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What do you call your in-laws?
Do you call them Mum / Dad - call them by their first name, Surname, etc?
Not married so can't answer
Do you call them Mum / Dad - call them by their first name, Surname, etc?
Not married so can't answer
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My best mates (married) call each other's parents by their names.
My mum always called her various mother in laws "mum" even after divorce
My dad does. I've never known him to call my mum's parents (apart from her biological dad & stepmum) by their real name.
Me and OH both just call in-laws by their first names, although he does call my grandma 'Grandma'. That said, everyone calls my grandma 'Grandma', so nowt out of the ordinary.
I call my boyfriend's mum by her first name, as does his sister in law and other brother's fiancee. My boyfriend calls my mum by her first name in theory, but in practice avoids calling her anything at all!
My Grandma lived with us growing up so I was very used to my Mum referring to her as Mum.
I guess I also do it as my Sister-In-Law refers to them as Mum and Dad as well.
If it didn't feel right I wouldn't though.
Oddly my dad and his sister both call thier step mother - mum - which wouldnt' be weird except they were both grown up with thier own children when my grandad got remarried. I remember once getting into loads of trouble as a child by calling her her christian name which really confused me as though i love her to bits she isnt' my real grandma - and my cousin who is older than me and who did know my real grandma does call her by her first name.
Incidently my Husband called my Nan Nanny like i do but my other grandparents by their first name....
It would be weird to call them mum and dad when they clearly are not.
Not that I know of. Never really heard anybody call their inlaws mom or dad. My parents call eachothers mothers by their first name. Same with the mans parents and any time I've ever encountered it with friends and other relatives.
Not inlaws, but I don't call my boyfriends parents anything... I'm not really a name user, just talk and hope the person I'm talking to listens. Don't think I've ever said their name!