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[bluebren_livejournal]

They need to come up with a ceremony, or rite of passage, or even just decide on an age, for when you're allowed to call adults by their first names. I still feel weird doing that sometimes.

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[renshai.livejournal.com]

I've almost gotten used to calling my teachers at college and, to a lesser extent, university by their first names - it's how they introduce themselves, after all, so it must be okay.

But I still can't bring myself to call my former high school teachers by their first names, and despite my aunt informing me that it's perfectly fine to call her just by her first name, I still can't seem to say anything other than Auntie X when talking to her. It just feels weird, and it's not even like it's a matter of respect, because I respect my profs now as much or more than I respected my teachers in high school.