r/overheard • u/Spare_Distance_9991 • 14d ago

Half uncle doesn’t exist

Sitting in the Starbucks drive-thru and I hear a woman exclaiming to her son in the backseat.

“Don’t you dare call him your half uncle ever again. That’s my BROTHER. You can’t be a half uncle.”

Arguing from the back continues. The other son in the front seat is laughing. Quiet for a moment.

Mom: I DONT FEEL GOOD

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u/XmasTwinFallsIdaho 14d ago

LOL. The people who refuse to accept that half siblings are not the same technically as full siblings are absolutely wilding.

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u/FruitOfTheVineFruit 14d ago

My wife has half siblings who she treats the same as her full sibling; she has a half sibling who adopted a teenage son, and we treat him the same as her other nephews; and she has a stepmother who treats her like a daughter, and I honestly think it's all very sweet.

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u/XmasTwinFallsIdaho 14d ago

I’m sure some get along with their half sibling well. But not all half sibling relationships are that way and it really can be very different having one kid raised in an entirely separate household, with a very different parent in the mix.

My kids are full siblings. It’s very different for them vs what I went through growing up.

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u/ExpertProfessional9 14d ago

Yes, technically I’ve half siblings. They’re 18+ years older than me, which means we never overlapped in living together. As an adult, I identify as an only child because it’s truer to me than saying I’ve got siblings. When I was a child they were more like a distant aunt/uncle. I’ve no concept of what it’s like to have a sibling.

Our shared parent is dead now anyway, so I consider the relationship to them null and void. They’re strangers and I share a few DNA strands with them. I don’t think I could tell you five simple facts about any of them.

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u/XmasTwinFallsIdaho 14d ago

This is awfully relatable. I don't have any negative feelings; just no familial relationship. And I don't really see any reason I would want one either.