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Greeting for a card to in-laws
What do you write for the greeting a letter/card to your husband's parents when it's from the both of you? I call my in laws by their first name but MH obviously doesn't and calls them mom and dad. It feels awkward no matter which I put on the card. LOL
Re: Greeting for a card to in-laws
Dear Mom and Dad.
If the letter were just from me, I'd use their first names.
If they send us both a card they usually sign it with their first names. So I would probably use their first names. I think they know that I'm the one that does this stuff so while a letter may be from "us" it really says "Mel wrote it, Nicholas signed it".
Though at Christmas I do tags "Mom" and "Dad" I distinguish between my parents by saying from "me" first, and in-laws by saying from "H" first.
This is what I do when I write the cards. But I urge MH to write the cards at least half the time.
This is what I do...if it's a card from both of us, I write "mom & dad"...if it's just from me, first names. We've been together for sooo long and I still just don't call them anything when I speak to them! If, for example, I'm speaking to his mother about his father, I will use his father's first name. They are so sweet and easy-going that I doubt they've ever even thought about it. My parents are the same way, thankfully.
I'm in the minority- I call my in-laws Mom & Dad regardless of if DH is around. I even call them Mom & Dad when talking to my Mom & Dad! It gets a little confusing, so sometimes I throw a last name in there. Now if they were all in the same room, I can use Grammy, Grandpa, Mumsie, & Opa.
DH is glad for the other terms too because like lauram, he doesn't know what to call them, so calls them nothing. My parents always have a laugh about that (when he's not around- they dont' want him to feel bad about not being comfortable with just Mom & Dad for them too!)
But to your question, yeah, make DH do it and he can figure out what to say. That's generally what I do- I also try to make him buy the cards himself. I love his family, but they ARE his family so he can probably be a big boy and go buy them birthday, etc. cards and then initiate the signing process, ya know?