Poll: What do you call your M/FIL?

naylon511 · January 2012

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MrsJaay · January 2012

By their first names.

I remember in high school I used to try all forms of methods to avoid having to address them directly b/c I wasn't sure what to call them lol.

MrsBreaux2008 · January 2012

I call them by their first names.

naylon511 · January 2012

I still call them by their first names or "Grandma" and "Grandpa" when I can. I think MIL would really like if I called them Mom and Dad but I just...............can't.

They sign everything Mom and Dad and when she calls she's like "Hi, it's Mom...".

I can refer to them as such, like I'll say to Jim "so what happened when Mom called today" as short hand I guess for "your Mom". Or I can say to MIL something like "Dad asked for milk w/ dinner". I think that's partially b/c both FIL and DH have the same name and it gets confusing.

So, got me curious, what do you all call yours and has it changed over time?

JNicMTek · January 2012

I use their first names.

H calls my father and step mother by their first names, but he calls my mother Ma, like I do.

naylon511 · January 2012

See, DH calls my Mom by her "Grandma" name which is "Sama". Everyone calls her that - even me! She was a "Sama" before he knew her so it was easy. She was first name for a while then he switched.

My MIL wasn't a g-ma when we met. Also, she wants to be be "Grandma Lastname" and not something fun and cute like Nana or whatever which would be easier to call her. I feel like an arse calling her Grandma because she isn't my grandma but I also feel stuffy calling her by her first name.

star678 · January 2012

I call my MIL "mom" as per her request. It was sorta weird at first but now I don't mind. She is really involved in our lives and good to both of us. I hate calling FIL "dad" because I hardly know him even though FIL and MIL are married (he is out of the country 90% of the year), so I just try to avoid calling him anything at all. I will call him "dad" if I am forced to address him without being able to get around a title for him.

DH calls my parents mom and dad freely.

ColleenS629 · January 2012

MrsJaay:
By their first names.
I remember in high school I used to try all forms of methods to avoid having to address them directly b/c I wasn't sure what to call them lol.

I still do this hah! They refer to themselves as Mom S/ Dad S but I just can't call them Mom and Dad... it's too weird for me.

amybyrd · January 2012

Their first names or now Grandma and Grandpa when Elle is around.

Casperdy · January 2012

First names.

alliapistor · January 2012

First names, but as LO grows I will probably tend more towards Grandma and Papa.

I just can't bring myself to call them mom and dad, even though they sign everything that way. Even their first names are kind of hard for me because MIL has the same name as my mom (deceased).

morrigan08 · January 2012

First Names

MrsJaay · January 2012

Hm, it hasn't really changed over time but they've never really expressed that they've wanted me to call them anything differently either.

DH calls my dad by his first name and he has a plethora of names for my mother (that sounds bad lol). Usually he calls her by her middle name that she dropped when she got married b/c he knows she hates it.

heatherkj · January 2012

MrsJaay:
I remember in high school I used to try all forms of methods to avoid having to address them directly b/c I wasn't sure what to call them lol.

I did this until well after we were married. LOL. But I called them "Mr. and Mrs. Lastname" when I had to (not often). Then, once we were married, it seemed really weird to continue doing that--especially since I was now Mrs. Lastname, too--so I started calling them by their first names, and that's been a lot better. But honestly, it still feels sort of weird to do so, though I don't know why.

I am a nerd.

heatherkj · January 2012

Oh, and just as another part of the conversation--my SIL (brother's wife) calls my parents "Mom" and "Dad," and for some reason, it bothers me! It's like nails on a chalkboard when I hear it. I have no idea why, I guess I'm possessive of my parents? I clearly have issues about this subject.

Fraux · January 2012

I call MIL/SFIL by their first names. I don't address FIL at all. I try to avoid him at all costs and only talk to him after he initiates a conversation.

613marriedlady · January 2012

I have always called them their first name.

trickeytricky · January 2012

I call them by their first names, and more recently "grandma" and "papaw". When DH and I are in coversation we call them Mom and Dad like you do Megan.

FIL signs everything "Dad" and I think he would love it if I called him dad, but my thing is never in my life have I called anyone dad, so it's just weird to me.

MIL will never be called "Mom" by me, she just doesn't fit the bill.

EmmaBrooke · January 2012

I use their first names when I need to, but when Sawyer is around, they are Grandma & Grandpa.

ernuno787 · January 2012

I call them by their first names. When the kids are around they are Grandma and Grandpa. DH calls my parents by their first names also.

MrsL628 · January 2012

Their first names or Baba & Grandpa when we're around Madeline. I don't feel close enough/comfortable enough to call them Mom or Dad

MrsAllieH · January 2012

I call them by their first names. When we first started dating, we were in high school so I called them Mr. and Mrs. H____. Then one day (I think we were engaged?) MIL was like, "you can't call me Mrs. H. anymore. You can call me Judy, or mom, or whatever, but not Mrs. H". I avoided calling them anything for about a year. Now it's perfectly normal to call them by their first names.

I think DH started calling my parents by their first names when they started signing things for both of us as "Love Mom/Laurie and Dad/Crawford".

mucutiepie124 · January 2012

heatherkj:

MrsJaay:
I remember in high school I used to try all forms of methods to avoid having to address them directly b/c I wasn't sure what to call them lol.

I did this until well after we were married. LOL. But I called them "Mr. and Mrs. Lastname" when I had to (not often). Then, once we were married, it seemed really weird to continue doing that--especially since I was now Mrs. Lastname, too--so I started calling them by their first names, and that's been a lot better. But honestly, it still feels sort of weird to do so, though I don't know why.

I am a nerd.

All of this!

Beth&Derek · January 2012

It's always been first names.

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