How do you address your in laws?

I call my inlaws by their first names, and have from the start. DH calls my parents by their first names too. He does call my grandmother Gran though!

I was super awkward about this too. I call my MIL mom now, she called me her daughter first. At the wedding I told her that I guessed I could call her mom now! She was thrilled. My own mom is dead, it’s nice to be able to call her mom.

I think your husband should ask his parents what they prefer.

I met my FILs when I was 29. So I call them by their names. it gets easier.

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I've called his grandparents "Abuelo" and "Abuela" since I met him, so at least I've got that part figured out hahaha

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That's incredibly sweet! Did it take some getting used to or was it a pretty easy switch for you?

My husband did ask them the other day. I think his dad also awkwardly tried to brush it under the rug. I asked my husband what they landed on and he said he didn't know, his dad said they'd revisit the conversation later... presumably after we have the wedding celebration with all our family and friends since we got married privately with just our immediate families. He thinks they're in the same boat I am because I've just known them for so long and referred to them as Mr. and Mrs. ____ since I was a teenager.

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Haha, I sure hope so! Not just with my in laws, but with many other people I come across. I feel like I'm at that awkward stage in my life where I feel I'm at an age where I'm old enough to call people (elders and authority figures) by their first names, but I still feel too young and doing so would seem impolite.

Ugh, I feel that. We had been together for a year or two before I really started to spend any time with his mom (he didn't get to see her much for a while). Because of that, we kind of ended up in a cycle of "hey, you."

All his other family, I address them like they're my family. Grandma, Papa, Aunt/Uncle ___. To other people, I refer to his mom by her first name. It feels awkward to say it to her face, but I do when I have to. It's especially weird now that we're staying with her. I think it just throws me off bc my parents called each other's parents as mom/dad my whole life, so I feel like that's what I should be doing, but we're not there. I love his family, MIL included, but we're not on a mom/daughter level.

Haha, my FH has totally avoided calling my mother anything for years now. I think he called her Mrs. Last Name once, and she promptly went oh no, call me First Name! And instead he just doesn't ever call her anything (with me, he just calls her my mom). That was like 7 years ago. I honestly thought she never noticed, but she brought it up immediately when we got engaged. She's all on board with him calling her Mom or her first name or anything he's comfortable with. He's still just steadily pretending people don't have names or titles. I love it.

Anyway, what do you want to call your in-laws? I think having a suggestion when you eventually talk to them about it again might make the whole conversation easier. What do you want to be called is a very broad question for some people, whereas Is it ok if I call you [fill in whatever you want to call them] is a lot easier to answer. I also don't think there's anything wrong with continuing to call them Mr. and Mrs. if that's ultimately what you're most comfortable with.

We both call our parents “Mr. firstname and Ms. firstname.”

I use their first names, I have since I met them. I think they’d like for me to call them mom and dad, but I’m not comfortable with that.
I do call his grandparents grandma and grandpa, and I don’t like that but when I asked what her name was because I’d missed it, she told me grandma 🤷‍♀️ (I know it now).
I think you need to call them whatever you’re comfortable with.

We've still got a few months, but I call them by their first names. However, it doesn't come up in conversation often. It's often just a "hey, how are you" and a hug. I feel like I rarely use people's names unless I'm trying to get their attention.

My FH calls my parents mom and dad. I sometimes use their first names, mainly if in talking to or the other ( like oh Michelle told me...) But it's awkward for sure lol.

Both of us call each other's parents by their first names, the only exception is around our nephews and niece then we use "granny & pop-pop" or "grandma & grandpa" depending on the family.

I was almost 40 before I met my FILs, so I just call them by their first names and my FH calls my mom by her first name.

We both call each others in laws “mom and dad” if I am referring to his mom I say “mom” and if her is referring to mine it’s also “mom”. It was easiest and the best way. We are all very closer though.

He is close to my mom and dad but neither of us is close to his parents. We will probably both keep calling them by their first names.

I call them by the first names.

I call his mother by her name most of the time. His father is either his name, his nickname, or very rarely dad. FH doesnt really have a set way to address my parents

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Haha, glad I'm not alone. Do you ever think you'll call her mom? Maybe after the wedding?

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Your FH sounds like me haha. I guess I'd prefer to call them by their first names since it seems that's what they do with their in laws. It feels a little silly now calling them Mr. and Mrs. now that we're married. Seems a little too formal and un-family-like in my opinion.