Is she an auntie?

Buzzybee90

One of my friends brother in law's wife recently gave birth to a little girl. My friend was over the moon for her and her husband (her husband's brother). She sent them a congratulations card from herself and her husband and signed it love auntie *her name* and uncle *his name*.

A couple of days later they called to thank for the card but also were confused why she had written auntie when it was only her husband that was an uncle, as she's no blood related.

She was gutted - anyone else experienced this?

ViolaLass

How gitty of them.

neneromanova

yes she's an auntie as well

WIN79

Thats horrible of them. She is classed as an auntie in my opinion.

reehsetin

She'd definitely be an auntie in my mind, granted - generally in my culture every older friendly person is auntie or uncle but even in a narrow definition to me she'd be an auntie.

What a mean response.

whitewing

She is an aunty

fairy_lights

I've always thought of my blood uncles wives as my aunts, I think any relative who you grow up with, whether a blood relative or married in to the family can be considered an aunt or uncle.
I think it was quite rude of the brother in law and his wife to bring it up to be honest, and a bit off for them to even question it.

midnightraven3

why would they be so awful about it?

i called my mum & dads friends auntie or uncle and they werent even related to me
but in this case, she is her auntie

cant work out whether they are horrible, stupid or both

Jim_Jupiter

Noun

aunt (plural aunts)
A sister or sister-in-law of someone’s parent

By definition she's an aunty and how petty and mean-spirited to say otherwise.

purpleshoes_2

There was a huge thread on a similar subject a while ago, people had differing opinions, but either way that's not a very nice thing to do, sounds like there's more to this than just whether she technically should be referred to as an auntie. Not something you'd say to someone you like I think even if that was your view.

PasturesNew

As she is married to the child's uncle, she is an aunt.