"My brother is getting married. I'm going to be Aunt Lisa.I never thought I'd be an Aunt.""Tell them I said congratulations!""Them? This has nothing to do with them! Did you hear me say AUNT LISA? I'm 41. I never thought this would happen!""Yeah, you're getting up there.""It seems like such a cool gig. I'll be the best Aunt ever!""Yeah, unlike your parenting...""He's little. I'm good with that age. It will be ok.""Until he turns 13.""Yeah, I totally suck at teen parenting, but maybe teen aunting is something at which I excel?""There's always that hope."
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Aunticipation
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Being an aunt/uncle of a teen is much, much better than being a parent. After more than ten years of repression by a parent, almost any comment or suggestion could set a teen off on a tirade. However, that same comment or suggestion coming from an aunt/uncle just might make it through the "parent filter" and actually have a positive effect. So long as it doesn't sound too much like something the repressive parent might say.
ReplyDeleteAlso, you get to do funny things like pull out a dusty old Rubik's cube from the 80's and bet your niece money that she can't solve it.
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