I Am No Aunt, a story of the Aunt Family for the Giraffe Call

[aldersprig]

My Giraffe Call is Open here! Stop in and leave a prompt!

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[rix_scaedu]

John Henry was thinking ahead too?

[rix_scaedu]

Actually John Henry, how old are they and what gender?

[aldersprig]

*cough* good question.

[kelkyag]

Good luck, Chauncey. I don't know when you are, but Stone may need you as an example, some day.

Also interesting is the description of the power transfer, both that it doesn't happen without some sort of decision by the surviving family -- what would happen if an Aunt died and nobody noticed for a while, would it just wait? -- and that there's an actual transfer of *something* ...

I'm confused about the Louisas, though. In the third paragraph, there's a Louisa who's too young, presumably the infant only child. Then in the sixth, there's a Louisa who got married at 27 and has at least one younger brother, Chauncey. Given that Louisa's being snarled at for not having kids earlier, I'm guessing she's the mother of the singleton infant, and either she and her daughter have the same name, or "Louisa" and "June" should be swapped in paragraph three?

[aldersprig]

Whoops, two Louisas. I'll go back and change the first one to Jennifer.

[kelkyag]

Wait, then who's June with the only child? Does Louisa have multiple children who are too young? Or all boys so far?

Also, hrm, if Louisa would have been elegible, and Louisa's children would have been elegible, that means there's a skip-generation option, which I think hadn't come up before ...

[aldersprig]

June's another daughter of the right generation - and yes, skip-a-generation is being suggested, and that's new too.

[eseme]

Oh, interesting! I am intrigued by the Uncles. And I've enjoyed the Aunt setting for a while now.

Thanks!

[aldersprig]

It seems to be the sort of setting that appears to you -D

And I like the uncles.