LGBT

Marthe48

(20,232 posts) Sun Aug 13, 2023, 12:38 PM Aug 2023

I have a question about pronouns

If I have an LGBTQ+ relative in a same sex relationship, and I love their spouse as I love my relative, would it be acceptable to call them my niece and my niece, or my nephew and my nephew? I refer to my married loved ones as nieces and nephews or nephews and nieces. I am already a great-great aunt, and pretty sure we'll welcome new faces to our family, and I would like to be as affectionate as I can be without making etiquette mistakes.

Many thanks

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I have a question about pronouns (Original Post) Marthe48 Aug 2023 OP

Ask cilla4progress Aug 2023 #1

Winner! we can do it Aug 2023 #2

for sure! stopdiggin Aug 2023 #6

Thank you Marthe48 Aug 2023 #3

... cilla4progress Aug 2023 #4

End of thread. Think. Again. Aug 2023 #8

Geez...that's one I had never thought about. Glorfindel Aug 2023 #5

I love the younger generations on both sides of the family Marthe48 Aug 2023 #7

cilla4progress

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1. Ask

Reply to Marthe48 (Original post)

Sun Aug 13, 2023, 12:39 PM

Aug 2023

them?

we can do it

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2. Winner!

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Sun Aug 13, 2023, 12:41 PM

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stopdiggin

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6. for sure!

Reply to we can do it (Reply #2)

Sun Aug 13, 2023, 12:50 PM

Aug 2023

they'll be tickled that you asked (and tried) - even if it isn't just the precise nomenclature they had in mind.

Marthe48

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3. Thank you

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Sun Aug 13, 2023, 12:42 PM

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cilla4progress

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4. ...

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Sun Aug 13, 2023, 12:46 PM

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Think. Again.

(21,657 posts)

8. End of thread.

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Sun Aug 13, 2023, 12:57 PM

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Glorfindel

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5. Geez...that's one I had never thought about.

Reply to Marthe48 (Original post)

Sun Aug 13, 2023, 12:49 PM

Aug 2023

And I'm a great-great-great-uncle. My niece, who was born when I was four years old, has great-grandchildren. I haven't met them yet but have great hopes for Thanksgiving. The first set of twins ever born in our direct family, though there are some distant relatives who have twins.

Marthe48

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7. I love the younger generations on both sides of the family

Reply to Glorfindel (Reply #5)

Sun Aug 13, 2023, 12:56 PM

Aug 2023

and some of my nieces and nephews and their spouses are as good to me as my own kids. They all grew up together, and while they are cousins, sometimes it seems like I got a couple of extra kids mixed in Love it!

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