Uncle-Daddy...ME?!?

@Shavkat (141906)
Philippines
October 22, 2023 5:58am CST
This morning, I was surprised that our twins started to call me Daddy. I was trying to fix the problem. I asked them to call me Uncle, but to no avail. The ending is that I let them call me like that. It means that they have two fathers at home. They call their biological fathers Papa and Daddy for me, respectively. Besides the point, I consider them my own. There is no need to question it. Thus, I am their second daddy in the family. How do you want your nieces and nephews to call you? Image Credit: thumb.ac-illust.com
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
22 Oct 23
My niece calls me "auntie" and it's fine for me.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
22 Oct 23
In my family clan, most women are called titas. My niece calls my younger sister "tita mommy." In fact, he calls me "manong" or elder brother in English. My father was the culprit of calling me like it.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
22 Oct 23
@LadyDuck That's nice. Some women being called aunty here, too.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
22 Oct 23
@Shavkat Aunt is zia in Italian and auntie "zietta", as my niece likes to call me.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Oct 23
Mine just called me by name. But we don't live together like you do over there.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
22 Oct 23
In my country, calling first names is not common. Unless we are the same age, we cannot do this.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
22 Oct 23
@wolfgirl569 I agree. I had seen it also when talking with my relatives in LA.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Oct 23
@Shavkat It is very common here
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pumpkinjam
@pumpkinjam (8876)
• United Kingdom
22 Oct 23
My nieces and nephews mostly just call me by my name. The younger ones sometimes call me Auntie. I don't really mind, but I wouldn't want them to call me Mum or anything else other than Auntie or my name.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
22 Oct 23
Unlike my younger sister, she wants to be called "tita mommy." She tends to ask my eldest niece to call her this way because she is still single at that time. For us, we call our father's sisters "tita."
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pumpkinjam
@pumpkinjam (8876)
• United Kingdom
24 Oct 23
@Shavkat my younger niece and nephew have a Spanish grandmother. They call her abuela. I wouldn't mind if they called me tia or any other version of aunt.
Always smiling
@allknowing (153544)
• India
23 Oct 23
You are lucky that you are a Daddy without having to go through the rigmarole (lol)
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Always smiling
@allknowing (153544)
• India
23 Oct 23
Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
23 Oct 23
I think I am. I do not need to be stressed out.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
22 Oct 23
My nieces and nephews call me by my name. When they were little, they were taught to call me Uncle DE but as they got older, they stopped calling me "uncle".
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
22 Oct 23
Even though we were colonized by Americans, we did not adapt this by calling the first names. If they continue to be here with us, I am sure we will do the same thing. Uhm, I guess your nieces and nephews will not have Santa's presents this year. For the reason that they are not calling you uncle.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
22 Oct 23
@Shavkat My youngest nephew is 25 years old and I don't buy gifts for him anymore.
Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (69157)
• Centralia, Washington
23 Oct 23
I feel most comfortable being called by my name.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
23 Oct 23
I also noticed this when working with American colleagues before. Some of my friends and relatives call me by my pet name.
Go Crossbones
@crossbones27 (52907)
• Mojave, California
22 Oct 23
Not daddy but we family and will look out for them. My nephiews a bit different because we have barely met, but I know what you mean though.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
22 Oct 23
I do have extended families' kids. They call us "tito for males and "tita for females. If I am not mistaken, these words originated during the Spanish era in my country.
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@freelancermariagrace (29342)
• Philippines
23 Oct 23
My nephew calls me "ninang" since I am his godmother
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
23 Oct 23
Most of my clan members call me "manong."
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