My mom was always horrified when my aunt would come from Tucson in the summers. She cussed like a sailor and smoked about 3 packs of Lucky Strikes a day. And I think they thought I liked her WAYYYYY too much. :-) i might of. But, she's still with us. And she hung with me through Grama's funeral.
Aunts, especially, kinda wild ones, are a lot of fun! SSQ's younger sister fulfills that role with our kids. She's 47 and never married, but just loves life and has some good friends with whom she travels and hangs out.
She loves to spend time with our kids when we get together for the reunion, and our kids enjoy being with her, too!