It's an Aunt Thing

Recently my youngest son celebrated his 13th birthday during which time he received a card from his aunt and her family wishing him a happy birthday. The card was a close-up photo of a tongue covered in sprinkles.

With Nathan's birthday card from his aunt laying on the table, it wasn't until one of the kids at his birthday party made the comment, "Ewww, who gave you that card?!?" Nathan promptly said, "My aunt." The kid's response was, "Oh, that makes sense!"

It does? Why? Is there something genetically hard-wired in aunts that causes them to be weird? This made me ponder the question, "Are all aunts weird?" I have noticed that my nieces and nephews all kind of watch me with what appears to be something close to apprehension, trepidation, or expectation out of the corner of their eye, like I might break out in some random rant, song, or dance that would embarrass not only them but the entire free world.

Hey, maybe I'm on to something because just the other day at work one of the pages at the library laughed at something I said, of course, and then followed it up with, "You know, you remind me of my aunt!" Really? So, I thought that I would do a quick survey on YouTube and find out how many weird aunts have been documented on film. When I used the key words, 'weird aunts' to search, I got about 1600 results. I've included two of those videos to commemorate weird aunts everywhere - these vid's are for you!!