Of Unclejees and Auntyjees
One unique thing about India is that the moment you marry you become an 'auntyjee'. No, not to the family you marry in - but to the whole country. Personally, I have yet to graduate to an 'aunty' - at the moment I am still a 'bhabhi' (SIL). Typical 'aunty' in India brings the image of a pot bellied sari clad woman stuffing ladoos in her mouth whislt barking orders to anyone from her husband to her maid. Seriously I dread the day I'll be called 'bhenjee' (colloquial for elder sister) or worse 'Amma' (granny) or whatever is the current norm.
On my last trip to India I was appalled to hear a boy in his late 20's with a 'Aada hai chandrama raat aadi' kind of hair(classic song - It's a half moon night ) , you know the bald kind with the saving grace being frizzled hair growing over and inside the ears, calling my handsome boyish looking hubby who has just a hint of grey on his small sideburn ------ UNCLE !!!! DH happily chided 'Yes Beta(son)' when I had the looks of 'Who you calling Uncle you you ...don't know whatever'. I am all for aging gracefully but in my own territory, my own self. No need to remind me, thank you. On a personal level, I am guilty of saying aunty/uncle to the newly weds when I was in college, which always results in an uneasy shift of weight from one leg to other in the couples. I think we Indians need to improve on our vocabulary and find better words to soothe the aching egos of aunties in bloom. My friend back home who looks a thousand years younger than her age, assures me saying there is a bright side.She says 'beta' to the boys in their late 20's uttering the horrible 'aunty' to her and let them run errands for her !!!. Afterall an aunty is entitled to some favours beta.....
Make that the 10th anniversary of my 21st b'day :-)
21st b'day ? :(and you fell from the chair and woke up - right ? :(
I have just celebrated the 5th anniversary of my 21st b'day :-)
Colt 45 is the name of a beer and a song... duh!!!
Painther, touche'. No apologies required. Cheers.
Mom-me, sorry, if you (or anyone else) feel offended by any of my comments (i'm still searching the one, help me)- it wasn't intended thatway!
you ain't so naïve to start judging whole block of 180 million people thru one person, right?
X is for me to know and.....get the drift?Nah I'm not that age sensitive...yet! Just wanna maintain some virtual mystery (and the Oscar goes too...)lol @ pot bellied..yeah the dreaded image behind every diet! Guess the gap is closing in now what with most women, young and old, being all figure/beauty conscious and dressing up like youngsters too. No one really looks "aunty" like anymore. So I guess marital status is the deciding factor now..Well that's what I think and I'm gonna stick with this story!!
Painther, I have a lot of respect for UPites. Don't let me think otherwise with your comments. Let's keep it decent - shall we.
tinkerbell10, the '10' is the age when tinkers brain started eroding...:)
mnaveed, some people like tender buds and some like full blown flower...now where age comes in between...:P [PS: whisky 24 years old is costlier & tastier too than just 12 yrs old]
or might be Colt is looking for a life partner who is of 45Yrs old - well experienced one i say ? :)
45 is quite an achievement.....!!! what about tinkerbell10 OR MANAT2010(pun intended)
painther...:)
mnaveed : You are just favouring your kind so that you escape the "Unclejee" but tell you what , it will get you.
Maiden and wots tat message ? :(
Happy...what an IDEA sirjee...LMAO (QL bhaiyya....hahahahahahahaha)
Lmao Mom_Me...
Tinker, as soon as I landed in Doha the first thing (still ON) i was asked was....package kya hai? (Eng- What's your package).....
BTW...cant say about QL uncle or aunty but QL bhaiya may be right on this thread...
Hint: in UP milk man (doodh wala) is called a bhaiya...:)
Fathima : I get you. An aunty or uncle always goes with the pot bellied hunch backed kind of a person.
QL Uncle - britexpat
QL Aunty - no merci
Mam, dont be so sad, what you can say at the age of 45, definately a boy aged 15 - 20years will call lady as auntee for consideration of respect in a mind but definately he can call a man of this age provided by his look he seems slightly less in age can be called bya name..........but women normally becomes really an auntee atages between 36 - 45 with some exceptions, believe house must agree on this..........................
take care and enjoy as much
Rizks....ROFL.
ROFL...happy & Rizk......:)
colt45, tats his age next to his ID !saala budda khunsat kahi ka ? :(
so many x...123........4 or 5???
colt, like mind?? yep! plz don't tell others wht's in my mind.... lol
Who is the QL Uncle and QL Aunty Jee.. My votes goes too.... Let me fink..now!
and i wonder why u ladies feel so uncomfortable in telling your age ? :(as if we are asking the pin number for your credit card or your personal GSM number ? :(
seems like "ab tak 45"...:) oops, I didnt mean he is stuck there for that long...just forgot to update...right Colt...:)
Fatimah, what is x=? :) 30 T0 35
**picking my nose and trying to understand x***
I don’t know plight of auntijee’s but being Dadajee is best…..i recall many true incidents wherein in public transport, gals use to avoid sitting with us boys for the safer company of dadaji and later dada ji will wink at us and tease :)
*** scratching my right head trying to understand x***
Like minds :-)
I was bad at algebra... what is "x"? :-(
Fatimah, what is x=? :)
You're so right... it's all in the shape and size :-)
...and all the QL uncle & aunties got togather in this post......LMAO
Being a Sri Lankan and of Indian descent I know what you mean. At times I shrug it off but sometimes decide to be a bit impish too. Like this once a gal was like all "auntie auntie" at me so I sweetly asked her "how old are you?" she was like twenty something so I replied "well I'm only x years old...now why are you calling me auntie?" lol. Yeah and its always to do with being married and having a kid. You become everyone's auntie..grrrrr =D
Milky, tickiling my funny bone. Quoting Shakespear - "What's in a name.......
lol Colty ! .. ...mai theek hu mere chotli ke baal ! :)(Eng: I am fine Colty my friend ) ....:)
MBK chacha, how u doing old man ? :)
We call guys from other cities/ states, "Chote"... Rizks chote, kaise ho mere l*** ke gote :-)
TB...Mods just like you...something you couldnt understand isnt allowed ...:)
A friend from Karachi told me it is "mausi" for them - the domestic helper that is.
Ok Mom_me, we will call you Aunty Yogi.. then. or maybe Yogi Bhenji?
Maiden darling, m doing fine thank you !Hope u r having great time ?
Its same like "bai" in my place means a maid, but in Delhi that means someone close to a wife...same goes for "mai"...in UP it means mother, in Delhi it means the maid...:(((
I thought Mammus and Chacha are for the police officers - although I have used the Chachajan for those mehndi beard at the taxi stand.
and what about Maamu we say in Mumbai ? lolpainther maamu...:)
painther... bhaiya mat kaho naa...:)
(Eng: painther...yeah, u are right...:))
TB...whats that u didnt get...its so simple... BTW eng. version is also there in case of any doubt...lol
Milky, not if I have to dance ?? I can yoga instead :-)
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Mom_me Well if we can't call you Aunty Jee can we call you Sheilla Jee..:)
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What about Gaaru from Andhra or a hydrabadi nawab sahib which can be taken as an insult in Lucknow. ...? Am I right ??
brit, yep they're called 'unclejee'....sadly!!!
being bald is excruciating :(:(:(
LOL ...happy, two damn bhaiyyas can't hijack this post, bytheway you like the advert (hidden within post)?, I sure like smart people ... :P
The tamilians on QL are my BFF's :-(
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lol britey !
happy, i bet it's first time in history you're adored being UPites..but Miyan?? aap kab se UP wale ho gaye? (Eng-real UPites are here around)....
Do you automatically become "unclejee" if you're bald - even if you're not married ?
A Tamilian will always prefer "Sir" while a surdy makes fun of the term "sirjee" - they go for "Boss".
Happy, am impressed - love the state. I once made the mistake of calling an orriya helper "bhaiya" and he got all red with anger. The revered term is "babu" (ditto for bengalees). !!!! Amazing India ...
it’s never too late for chocolates & discos; so I disagree on " I am too old for chocolate; too young to be in discos"
Good advert bytheway, "my handsome boyish looking hubby"- Idea well noted...LOL
another point of puzzle why aunties (i never say so, IMO they're gracefully seasoned gems) or uncles eye for 20’s & get heart broken, why?? (as my friend sharmaji says, ham mar gaye hain kya?..LOL)
I like some of them aunties... with that li'l pot-belly showing, IMO, they're hot :-)
Mom_me...am a UPite myself... but still given the options available will prefer it that way...:)
@TB... I dont intend to run out of lifelines anytime soon...:)
Happy : you just offended the UPites with that ...he he he ...The Big B will not like it.
I would accept being called Uncle than Bhaiya, any day (now dont start calling me either, may be a few decades later) .... the later almost sounds like "No more lifelines left"...:)
Colt45, you are talking about blowing your nose right --- we can have a separate thread on that one -----*snicker snicker*
No no... I like my blows rough and hard please ;-)
Go ahead Tinker * thumbs up*....
Btw, Happy and Tinker --- I am elated. :-) Some harmless fun though - let the dogs bark at the moon.
'kaka' would suit him....Colt Kaka.....:)
Soften the blow please - we can call Colt45 a " Bhaiya'' instead or if he prefers "kaka"....
aahh colty uncle, now come here lemme give u a bear hug from the rear...:)
When I have friends like yall, who needs enemies? :-(
ok Colt wat to watch ? :(i m fedup watching ur back all the time and ur fron aint worth watching....:)
Yall are done for it.... watch out!!! :-/
Only Uncles can talk of sex so early in the morn (younger ones generally are done with it by this time) ...
Colt Uncle....How are you?? ...:)
lol...yeah I remember that serial which goes by the name "Hum Paanch"....'aunty mat kaho naa'...:)
Colt Uncle, how u doing this mornin ?:O)
Remember an old Ekta Kapoor's TV serial where one of the lady keep repeating "Aunty mat bolo naa"...Blue Rose : Yes, it conveys respect.
I will smack anyone who calls me uncle... I'm a lean, mean sex machine ;-)
Mom_me... I know its in funnies...but when I say to be posted in QLIG guess you can avoid being unnecessarily hit by some adverse comments on a nicely written post from the posters who wouldnt be able to appreciate it (and they wouldnt be wrong either) ..generally I dont like a good post getting into rough hands and though I wouldnt be able to to comment or even appreciate it there not being a member of QLIG but still can enjoy the unadulterated fun...
And why should you not post it here and who says it is too tpical India? The same is the case in Pakistan as well.. What is QLIG by the way?
What you wrote here is funny but true. It does happen but sometime even without getting married.. I am not married yet but many youngsters in late teens or early twenties call me me aunty as well. .I never feel offended though.
Flantop what is your problem here?
Rizks should not object - he gets the centerstage villian role in my thread ....... BTW, don't open the bubbly yet ....another set of paid holiday is still due ---- winter holidays . *big grin*......
cool story bro
now wat did i do ? :(
Happy : It is in Funnies !!!! Age of my friend - I am too old for chocolate; too young to be in discos -----------
flantop - respect other culture...
Tinker, Morning to you too. I see quite a lot of Qlers using "Aunty" word on various threads so thought of some quirky notes. My two months paid leave starts from today so ám in a great mood. :-)Flantop : Do you have the ability to laugh at yourself ??? :-/ I can laugh at the quirkiness of Indians .
Shouldn't this be in QLIG. It is tooooooooo specific to India...
BTW what is the age of your friend as on date who looks thousand years younger than her age ...:)
so it means its very good to call someone aunty jee or uncle jee..it actually counts in a respectful way.
there you go......:(
I dont understand why people posting their crap stories/Threads here on QL !
Ha Ha Rizks, why you so sad - you see the tragedy already ????
what is this - Aunty Ji ? :(