Do you call your ILs mom and dad?
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Anonymous
| I always thought this was weird, but all of DHs in laws call his parents mom and dad. (He is one of five). I am not rude about it and do it occasionally out of respect, but I call them by name. Just curious if others do this. |
Anonymous
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No. That's seems strange to me, too. DW calls my parents by their first names, and I call her parents by their first names.
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Anonymous
| No, by first names. |
Anonymous
| no, never |
Anonymous
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Haha! Hell no!
I refer to them as first names and it drives them nuts... |
Anonymous
| No. I think this was much more common among older generations. |
Anonymous
| Absolutely not! |
Anonymous
| No way. |
Anonymous
| My in-laws are very old fashioned and I think they would like me to call them mom and dad, but I don't. It just feels weird to me. At first I avoided calling them anything ha, but I now call them by their first names. |
Anonymous
| I call them Ma and Pop, because I call my parents Mom and Dad. |
Anonymous
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I either call them by name or call they nonna and pop because my kids call them that.
I have family members that call their ILs mom and dad, i don't think it is weird I just did not feel comfortable doing it. |
Anonymous
| I call them lots of things, mom and dad are not on that list. |
Anonymous
| I avoid calling them anything at all. I was a teenager when I met them and they were Mr. and Mrs. So and so. It feels weird to call the, by their first names, even though I am an adult now, and Mr. And Mrs. So and so is obviously too formal. |
Anonymous
| I think it really depends on the relationship. I am very close to my inlaws and think nothing of calling them Mom & Dad. I call them by their names at times as well though. |
Anonymous
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My dad always called his ILs Mr. / Mrs. Lastname. Funny, stilted and formal in retrospect, although my parents were married in 1960, so that's perhaps a sign of that time.
On the other hand, I call my ILs by their first names or, increasingly by their cutesy grandparent names. Resisted calling them mom and dad because I have my own parents, thank you very much. |