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How do you address your future in-laws? When did you start using their first names?

CoffeeNColor, on September 5, 2016 at 1:35 AM

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Curious: How do you address your FILs? Do you still use Mr. and Mrs. Last Name? Or do you call them by their first name? When did you start calling them by their first name? I used my FIL's last names until FH and I got engaged. It still feels weird for me to use FH's parent's first names!

Curious: How do you address your FILs? Do you still use Mr. and Mrs. Last Name? Or do you call them by their first name? When did you start calling them by their first name?

I used my FIL's last names until FH and I got engaged. It still feels weird for me to use FH's parent's first names!

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  • SarahL2T
    VIP April 2017
    SarahL2T ·
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    We're on a first name basis with both sets of parents. I met FH's parents before we were dating, when I was his sister's MOH, and I was introduced to them as such.

    With grandparents and other relatives, we call them the names each other calls them (Grandma First_Name, Aunt First_Name etc).

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  • Karla
    Devoted October 2017
    Karla ·
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    In Spanish the term for "mil" is suegra and it's very common where we're from to call them that even before we're married. So I've always called her by her first name or when referring to her to another person I call her MIL is Spanish even if she's technically my FUTURE MIL

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  • Mrs.Hawks
    Master October 2016
    Mrs.Hawks ·
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    I have always called them by their first name. They told me from day one to call them that.

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  • mimitrue
    Master January 2016
    mimitrue ·
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    I call mine mom and dad

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  • NotThatFreakinMary
    VIP November 2016
    NotThatFreakinMary ·
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    I've been calling them Mom and Dad. They have just taken me in with open arms. I think they feel bad for me since my parents are gone. But I adore them!

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  • Amanda
    VIP October 2016
    Amanda ·
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    I've always called them by their first name but I've known them my whole life so it's a bit different than if I had just met them when we started dating.

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  • SleepytheDwarf
    Master June 2017
    SleepytheDwarf ·
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    FH's mother wanted me to call them Mr. and Mrs. when we first started dating. I was 28 years old when we first met, and I find it absurd that they expect me to not address them like I would any other adult, so I mostly don't call them anything. On the very rare occasion that I address them, I use their first names.

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  • Casie
    Super December 2016
    Casie ·
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    You call them what they want u to call them. My ex parents always had me call them by Mr and Mrs but my fhs mom always told me call me by my first name.

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  • Hot Like Bea
    Master January 2017
    Hot Like Bea ·
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    I think FIL's would laugh if I tried to call them Mr & Mrs Last Name. They are pretty causal people. Although one time FMIL left me this really funny voicemail: "Bea, this is your MOTHER IN LAW. Call meeeeeeeee." She's good people. lol

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  • Laura
    Champion June 2010
    Laura ·
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    I call my MIL by her first name. DH's dad passed away before we started dating.

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  • beautyofdreams
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    beautyofdreams ·
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    I call my in laws by their first names. My husband calls my parents mr and ms. first name.

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  • Z
    Master May 2012
    Zoe ·
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    DH started dating in HS, so, just to be Super Polite, I called his mom "Mrs. X". It probably made her feel old. When I met his dad, who lived 3,000 miles away and was much more conservative, I called him "Mr. X" till one day he called me "Miss Y" as a joke. I asked what *he* wanted me to call him, and he said, "Dear" (cause I'd been calling DH that a lot during our visit). So, I called him 'Dear'. Oh, and I should add-- once I graduated high school, I started calling my MIL by her first name.

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  • Mrs.Whooooo
    Master May 2017
    Mrs.Whooooo ·
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    FH calls my parents Mr. first name and my mom by her first name. I call FH's mom by her first name or by Mama last name and his Dad is senior or Papa last name. Senior is what FH calls his dad since he is retired coast guard

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  • RiceAndRoses
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    RiceAndRoses ·
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    I've always called them by their first names.

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  • Amber
    Super August 2017
    Amber ·
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    My FIL I have called her Momma for the longest time even when we were only dating. My FIL we barely see him I call him a mixture of names but when taking to him I don't really call him by anything we just sit there and talk.

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  • AlmostMrs.T
    Super November 2017
    AlmostMrs.T ·
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    I call my fil dad

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  • Danielle
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    Danielle ·
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    I started calling them mr and mrs last name and right away they told me I could call them by their first names but it feels too weird to me so I just avoid calling them anything. My parents raised me to use mr and mrs to be respectful so it just feels wrong to say their first names. My parents used mr and mrs and then called their in laws mom and dad when they got married, so I guess that's what I've always been used to and figured I would do. FH on the other hand feels awkward using mr and mrs and not their first names and finds it weird to say mom and dad to someone that's not his mom and dad, as his parents call their in laws by their first names. So we're kind of at a stand still with this haha....hopefully one day we'll figure it out.

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  • Anna Rae
    Super October 2016
    Anna Rae ·
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    I've always called them by their first names.

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  • Mrs. Librarian
    VIP November 2016
    Mrs. Librarian ·
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    I've always called them by their first names.

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  • Laine
    VIP September 2017
    Laine ·
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    I've always used their first names.

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