What do you call your ILs?

bpphoto785 · December 2013

Mine are kind of pushing Mom & Dad, which I'm not comfortable with. Calling them by their first names seems strange too. I've never called anyone's parents by their first name. I was really just hoping I could ride this out until H & I have kids then they'd just be Grandma & Grandpa forever! I usually refer to them as Mr./Mrs. K. And that's not an abbreviation for confidentially, I thought it was a good mix of respectful but informal.

Melissa51212 · December 2013

I have dated my H for 7 years and called them Mr./Mrs. P but lately i think its too formal for me being their daughter in law. I kinda starting slipping Mom and Dad in or nothing at all haha

court115 · December 2013

I call mine Cookie and Sir. Cookie is because we were talking one day about how older ladies always have cute little nicknames. I forget what mine and my SIL's were but my MIL's was Cookie so that just stuck. Sir is because my MIL told me that I could call them by their first names but my FIL jokingly said I had to call him Sir. That also stuck.

H doesn't call my parents anything. He just looks directly at them when he's talking to them lol

mancila60 · December 2013

H calls my mom Mrs. first name and my step dad is just his first name. My stepmom is also her first name and then my dad is Pops because stepmom told H once not to call my dad Mr so his options were either his first name or dumb*ss H changed it to Pops instead.

FIL I call by his first name to other people but to his face it's Pops and stepmom IL I call her by her first name. MIL I called her mom and I always have, not that she insisted on it or anything just it felt natural.

cpm1223 · December 2013

I call MIL by her first name and I seriously cannot remember ever calling FIL anything in the past 9 years H and I have been together...how weird is that?!

adventureisoutthere · December 2013

I call mine by their first names. I can't do the mom and dad thing....

mildlymailyn · December 2013

H calls my parents Mom and Dad and I call his parents Mama and Pa... They only speak Spanish so I call them what H calls them.

toothpastechica · December 2013

To their face I use their names...To H or anyone else I call them "Your parents/Paul's Parents"

Mona8 · December 2013

I'm with Christine in that I can't remember calling FIL anything... I think I just always start talking to him, haha. While we were dating and engaged, I called MIL Mrs. Last Name. I was taught to call my elders Mr. And Mrs., so it's ingrained in me. Once we got married, MIL told me to stop it lol. I call her by her first name now but it's still weird for me... I love my MIL and feel like Mrs is too formal for me to use but I just got so used to it.

mandi921vh · December 2013

I call them by their first names. I would feel weird calling them mom and dad.

geojam224 · December 2013

When we first started dating in high school, H's parents told me to call them by their first names. My mom told H he could call her by her first name but my dad wanted to be Mr. Lastname. Now that we are married, my parents asked H to call them Mom and Dad, but H calls them by their first name cuz he says it's weird. I never got such an invitiation from my ILs. I asked once if I could call them mom and dad, and my MIL said, "or just Angela..." Fine. Never mind.

leopardgurl831 · December 2013

I try to avoid calling them anything. On cards I wright Mom& Dad even for step parents. Glad I can just say grandma and grandpa now, because I always felt awkward.

mancila60 · December 2013

I agree with @leopardgurl31 saying grandma and grandpa now makes things MUCH easier.

Along52612 · December 2013

I call them by there 1st name. Or I call my MIL mom sometime or when I am talking to H. I never really talk to my FIL. I think it is a bit weird calling them mom and dad

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