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Judy in VA
Star Contributor
VA
USA
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 Posted - 03/07/2005 : 06:10:56 AM
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| I read an article about what people call their in-laws and it made me wonder what you call yours: first name, Mom/Dad, or some other term of endearment. |
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JanJojo
Star Contributor
West Virginia
USA
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Posted - 03/07/2005 : 08:51:31 AM
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I call my in-laws by their first names.Somehow it just would not feel right calling them mom and dad.When my husband was alive,he called my parents mom and dad. He always said that my parents treated him much better than his own parents had.
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LauraLinDover
Star Contributor
Dover, NH
USA
1202 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2005 : 08:57:33 AM
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My FIL's current wife is not my DH's mother (his mother past before we met) since everyone calls his wife by her first name, it follows that the DIL's and SIL's call him by his.
My sisters hubby doesn't call my parents mom and dad either. |
Laura
Happily Shopping the seacoast of NH, Southern ME and extreme Northeastern MA
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Allyson Goldjay
Star Contributor
Elkton, MD
USA
426 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2005 : 09:16:26 AM
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I refer to my FIL as "Grandpa" as that is what my daughter calls him. My husband calls my parents by their first names.
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Ray Sola
Volition.com Staff
Prescott, AZ
USA
3042 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2005 : 09:20:59 AM
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I always called my mother by her first name, especially around my in-laws. So, there is no way my mother-in-law would expect me to call her mom, if I did not call my own mother mom.
Side note: My sister-in-law is engaged to someone who's parents have the same names and her parents. Both are Charlie and Josephine. It is very confusing. |
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Ang Harris
Valued Contributor
Maryland
USA
228 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2005 : 09:21:53 AM
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I call mine the outlaws  |
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Mazie
Star Contributor
Forest Grove, OR
USA
468 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2005 : 11:07:59 AM
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| I call mine annoying meddling know it alls. Or by their first names. But we only visit them once or twice a year. My dh calls my parents mom and dad. |
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MrsKenna
Star Contributor
Oxnard, CA
USA
1641 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2005 : 1:31:10 PM
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| I call my MIL mom since she is so nice to me! I have a BIL but I rather not say what I call him!!! |
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UpstateNYKat
Star Contributor
Rochester, NY
USA
1100 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2005 : 10:28:25 AM
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| My Mother calls my Father's mother Nana since that is what my brother and I have always called her. Eventually it got to the point where that is what everyone calls her. A cousin on the other side of the family had been doing Nana's hair for several years when she found out that it wasn't her actual name. |
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Part time shopper Rochester, NY
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KimBie
Star Contributor
USA
605 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2005 : 6:34:12 PM
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| I don't call my in laws anything... that can become quite a pickle! Funny, I never considered his siblings my in-laws... I just refer to them as "his" brother or sister. (Maybe because I don't want to be associated with them! ) |
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SJones
Star Contributor
USA
3113 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2005 : 05:28:35 AM
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I try to avoid to refer to them If it is in relation to the kids it's "Grandma" and "Grandpa". If I have to address them, it's their first name. I only have one mom and dad, mine |
Susanne
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DonnaYarb
Valued Contributor
Bonaire, GA
USA
244 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2005 : 08:04:00 AM
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| Since my in-laws don't really consider me part of the family(we've only been married ten years but a couple for fourteen) I call them Mr. and Mrs.... They sign all cards to me "The Y's." |
Donna Yarbrough
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.Joanne SSFL
Inactive
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
USA
133 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2005 : 08:06:56 AM
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I call mine the Out-Laws (lol).
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MVeler
Member
King, NC
USA
42 Posts |
Posted - 03/10/2005 : 05:59:26 AM
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Funny but I am VERY close my my inlaws, Momma and Daddy
And yes I am an adult! 
32 and still call parents momma and daddy! As does my husband.
Must be a southern thing  |
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Barbara N.CA
Star Contributor
San Francisco, CA
USA
2394 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2005 : 7:47:55 PM
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The only in-laws I have are my brother-in-law, his sister, and his two sets of parents (mom and stepdad; dad and stepmom). I call my brother-in-law usually by name (Doug), which was how I addressed him before he and my sister got married. Once in a while, I call him, "Bro." Recently, when I was about to ask him a favor, I called him, "Oh Beloved Brother-in-Law."
Love my bro-in-law. He loves my sister and my sister loves him. They're good for each other.
I spent the last two Christmas/Hanukkah dinners at the home of Ruth & Fred's (Doug's mom and stepdad). They're very good people. They're family. I've only met Doug's dad and stepmom twice, at Ruth & Fred's. I don't know them well but they are still family. Doug has a sister, whom I have met several times. I consider her family, too.
The way I look at it, my sister is the person I love the most in the world. Anyone she loves is therefore important to me, and anyone who is her family (e.g. Doug) or Doug's family is my family.
It's all good. |
Barbara
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Brenda
Star Contributor
MO
USA
543 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2005 : 11:00:33 PM
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It wouldn't be proper for me to say on here. |
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Tucson Sarah
Valued Contributor
Tucson, AZ
USA
138 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2005 : 11:06:16 PM
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Luckily they are ex laws.
And , oh I can't say it. |
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KimBie
Star Contributor
USA
605 Posts |
Posted - 04/19/2005 : 5:17:54 PM
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| Lately I call them the SPAWNS OF SATAN!!! |
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GailGibbsYoung
Star Contributor
Salem, OR
USA
1003 Posts |
Posted - 04/19/2005 : 6:27:23 PM
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| Gosh, Kimbie, tell us how you REALLY feel!!! LMAO!!! |
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SelenePN
Star Contributor
Fairfax, VA
USA
942 Posts |
Posted - 04/19/2005 : 9:56:54 PM
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When I email my DH's parents and grandparents, I type "mom & dad" or "grandma & grandpa" on the computer. I don't feel as weird if I am not saying it out loud. However, when we are on the phone or in person, I avoid calling them anything. I would not call them mom/dad/grandma/grandpa because I have my own. I would not call them by first name because it is considered very disrespectful in my culture (although they wouldn't mind). So I try to say, "Um..." or "Oh..." or just making sure they know I am talking to them. If I need to refer to them when I talk to someone else, I would say [my DH's name]'s parents/grandparents.
As far as my DH's sisters and brothers, we are on first name basis. I never refer to them as in-laws. It just sounds weird. However, one of them always calls me "sister-in-law". I really don't like being called that, but I couldn't tell her to stop. And if I need to refer to them when I talk to someone else, again, I would say [my DH's name]'s sister/brother. |
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OctoberInOhio
Star Contributor
South Salem, Ohio
USA
697 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2005 : 07:06:13 AM
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I call Mine Pains In The A**....LOL
Thank Goodness They Live In Alaska!! But They Always Call Whining!! Cant Imagine If They Lived Closer. |
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What do you call your in-laws?