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sarabee
Devoted July 2016

What to call father-in-law's wife?

sarabee, on May 8, 2016 at 4:20 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 10

I am getting married to a fiance whose parents are divorced. What to I call his dad's second wife? Would she still be a "mother-in-law"? Just wanted to make I get the terminology is correct...

Thanks!

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Latest activity by Emily O., on May 9, 2016 at 6:49 AM
  • SusanK
    Super July 2016
    SusanK ·
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    I would find out what they want you to call her.

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  • Bacon Curly Gurl
    VIP September 2016
    Bacon Curly Gurl ·
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    Since she's your FH's step mother, she would be your step mother in law

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  • Erin381
    Master September 2016
    Erin381 ·
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    If your introducing them to someone I go with this is my father and his wife (or in your case father in law and his wife) or you could say this is Joe and Jill, Fred's dad and step mom.

    If you are talking to them they get called their names. Or Mr and Mrs if they are overly formal.

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  • NowASeptMrs
    Master September 2015
    NowASeptMrs ·
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    I would have w talk with them and FH and see what everyone would like to be called Smiley smile does FH call her mom or any variation of it?

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  • Ana
    Dedicated May 2017
    Ana ·
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    FH has a step mother and a step father. I also have a step father. We just call them what we usually call them (by their first names). It depends on the relationships that have already been established.

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  • HoneyLife
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    HoneyLife ·
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    Depends on your relationship with her, if it were me, I'd just ask her

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  • Maria
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    Maria ·
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    I call them by their names. But then my husband will always say " Mary my father's wife, or John my mother's husband" and he has a good relationship with both.. Don't over think it

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  • MissMtoMrsC
    VIP November 2016
    MissMtoMrsC ·
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    She would be your step mother in law

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  • Becoming a Mrs
    Master July 2016
    Becoming a Mrs ·
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    Technically speaking she would be your step mother in law.

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  • Emily O.
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    Emily O. ·
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    Step mother in law. I call FH's parents by their first names.

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