What do you call your in laws?

tlc11934

Just curious what you call your in laws!  

yellowbean15

I call them by their first names but they refer to themselves as mom/dad to me.

vibarra27

I call my FIL, FIL in spanish(suegro). & call my MIL by her first name.

jenboston22

Mom/Dad in Tamil (their native tongue).

Bellarose212

Tita (first name) and Tito (first name). My husband is from the Philippines. Tita and Tito is a sign of respect in the filipino culture. 

yellow1daisy

I call them nothing. Lol. I've avoided calling my mother in law by anything ever since we got married. When I want her attention I just say whatever it is. My FIL passed away. 

I don't want to call her mom and I feel like it's rude to call her by her first name. 

blondehairblueeyeditalianbaby

If I am talking about her I say MIL or DH's mom. I don't really call ER anything when I talk to her. Sometimes by her or Nanna if my son is around. 

TeacherMom210

We aren't in contact with DH's family at the moment, but I used Mom and Dad. My parents are old fashioned and it would have hurt them if DH didn't use that for them, and I felt it was only fair to return the favor. 

rjanice

MIL is mom.  FIL is dad. My MILs husband is Mr Jim

shelbydd

My husband calls my mom "mom" but I call his mom by her first name. His dad passed away a couple of years ago but I called him by his first name as well. I'm not/was not very close with my IL's but we've lived with my mom and step-dad on and off since we started dating 8 years ago so SO is pretty close to them.

CraftyMommy14

We aren't in contact with them at the moment, so nothing. :'( 

tlc11934

I find it interesting that our parents generation called their ILs mom and dad and our generation is more on board with first names.  I also wonder how this shapes our kids. As a kid I always called my friends' parents Mr and Mrs but now I introduce myself to my kids' friends as my first name.  I never want to be called Mrs...

mill1020

"Grandma"

TabulaRasa25

When I refer to them, I refer to them by first name, Fran and Bill, or, if talking to my husband or SIL, either "Your mom" or "your dad." 

When talking to either of them, I have taken to saying "Granny" or "Grandpa," because they've waited a really long time to be grandparents, and they like it. 

I don't call them "mom" or "dad," because I got married at 37, so they've been my inlaws for a relatively short time and I didn't know them most of my adult life.  If I'd known them since I was young, or something, maybe.  

My FIL refers to himself alternately as either "The old bastard," or "the old son-of-a-bitch," lol.  Probably not so LOL when my kid starts repeating it, but, oh, well. They have a good relationship.