Do you call your ILs mom and dad?

[Anonymous]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels it's weird. DH's mom mentioned that I could call her mom via email correspondence shortly after we got married but also said it's ok if I choose not to do so. Really weirded me out but I thought maybe my feelings would change over time. 1.5 years later and I am not there yet.

[Anonymous]

Nope. I call my inlaws by their first names. I have a mom and a dad that I am close to, and it would be too strange for me to call someone else by those names.

[Anonymous]

I'm actually surprised at how FEW people on this thread do this. I thought it was much more common.

I call mine mom and dad, no problem. In fact my in-laws also refer to one another as Mom, Dad, even "your mother" when in the presence of their children-in-law only. 4 kids and all the in-law kids call them mom and dad.

DH on the other hand, calls my parents by their first names, as that is what he's most comfortable with. I don't think either set of parents care either way.

[Anonymous]

I studiously avoid using any name for them at all! My kid saved me because now I can call them grandma and grandpa!

[Anonymous]

Hell no!

[Anonymous]

Yes, I do. Maybe it's cultural. Everyone in our family calls their in laws mom and dad.