisle she fell. I didn't know what to do so I just walked on.

+ *bashful* · July 2, 2018

They all call me "Uncle".

My mother's father was one of 17 kids, he being the oldest. She had an aunt who was a little less than a year younger than her. They grew up together, She always referred to her by first name only. A daughter of one of her uncles (making her a cousin), was as old as us kids, so referred to my mother as "Auntie"

Edited July 2, 2018 by bashful

+ *Topseed* · July 2, 2018

What do they call me? ATM. (Not any more, btw...)

samhexum · July 2, 2018

My sister got married the month after she turned 16. And she was not pregnant. Her first child (my niece) was not born until one year later.

Are you sure? How heavy was your sister? Does she have a big nose & tusks growing out of her face? Elephants have the longest gestation period of all mammals. These gentle giants' pregnancies last for more than a year and a half.

I was the ring bearer. The groom's niece was the flower girl. As we were walking up the aisle she fell.

Drunk again, huh?

My mother's father was one of 17 kids, him being the oldest. She had an aunt who was a little less than a year younger than her. They grew up together, She always referred to her by first name only. A daughter of one of her uncles (making her a cousin), was as old as us kids, so referred to my mother as "Auntie"

Didn't they have a show on TLC?

+ *honcho* · July 2, 2018

Just my name. I wanted to be called "Uncle" but my sister would not allow it. I'm only six years older than my oldest niece.

My Grandfather's older brother was just about the same age as his aunt. Mother and Daughter were pregnant at the same time (by different father's of course). My great-grandmother was 17 at the time and very happy to be out of her parents home ....