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What Do You Call SO's Parents?

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I call my MIL 'ma' and my FIL 'dad'.  I am seriously the only person I know who does this, I know it's kind of old school.  But just curious what everyone else calls their ILs?
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  • jnksmomjnksmom member
    By their first names.
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  • monkeybutt61612monkeybutt61612 member
    By their first names; I would never be comfortable calling them mom and dad.
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    ameyer8009 said:
    I really akwardly try to avoid calling them anything because mil wants me to call her mom and it is akward coming out of my mouth. If I have to call them something I call them by their first names now.
    How long have you been married?  That seems like a difficult thing to keep up!
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  • rockyrollgirlrockyrollgirl member
    First names
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  • lyingliarlieslyingliarlies member
    to their faces? first names. their other DIL does the same.
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  • notkateanymorenotkateanymore member
    First names. Hell, I call my stepdad by his first name and so does DD. 
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  • LegallyBlonde217LegallyBlonde217 member
    First names. 
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  • Cherryblossoms07Cherryblossoms07 member
    By their first names.

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  • LouiejLouiej member
    lyingliarlies said:
    to their faces? first names. their other DIL does the same.

    ::snicker:: to their faces....lol. Curious, what do you call them behind their backs? I've been favoring dildo headed douche face as of recent...
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  • JeffandLeslieJeffandLeslie member
    First names, but it took me a really long time to be comfortable with that.  Mostly because I knew them in highschool and they were Mr/Mrs LastName to me growing up. 
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  • lyingliarlieslyingliarlies member
    Louiej said:
    lyingliarlies said:
    to their faces? first names. their other DIL does the same.

    ::snicker:: to their faces....lol. Curious, what do you call them behind their backs? I've been favoring dildo headed douche face as of recent...

    Louiej said:
    lyingliarlies said:
    to their faces? first names. their other DIL does the same.

    ::snicker:: to their faces....lol. Curious, what do you call them behind their backs? I've been favoring dildo headed douche face as of recent...
    ha ha. nothing too bad, but if someone's pissed me off recently i'll just have that tone w/ my husband, like "have you talked to yourrr motherrrrrrr?" or if he's the one pissing me off i've told him he's acting like her. bad, i know. but he knows exactly what i mean so there must be some truth to it ;)
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  • emeraldanchoremeraldanchor member
    First names. I felt uncomfortable at first with it & like @ameyer8009 I just didn't say anything at first.
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  • dairygirl19dairygirl19 member

    By their first names. They're pretty laid back, easy to please, low key people.

    Even my inlaws find the Mom/Dad thing weird to them. They're always like, "I love you, but all the inlaws have parents of their own." Ha.

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  • herohero member
    I call them Ammi and Thatthii, which is Mom and Dad in Sinhalese.
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  • LoriLee14LoriLee14 member

    First names here too. But they are also called by their grandparents name when we are talking with little man

    my husband also calls my parents by their first names

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  • MountaineerMommaMountaineerMomma member
    Diapers&Wipes said:
    Nothing, lol. Now that DD is here I call them GG and papa. That's what DD calls them. Before I don't think I ever had to call them anything. I would just start talking.

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  • SuperSecretStatusSuperSecretStatus member
    Ms. "insert first name" and Mr. "insert first name"
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  • ajc0121ajc0121 member
    I call them by their first names. My DH calls my parents Mr. and Mrs (Last Name). I have told him so many times to just call them by their first names but he hasn't and never will lol. 
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  • LouiejLouiej member
    SuperSecretStatus said:
    Ms. "insert first name" and Mr. "insert first name"

    So, they could be ms. Susan and mr. Bob? Hmm...interesting!
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  • dizzycooksdizzycooks member
    First names.  For a long time I went with nothing because it just felt weird.  Mom and dad will never happen.  Ever.
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  • rach10782rach10782 member
    Mom and dad. My husband also calls my parents mom and dad. It seemed very natural to both of us.
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  • karen_loykaren_loy member
    First names
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  • Allycat11Allycat11 member
    By their first names.  
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    Louiej said:
    SuperSecretStatus said:
    Ms. "insert first name" and Mr. "insert first name"

    So, they could be ms. Susan and mr. Bob? Hmm...interesting!
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  • pitterpatter129pitterpatter129 member
    edited August 2013
    First names.  But they sign cards and things Mom R and Dad R.  (R for last name)  I kind of think it's weird since I never called them Mom and Dad.  Whatever.  My maiden name started with an N and now my own mom has started signing things Mom and Dad N after seeing something from the in-laws!!  Crazy people. 

    ETA:  Most often they are Mimi and Papa and Mamaw and Papaw now. :) 

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  • jenniann87jenniann87 member
    First names.
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    First names.
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  • IlumineIlumine member
    First Names.  I was and am a grown adult.  Age or the fact that MIL birthed DH does not change that fact.  


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  • new+tothisnew+tothis member
    Usually their first names or Grandma and Pa.

    Occasionally if I'm talking to someone and the relationship between us is important to the context I will call FIL my dad. I don't think I've done that with my MIL though. So I would say "Oh, I called dad to come over and help me with X." I'm closer to him than MIL though (plus, I'm closer to my mother than my father).
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  • wishtonightwishtonight member
    Don "first name" and Doña "first name". Only because I was brought up to address all of my elders in such form. It's the Spanish equivalent to Mr and Mrs, used to indicate respect.
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  • shortstuff15shortstuff15 member
    Mom and Dad.  It's what my parents called their in-laws and it's just normal for me.  My husband calls my parents mom and dad too.  I tried calling them first names.  It just felt weird.  Mom and dad is much less weird.

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  • peacelove&mamapeacelove&mama member
    Mom, or her first name.
     

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  • notkateanymorenotkateanymore member
    I could never imagine calling my late MIL mom. She sooooo wasn't my mom.
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  • NguyenNguyenSituationNguyenNguyenSituation member
    I mix it up. Mom and Dad in English (sometimes) or Mom and Dad in Vietnamese, but the pronunciation harder for me. Or just Ong and Ba (which is grandpa and grandma). Usually, I'll just start talking. My husband calls my parents by their first names.
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