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Calling in-laws "mom" and "dad"?

mrsbigtexas, on November 5, 2017 at 12:14 AM

Posted in Family and Relationships 96

My parents used to do this with my grandparents, they would call each respective in-law "mom"or "dad", but I feel like this isn't very common anymore. Does anyone do this, or plan on doing this, or is it totally weird? I love my future in-laws and wonder if this is something I should adopt or just...

My parents used to do this with my grandparents, they would call each respective in-law "mom"or "dad", but I feel like this isn't very common anymore. Does anyone do this, or plan on doing this, or is it totally weird? I love my future in-laws and wonder if this is something I should adopt or just not..

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  • JDSquared
    VIP August 2017
    JDSquared ·
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    My in laws are not comfortable with it so I never did.

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  • KitandKaboodle
    Master November 2016
    KitandKaboodle ·
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    I call my in-laws Bull and Tu-Tu because that's what I call them before I married their son. DH calls my mother Ladybug because that's what everyone calls her.

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  • F
    VIP August 2019
    Futuremrsk ·
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    I think its personal preference. I call my fmil and ffil mom and dad. They are family to me, and its what my parents called their inlaws(my grandparents). Its normal in my family. I also call my best friend of 26 years mom mom. Because she is a literal second mom to me. Its all personal preference.

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  • SLR
    Super November 2016
    SLR ·
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    I don't and I probably never will. I'll most likely call them by their first names until we have kids, if we do, and then I'll likely call them what the kids do.

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  • Will & Tiara
    Super September 2019
    Will & Tiara ·
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    My father in law is Latino, so I call him Papi Chulo and my soon to MIL I call Mamadocious (she has a big personality). Terms of affection without actual mom and dad save the day. It means a lot to them to know you care, but I get it--you already have a mom and dad. Grandma and Grandpa is the best title of all -- when you have babies! No worries about that one!

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  • IdahoBride
    Devoted July 2018
    IdahoBride ·
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    I definitely won't do that. My SIL (brothers wife) calls my mom "mom." And it drives me and my mom nuts. Every time she says it I cringe like "that's my mom, not yours" but neither of us say anything because it makes her happy.

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  • WHO? Mrs. Jones
    VIP December 2016
    WHO? Mrs. Jones ·
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    I call MIL momma or mama Mi (that is what my son calls her). I call FIL Dad or papa rex (which is what my son calls him.)

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  • ameretta
    Savvy June 2018
    ameretta ·
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    I mirror my FH and call his mom "mom/mommy" depending on the context. I've only referred to his father by his given name.

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  • christine
    Just Said Yes June 2018
    christine ·
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    I already call my FMIL mom!! I am so lucky to be getting amazing ILs who I love dearly and I really do think of her as my mom! When I visit her she makes me pancakes in the morning, we go places together, she was the first person I called when we got engaged.. all the jazz mom's and daughters do! I don't have a mom, so it is really sweet! Smiley smile

    Also, FH is a total momma's boy and I am so used to him saying "mom" that it is almost like I think of it as her name! haha

    Also, also..we are totally well adjusted, normal adults..whether this post supports that statement, or not! Smiley smile

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  • bluevelvet
    Devoted October 2017
    bluevelvet ·
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    My in laws said I could call them Mom and Dad (mine have passed) and I will am cool with that.

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  • RustyTheDog
    Dedicated December 2017
    RustyTheDog ·
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    So apparently I'm weird, but I still call FHs parents mr and mrs LAST NAME (which will soon be my last name too) and my FH calls my mom mrs. LAST NAME. It's been five years so I don't know how to change it now, and I come from a very conservative southern family where you never call people the age of your parents by their first names

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  • gcowan74
    Beginner April 2018
    gcowan74 ·
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    My FH parents have both passed. He has called my parents Mom and Dad, they both liked it and were fine from the first time he said it.

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  • Carla
    Savvy July 2018
    Carla ·
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    The way I personally see it, its a respect thing. I would feel hurt if my daughter called someone else mom. So I don't call FILs Mom and Dad. They know I love them all the same

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  • Sarah
    Just Said Yes November 2017
    Sarah ·
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    Yeah my in laws want me to call them mom and dad. Its still weird for me too but I'll have to get used to it Smiley smile

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  • Kelsey
    Expert October 2018
    Kelsey ·
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    At least after I was born, my parents called their in laws Grandma and Grandpa.

    I call my FILs by their first name. And my mom asked me if FH was going to start calling her mom. (To which, my dad answered that it was up to my mom and FH haha. Bullet dodged.)

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  • Bunnycita
    Super October 2017
    Bunnycita ·
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    I call them by their names.

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  • HowCo Industries
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    HowCo Industries ·
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    I may at some point. I really love my FMIL and my own mother wouldn't be offended but I'll wait til it feels natural.

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  • Tricia
    VIP October 2017
    Tricia ·
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    I call them by their first names, but my SIL calls them Mom and dad. It's a personal preference. My husband called my mom Mom once it just happened. Do what feels comfortable

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  • Alicia
    Expert August 2017
    Alicia ·
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    I could never call my in laws mom and dad, way to weird for me. However my SIL (married to DH brother) calls them mom and dad. They don't seem to mind, but I just never could.

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  • MrsB
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    MrsB ·
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    My automatic instinct is to call them by their first names, but they sign everything (cards, emails, FB posts) "Mom & Dad," so I'm working on it. We have a good, but fairly distant relationship (they live over 1000 miles away).

    All of my brothers-in-law call my parents Mom and Dad (although now that there are grandbabies in the picture it's more frequently "Granny and Grannydad"), but H seems really uncomfortable with doing that. It took him forever to call my father by his first name (I think because my father is the absolute stereotype of a professor and H and I are both academics, and so "Dr. LastName" is just what automatically comes out). Also, H is closer in age to my parents than he is to me, so I'm sure that's part of it as well. He calls them by their first names now, but I don't know that he'll ever call them Mom and Dad. I don't mind either way.

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