Reply To: Calling uncles and aunts without using their title

This is a very curious observation though there are no rules, culturally or otherwise. AS a matter of fact I have never thought about it until this morning when I opened this site. IT doesn’t really matter much as my neices & nephews have come to know me and address me as the rest of the family does: my first name. To all of you folks out there in the Jewish blogosphere who have children of marriagable age or who are married already,it’s very important to set the stage to in laws and childrens spouses on how you would like to be addressed. If this is not carved in stone they will end up calling you nothing or ” hello” . My parents addressed there mechutanim as Mr or Mrs Shlepowitz which which I always thought absurd unless you are in your 40’s and the in laws are 70 something and Rabbi or Rebitzen in a big shul, Even than first names should be incorporated. Now to push the envelope IMHO to address a mother in law or father in law by first name is the way I would like it though that’s not the way it is in my family though I wish it were. Sorry to use this yeshivish site as my personal platform. And if the moderator deems it inappropriate and deletes it an blocks me out from future comments it’s also OK SHALOM