November 2008 Weddings
kdonedizzle
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Silly pointless question
What do you call your MIL? Either to her face or to your DH.
Mom? First Name? Mrs. so and so?
Re: Silly pointless question
Her first name. She and FIL told me to do that when I met them when we were first dating.
To DH "Your mom"
To her face: MIL- "her name" SMIL- "her name"
To DH: MIL- "your mom" or "your egg donor" SMIL- "her name"
The crazy thing is My mom, DH's mom, & DH's step mom ALL have the SAME name. Our poor kids are gonna be so confused...lol
I call MIL "Ma" to her face. Since dh and I started dating in high school, I used to call her Mrs. Lastname. When we got engaged she asked me what I would call her and FIL and wanted me to call them mom/dad. I felt too weird calling her Mom, so I call her Ma. It feels a little less personal. I call FIL dad.
I call MIL and FIL "Your Mom" and "Your Dad" when taling to DH.
DH's mom passed away when he was 15.
I call SMIL by her name, and so does DH- he's not very close to her.
This. MIL really wants me to call her mom and I cant, I dont even call my own mother mom.
It is a pretty southern thing to call your ILs by some form of mom or dad. I couldn't do that. My mom and dad are the only ones I can think of in that way. Some of my close friends who I spent a lot of time with their families we called Mom Last Name or Mom First Name.
I would feel very weird calling my ILs mom/dad. We just don't have that kind of relationship. And I think it would hurt my mom and dad's feelings.
I mostly go with a hun or dear to avoid this. I call her "your mom" to DH obviously.
I really love my MIL and will tell her that on the phone - we end most of our convos with a quick "love you!" But I don't feel comfy calling her Mom yet. Now its great b/c I can call her "Grandma" when Hunter's there which solves the problem well.
I call her by her first name.
DH calls my mom Mrs. G*****.
I don't call them anything really unless I have to, then its their first names. MIL went from referring to themselves as J&B when they signed birthday cards to mom and dad as soon as P and I got married. I found that tacky mostly because she still signs stuff to her son in law as J&B because she doesn't like him.
To P I refer to them as "your mom" and your dad.
Ironically I have no problem calling my best friends parents mom and dad.
I call MIL and FIL by their first names. When I first met them I called them Mr. and Mrs. T and got a rash of ish for it (in a nice way), they do not like being called that and requested I call them by their first names.
When talking to M it's "your Mom" "your Dad". However, SIL's FI calls them Mom and Pops, which they don't like either but they don't say anything which is weird. It also makes M feel uncomfortable when he calls them that.
To them: MIL = "first name" when I'm not happy with her "mom" when I am; FIL = Dad, SMIL = "first name"
To N: MIL = "your mom" or "your BSC MOTHER", depending :P; FIL = Dad or "your dad"; SMIL = "first name"
Since my dad is no longer with us, it's not confusing for me to call N's dad "Dad". And he is the only one of my 3 ILs who I really feel comfortable giving a parent title to. I love him
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My parents called each others' parents Mom/Pop, Mom/Dad, so it seems normal to me to call your ILs by those names.
To her face: "Hey You"...sometimes I say "Mom" but it still feels weird.
To DH: "Your Mom"
To others: "Jon's Mom" or "Barb"
TTC #1 13 cycles, CP 6/09, TTC #2 1 cycle
CDing, EP'd for 13 months for #1, BFing for #2
Pregnancy Hypertension - inductions at 39w, I grow big babies: DD was 9 pounds 1 ounce 22 inches, DS was 11 pounds even 22 inches - both vaginal deliveries
I do this too!
They all answer to it, so it was always easy that way.
TTC #1 13 cycles, CP 6/09, TTC #2 1 cycle
CDing, EP'd for 13 months for #1, BFing for #2
Pregnancy Hypertension - inductions at 39w, I grow big babies: DD was 9 pounds 1 ounce 22 inches, DS was 11 pounds even 22 inches - both vaginal deliveries