It’s official (well technically it’s not but I just fancied saying it was) being an Aunty is the best job in the world. I’ve recently started a new job and although I’m loving it, my job as an Aunty totally overshadows it. If you’re a fellow Aunty, you’ll know what I’m saying when I say having a niece or nephew is totally awesome because…
- You get to buy them stuff you secretly want to play with yourself. A giant bubble maker wand which is nearly the size of my niece is a recent example
- You can take them for milkshake, cookies and ice cream and it’s sort of acceptable to consume all that sugar
- You get to offload them on their Mummy and Daddy when the sugar hit from the milkshake, cookies and ice cream starts to kick in
- You get the most amazing hugs and welcome, even when they’re super tiny and brand new
- You automatically gain a new friend from the minute they’re born
- You can chat to them about random stuff like what the weather is doing, what you had for breakfast and if you did a wee or a poo when you went to the loo
- You get to watch them grow up and develop their own uniquely brilliant personalities
- You realise that you love them more than you thought you ever might
- You’re suddenly totally cool with staying in to babysit them on a Saturday night and it actually feels really quite special
- You secretly hope they wake up super early to come for a snuggle in bed. Quickly followed by a lengthly conversation about the weather, why it’s not light and what you’re doing that day.
Being an Aunty is seriously the best job