What to call your in-laws?

[Ceila]

Mom and Dad..

Never seen the big deal people make about calling the inlaws this. They act like you are insulting your parents or something when you do it..

Very insecure parents if they are that worried about what the inlaws are being called.

That is pretty mean.. I am sure you are such a better person for making fun of them like that...

nothing beats "saying" something in your head.. means you are too weak to say it outloud

Are you always this quick to put others down, or are you just having a bad day?

As for the second quote specifically, I find it preferable to recognize that it's better to keep certain thoughts to yourself instead of coming out and insulting others as you have done on this thread.

 

[disfan07]

My dad calls my moms parents "mom" and "dad".

My mom never met my dad's dad (he died when my dad was a teenager) and well, his mother was nice enough but they had no real relationship so anytime they did actually talk, she called her by her first name.

 

[ReneeA]

I started calling my in-laws "mom" and "dad" during our engagement. I felt comfortable doing so, and it doesn't mean I think any less of my parents. My parents were extremely young, and DH has brothers and sisters around their age. He didn't feel comfortable calling them mom and dad, and call them by their first names. Everyone seems fine with that, and after 13+ years, there's no reason to change it up now.

 

[DebD4T]

I call DH's parents Mom and Dad.

DH calls my parents by their first names.

 

[coneygoil]

If you have a baby in the near future, the other poster is right... Grandma/Grandpa is the perfect solution to this!!!!

I forgot to mention, I'm 24 weeks pregnant! Maybe with the baby coming, I could start calling my FIL by whatever grandfather name he chooses!

 

[tlbwriter]

Mom and Dad..

Never seen the big deal people make about calling the inlaws this. They act like you are insulting your parents or something when you do it..

Very insecure parents if they are that worried about what the inlaws are being called.

LOL! My parents couldn't care less what I call my MIL. But I'm still not going to call her Mom. I love her, but she's not my mother. I call her by her first name, as do the other married-ins. How funny that you would assume people who choose to do that must have emotional problems!

 

[Bren's Mom]

I have a great relationship with my in-laws. So very blessed by that! I call them Mr. Howard and Mrs. Debbie, but my FIL told me the other day to call him "dad". He's always wanted a daughter (because all they had were 2 sons) and was excited that his son married me. My husband's brother will 99.9% never get married or be in a good relationship. Basically, I'm the only "daughter" my FIL will have. I'm not sure what to do. I think of my in-laws as my second set of parents, but to call someone else "dad" is weird for me. If I called him something else like "Pop", it wouldn't be so weird. I just don't want to hurt my FIL's feelings if I tell him I can't call him dad.

Tell HIM that. Just like that. Then call him Pops (or whatever else fun you come up with).

 

[FlightlessDuck]

I call my MIL "Mom", mostly because I've know her since I was 18.

I call my FIL by his first name. MIL remarried a few years ago.

 

[GeorgeG]

Dysfunctional.

 

[Mrs. Darcy]

I call them by their first names and my husband calls my parents by their first names, too. That's because when I first met them, my DH introduced them to me by their first names so it just went that way.