In laws - do you call them "mom" and "dad"?

crimzy

Active Member
I'd say not... it just sounds so weird to me. I call my inlaws by their first names. My brother calls his mom and dad and it just doesn't seem to work. You?
 

t316

Active Member
No, I call them by their names, unless the kids are around, then I sometimes use Grandma and Granddaddy
 

meowzer

Moderator
Originally Posted by crimzy
http:///forum/post/3038529
I'd say not... it just sounds so weird to me. I call my inlaws by their first names. My brother calls his mom and dad and it just doesn't seem to work. You?
what's with the third otion

I had one mother, and find it very difficult to call anyone else "MOM"...although my mother-in-law wants me to, so I usually don't call her anything

which is difficult too...
 

renogaw

Active Member
goodness i hate this subject
My father in law, his wife, and my stepfatherinlaw i call by their first names. My father in law says "hi it's dad" to me on the phone or whatever. I don't even call my stepfather dad, and he's more of a father to me than my real dad is.
My mother in law is a different story. I was never "told" i could call her by her first name, and while my wife and i dated i called her Mrs. X. so now that i'm the son in law, i have a tough time calling her by her first name, i won't call her mom, and i can't call her mrs. X.
to compound it, my mother and my mother in law have the same first name. so... now i'm really messed up cause.
to compound it further... my sister in law calls EVERYONE of them mom and dad... so i feel weird that i don't
 

porkchop48

Member
I can honestly say in 5 years I have not called mine mom or dad. I usually just start talking for the most part as I am not sure what to call them.
Butch calls my parents by their first name instead of mom or dad which is perfectly fine with me.
The in laws do call me Cindy though. Not sure who Cindy is but after 5 years of correcting I have given up.
 

stdreb27

Active Member
UGG That is a sensitive subject. But I call them Mr. and Mrs. <last name>. Why change a naming convention that has worked so far.
 

yerboy

Active Member
I have never meet my in laws, and they refuse to have anything to do with me or there granddaughter so no i do not call them mom or dad.
 

reefraff

Active Member
Originally Posted by EL GUAPO
http:///forum/post/3038639
I'm surprised RUA hasn't chimed in with a crack about the mother in law calling you Daddy .

He only responds to political threads so he can point out the sticky

I call the inlaws by name.
I had a stepdad I was closer to than my real dad and I called him by his first name. My son calls me by my first name even though I am the only Dad he has even known, I me his mom when he was 12 so that is sorta the same deal as an in-law.
 

flower

Well-Known Member
I call them Mom ___ and Dad____ "first name or Last" I didn't see them much and that made it easier. They were in another State.
 

ruaround

Active Member
Originally Posted by EL GUAPO http:///forum/post/3038639
I'm surprised RUA hasn't chimed in with a crack about the mother in law calling you Daddy .

someones mother in law called me daddy a few times...

Originally Posted by reefraff
http:///forum/post/3038684
He only responds to political threads so he can point out the sticky

I call the inlaws by name.
I had a stepdad I was closer to than my real dad and I called him by his first name. My son calls me by my first name even though I am the only Dad he has even known, I me his mom when he was 12 so that is sorta the same deal as an in-law.
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/353538/political-discussions

why is crimzy the only one that picked the 3rd option??? is this a coming out party???
 

crimzy

Active Member
Originally Posted by ruaround
http:///forum/post/3039056
why is crimzy the only one that picked the 3rd option??? is this a coming out party???
Such a prospect would excite you, wouldn't it?

I believe that the psychologists would refer to this as "projecting"...
 

mantisman51

Active Member
Joe and Nina and that's it. The M-I-L, I try to call her anything as little as possible.
My father-in-law is a great guy, but I'd never call him "Dad". Like has been said, I only had one Dad and he passed away 7 years ago. Joe is a Vietnam vet. Got his lottery card in H.S. and a couple weeks after graduation went down and enlisted. He is a quiet guy, but after his senior trip to the Nam, still feels it was his duty to serve. I have nothing but respect for my F-I-L, but would never call him Dad.
 

ruaround

Active Member
Originally Posted by crimzy
http:///forum/post/3039175
Such a prospect would excite you, wouldn't it?

I believe that the psychologists would refer to this as "projecting"...

dont flatter yourself...
nice try at covering up though...
 

flpriest

Member
I used to call the Mother-in-law and Father-in-law Mom and Dad, but my Mother-in-law passed a couple of years ago. Since then the father-in-law isn't who he used to be so I don't call him anything anymore.
 

mantisman51

Active Member
I have seen 4 or 5 people in my lifetime (I'm 41 as of May 1), men and women, who were married, happy and really nice, outgoing people. Then they would lose a spouse and it was like someone turned the light switch off. Some became somber and distant, as I would expect from grief. Some became angry and stand-offish. Either way, it was like that person held them together and made them a better person and when their spouse was gone, they didn't know how to function. Another thread for another day.
 
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