What is my father to my mother-in-law?

[Anonymous]

Another vote for John’s father-in-law

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All Indian languages have a word for this! I think it stems from the idea of a marriage as a relationship between families, not just the two people being wed.

+1

It is the coming together of two families and any progeny from the marriage is blood to both families. You have to recognize that.

I love this. And I just asked my mother this question in the wording the OP used and she said "polite."

Love this too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All Indian languages have a word for this! I think it stems from the idea of a marriage as a relationship between families, not just the two people being wed.

+1

It is the coming together of two families and any progeny from the marriage is blood to both families. You have to recognize that.

Love this and love Indian culture. So much depth in the customs.

[Anonymous]

How old is the dude?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In other languages and cultures there are words for this relationship. It seems that in Hindi/Urdu, Yiddish and Spanish there are such words. Wonder if there are other cultures and languages that has a name for this relationship

-Yiddish machatunim; e parents of the people your children marry are your machatonim (the male is your mechuten, and the female your machatonister).

- Spanish it is consuegros and means "co-in-laws.

- Hindi - Sumdhi (male) and Sumdhan (female).

Hungarian has a word for this as well, which loosely translates to co-mother and co-father.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Machatunim: The word even contains that satisfying, throat-clearing chhh—machhhh-ah-tun-um.

But there’s another, more pragmatic reason they use this word: It’s super convenient. The word means “the parents of my child’s spouse."

https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/12/machatunim-co-in-laws-english-needs-a-word-for-the-relationship-between-parents-and-in-laws.html

Yup!