do you call your inlaws mum/dad or by their name?

Question

I have always foudn it hard to say mum/dad to them and have just reverted back to shortnames or nicknames i;e alright billyboy(william) or alright she(sheila)... just feels awkard, do you know what i mean?

Answer 1

Man do i ever know what you're saying!
I call mine Mom and Dad.. its sooo uncomfortable, but I felt just as weird calling them by their first names!

Better than Mr and Mrs I guess.. lol

Answer 2

I call them Mum or Dad. But in the presence of my Mum or Dad I use proper names cause it can get a What? from 2 Mums when calling her Mum.

It makes the inlaws feel good when you call them Mum or Dad too.

Answer 3

Being Chinese, it would be totally inappropriate to call in-laws by their names, however being a Brit too, I can understand the awkwardness in calling an in-law mum or dad. The way I have done it, my husband calls his parents the equivalent of mama and papa and so I do the same. I call my mum the equivalent of mummy but hubby calls her mum.

Answer 4

I find it easier to say Sheila and Roy. I would feel silly saying Mum or Dad! I think it depends on what you're all comfortable with. I suppose you'd get used to it if you did it for long enough!

Answer 5

It depends on your relationship with them. If you are close you can call them mum and dad, if you are close but in a friendly way then their own or nick names is fine..
Why don't you call them mum and dad hen your'e serious talking and nick names when in general
Seems like a happy medium

Answer 6

I would never call my in laws mum or dad, I have only one mum and dad and that is their special names, the in laws would never reach my standards of being my "mum or dad". I call her Mrs C, she tells me to call her Daphne (I'd rather not!) I use that or their real names.

Answer 7

I've been married twice and have only ever called the in-laws by their names. I don't think I'd like my husband calling my dad, "dad!" Only my brothers should do that!!!

Answer 8

My parents and uncle and aunts call their in laws mom and dad. I believe it is more respectful. I myself, wouldn't want to be called by name from my grandchildren or son in laws if I was them.

Answer 9

Would prefer to call them by their name as I would feel hypocratical calling anyone other than my real parents mum and dad :)

Answer 10

I basically wish i might desire to have my significant other's mom and significant other's father to call them Mama and Baba......My husband's parents are the two deceased. yet as quickly as I used thus far any of my exes....i might consistently call their parents mom and pa. yet it is basically me. I felt weird and wonderful calling them via their first names or perhaps calling them Mr or Mrs. even though their final call replaced into. So I basically referred to as them even though my ex referred to as them via. lol They under no circumstances complained.