50 Aunt Quotes For The One Who's More Like A Second Mom

Aunts hold a special place.

They’re not your parents so there’s less pressure. But they’re family so the love runs deep.

They’re like a bonus person in your corner who just gets you.

The best aunts spoil you a little. Give advice without judgment. Show up for the big moments and the small ones too.

That relationship deserves recognition. Because good aunts shape us in ways we don’t always acknowledge.

These aunt quotes capture what makes that bond so special. Perfect for letting her know she matters.

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Short Aunt Quotes

“An aunt is a safe haven for a child. Someone who will keep your secrets and is always on your side.” – Sara Sheridan

“Aunts: like a mom, only cooler and with better snacks.”

“I’m not a regular aunt, I’m a cool aunt.”

“It is not money my aunt thinks about. She knows better than to value worldly wealth above its price.” – Anne Bronte

“Well, I do have some maiden aunts that are not quite like the aunts in the book, but I definitely do have a couple of them, and a couple of old aunties.” – Donna Tartt

“Aunts are like moms, only cooler.”

“An aunt is a safe haven for a child. Someone who will keep your secrets and is always on your side.”

“Aunts are the ones who stand beside moms, offering a different kind of love and support.”

“A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do. An aunt becomes this even sooner.”

“I want to be the coolest aunt in the entire world.” – Bailee Madison

“I’m now the elder in the position of doling out wisdom and trying to mend fences.” – Jane Fonda

“My aunt played the piano and I used to sit and listen to it.” – Dick Dale

“I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children.” – Kate DiCamillo

“My aunts still try to fatten me up.” – Randy Wayne White

“My father’s sister never married in order to raise me.” – Marcel Carne

“Every man should have aunts. They illustrate the triumph of guess work over logic.” – Agatha Christie

“I’d rather be the cool aunt than the authoritative aunt.” – Solange Knowles

“I was really lucky that I had an aunt who was very inspiring to me. She was different than anybody in my family on either side.” – Geena Davis

“The best aunts get promoted to godmothers.”

“Aunts are the ones who spoil you and then send you home.”

“Being an aunt is the second-best thing in the world. The first is being a mom/parent.”

“Aunts are the ones who stand beside Moms when nieces and nephews enter the world.” – Karen Moore

“My mom, my aunt, and my grandma banded together and gave me a village of support when I was growing up.” – Michael Tubbs

“The best aunts aren’t substitute parents, they’re co-conspirators.” – Daryl Gregory

“Aunts are always offering cake, certainly you couldn’t have had enough.” – Barry Spacks

“Aunts are discreet, a little shy by instinct. They forbear to pry.” – Phyllis McGinley

“Family Connections. Finally, we found it intriguing that virtually all aunts—whether they were aunts by blood, marriage, or held honorary aunt status—were identified through family connections.” – Kory Floyd

“The aunt is the mother’s sister, or the father’s brother’s wife, rather than simply an aunt.” – Kory Floyd

“The pervasiveness of the manner of describing their aunts suggests the importance of situating the aunt within the extended family.” – Kory Floyd

“Sometimes an aunt helped a niece or nephew take a different perspective by offering sage counsel or a sympathetic ear.” – Kory Floyd

“The aunt relationship is often engaged more intermittently, serendipitous, and in response to immediate exigencies than the mother relationship.” – Kory Floyd

“The aunt nonetheless is an undeniable emotional presence in kinship and family relationships and histories.” – Kory Floyd

“Aunt: the person who can give them back when they’re all sugared up.”

“My superpower? I’m an aunt.”

“Only an aunt can give hugs like a mother, keep secrets like a sister, and share love like a friend.”

“Being an aunt means loving someone else’s child like your own, but with more treats and fewer rules.”

“The relationship between aunt and niece was often based upon recognition of similarity between the two—but also emphasized the difference between mother and daughter.” – Sue A. Kuba

“Sometimes just being an aunt is pretty fun too. You can play with them for a week or a weekend and give them back to Mom and Dad.” – Sue A. Kuba

“Aunts were often involved in attempting to help a niece as she struggled with life choices and decisions.” – Sue A. Kuba

“This free-spiritedness and unconventionality is the characteristic of a certain type of aunt we can call the cool aunt.” – Axel Nissen

“Aunties have always been crucial in their roles as our ‘other mothers’—those other women who helped raise us.” – Tamara Traeder

“Auntie is more a role than a moniker. An auntie is someone who is older, interested, a good listener, and a helpful adviser.” – Tamara Traeder

“Aunts often speak of how honored they are to have some influence on a growing girl, how seriously they take the relationship, and the importance of having a young woman in their lives.” – Tamara Traeder

“Aunties need nieces, and nieces need aunties. It is never too late to find an aunt, or to be one!” – Tamara Traeder

“Many times aunties and nieces find amazing similarities in their tastes, attitudes, or even their appearances.” – Tamara Traeder

“An auntie is often an ‘other mother,’ providing another role model of how to live our lives as women. Our mothers, of course, are valuable role models, but sometimes an aunt can provide an alternative style of living.” – Tamara Traeder

“Aunts and uncles also shape the lives of nieces and nephews more directly.” – Lynn H. Turner

“The narrowing of the developmental schism between aunts/uncles and niece/nephews may facilitate the development of more intimate bonds.” – Lynn H. Turner

“Maiden aunts were teachers and nurses, confidants and disciplinarians.” – Nancy Bercaw

“Becoming an auntie, and having the opportunity to be in an active role as one, has been an absolutely marvelous opportunity.” – Tamara Traeder