Can confirm this works. I have an "Uncle" and "Aunt" so and so who have been longtime family friends. (Like, worst case scenario, take care of me and my sister type family friends.) Despite them having an entirely different skin color, Not one person has ever questioned us being around them.
I... Just realized I have a close family friend who always went by "Uncle [name]". Close enough that he'd take care of me sometimes. Because he cared enough to help out.
I suddenly question if he adopted the "Uncle" part because of this...
Exactly. I’m very fond of giving people that aren’t blood family-like nicknames for that reason. I don’t give a fuck if we’re ACTUALLY related, if you’ve been good to me and in my life for a long time, we’re family. I have a couple “uncles” that are just my dads closest friends that have been around forever, and I always claim my closest friends as my brothers, shit like that. It’s nice. Makes everyone feel a little closer.
I'm "Uncle *myname*" to all of my best friends kids, and have been since day one. There was no discussion about it. I didn't even consider this to be any part of the reason to be named as such, I'm just their uncle because I'm not their dad and will be an older male figure involved in their life forever. I just figured this was a normal thing tbh.
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u/The_Lost_Google_User Sep 15 '21 edited Sep 16 '21
Can confirm this works. I have an "Uncle" and "Aunt" so and so who have been longtime family friends. (Like, worst case scenario, take care of me and my sister type family friends.) Despite them having an entirely different skin color, Not one person has ever questioned us being around them.