What Do You Call The In-Laws?

An interesting yet unusual article on FOXNews.com got me thinking this afternoon. It’s a simple question, what do you call your in-laws? Or is it so simple? Do you call them “mom” and “dad”, do you address them by their first name, or Mr. & Mrs. Whatever? Is there a right answer?

I sat and thought about it… what do I call my in-laws? I’ve referred to my in-laws as “mom” and “dad” a few times, but to the best of my knowledge I have never actually called them mom/dad when speaking to them. Most of the time, I’ll use their first name.

So, what do you call yours?

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  • CelticaFLM
    Mamma number 2 :-)

    And I don't think i've called your dad anything.
  • d3bruts1d
    That's ok.... I've called my dad more than enough to make up for you not calling him anything. :D
  • the11ama
    When I first met my step-mother, I could not call her 'mom', so I used her first name. One day on the school bus in the morning, I accidentally said 'ma', and got laughed at for sounding like a hick. Then i screwed up one day and called her mom in front of everyone; dad had a talk with me after that, and it was mom after that.

    I've never called my step-father anything, except his first name whenever I referred to him while talking to my mother. When he's there, I just look at him and start talking, but I usually do that with most people.
  • the11ama
    Oh, I just re-realized that it's about in-laws and not step-parents, once before I thought about posting, and once after; but that's as close as I can get.

    Enjoy the fresh-squeezed oops.
  • the11ama
    darn it, I meant: this is as close as I can get *to in-laws*

    Never been married.
  • d3bruts1d
    Hadn't really thought about step-parents, but I'd say that is pretty much on the same level. I don't call my step-father "dad" and I don't call my step mother "mom"... I call each of them by their first name.

    When I'm talking to/about my step-brother I use his name... though, if I send him a message, I'll call him "s-bro" as a joke.
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