私をおばちゃんと呼ばないで

私をおばちゃんと呼ばないで

My friend Bev and I were looking at Hiroshige' s Ukiyoe at  Honolulu Academy of Art. The exhibit room was not crowded, and there werjust a few visitors.

We were talking quietly, but suddenly, Bev whispered to me saying, "I hate when someone calls me auntie."

I responded, "What? Really?" 

She responds again, "Yes, I don't like it!"

She sounded angry. I started chuckling, "Me neither!!"

I hate to hear that word at the cashier, or anyone who casually calls me auntie. 

And Bev asked me, "obasan means auntie, doesn't it?"

Yes, "obasan is same as auntie. I don't want anyone to call me neither obasan nor auntie PERIOD." Now we started smiling again and went back to Hiroshige's nice paintings.