What do you call your MIL/FIL?

[T1130]

I call them first names to their face, But I cannot post publically what I call them behind their back.

 

[oogieboogie]

I call them Mom and Dad or Grandma and Grandpa or DH, your parents/your mom/your dad.

Now... what I call MY mom and dad...

 

[sm4987]

Mr. and Mrs. They have never invited me to call them anything but!!!!

 

[PaulaSue]

I call my ILS by their first names.

It would be an insult to my parents to call anyone else Mom or Dad. They are the ones who raised me. That is just the way I was raised.

 

[MomofKatie]

They told me to call them Mom and Dad, so when I talk to them, it's Mom and Dad.

Every other time, it's "DH's Mom" or "DH's Dad".

 

[scrump]

I call my ILs by their first names.

 

[momofmikey]

I call my MIL "Ma" and my FIL "Pop", and my DH does the same for my parents. It always seemed like a nice compromise, b/c I feel so close to them, but by the same token, they're not "Mom" and "Dad."

 

[Tantor]

I call her by her first name (...at least to her face )

 

[disykat]

First names and dh does the same with my parents. I can't even imagine calling them mom and dad - they aren't my mom and dad!

My BIL (dh's sisters husband) calls my inlaws mom and dad. However, he met them when he was 19 and really didn't have parents of his own. They really became his parents. I met them when I was almost 29 and they were very early 40's (they were teen parents and dh is 5 years younger than me). They were more my contemporaries than my parents.

 

[dizneenut]

First names.

 

[NMAmy]

With my ex's parents, I always referred to them by first name. When dd came along, they became "Grandma Mary", "Grandpa Terry," etc. (My ex's mom has been married 5 times so dd has a lot of grandmas and grandpas.) If I'd called them all mom and dad it would have been chaos. Plus, it was weird for me because I already HAD a mom and a dad.

Now, right from the start with DH's parents, it was "Mam" and "Da." It's what dh and his brothers call them and I've only seen them rarely at family celebrations since they live in England. It's different enough from Mom and Dad that it wasn't weird to me. Mam passed away last fall. They are wonderful, generous people.

 

[Tinijocaro]

I caked dh's mom "Helen" for years, then My mom died. MIL at some point started hinting that she would like me to call her "Mom" but I couldn't cuase my own mourning of my own mom was too fresh. Now that my mom has been gone 10 years, I've grown to really love my MIL as a mother, no, she's not my mother, but she is like a mother and I'm thankful to have her. She's a good, kind, loving woman. I call her mom when I must call her something, but like the rest of you, I just avoid using a name.

 

[Disney Doll]

I called them by thier first names. I also sometimes called my DFIL "Lovey"...it's a long story.

They have both passed now and I miss them.

 

[shortbun]

first names

 

[runwad]

My parents are Mother & Dad, DH's parents are Mom & Pop. Different names different people, no problem, could NEVER call them by their first names just wasn't raised that way, out of respect you call them mom & dad. I wish my kids would've called me Mother so that when they grow up and get married they wouldn't have a problem calling their inlaws mom...but we progressed from Mamma right to mom and I never quite made it to Mother. I asked my mom how she got us to call her Mother and she said she just didn't answer us when we called her mom when we were babies,wierd uh? But glad she did cause I like that we could be in a crowded place and I'd call Mother and she'd always answer. Now with my kids everytime we are in a crowd and I hear MOM, I turn to look along with 50 other moms

 

[lclark0621]

Up until this past year, I did not call my ILs anything. I would just start mid sentence.

This past year, my MIL & I have gotten closer. So I sucked it up & started calling her Mom. It was hard, but after a while, it started to feel comfortable. But I still dont call my FIL anything. I still start mid-sentence with him.

 

[Michie]

I call mine.................................................................................






as little as possible.

Me too! In the past amost 26 years, I have spoken with them on the phone maybe 3 or 4 times.

I don't call them anything, that seems a little too personal.

 

[Keli]

By their first names. I know they would have liked mom and dad but I didn't feel comfortable with that.

Being the hypocrite I sometimes am though, I will admit to hoping my future SIL will call me mom.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

MIL i call her by her first name adn my FIL...well you don't want to know what i call him

 

[LadyBears]

My ex's parents I called Mom & Dad. I absolutely loved them!!


My DH's parents - when I am with him its "your parents" or "your mom" or "your dad". To DD its "your grandparents" or "your grandma" or "your grandpa".

To them - I don't call them anything. Usually a conversation will start with "Hey" or "Did you..." I don't feel comfortable calling them Mr &/or Mrs or by their first names & definitely NOT Mom or Dad!

My BIL's Inlaws I call acknowledge (sp) using their first names or after a few drinks at one of their get togethers they become Mom first name & Dad first name!! I even refer to my SIL as sister! The kids in my husbands family sure lucked out by marrying into warm families cuz "sis" & I sure didn't!