Poll: What do you call your in-laws?

[aminah 6]

I call my in laws walid and walida (father and mother in Moroccan darija). He calls my mother walida patricia

[jezz85 0]

I call my MIL her first name (shortened version) however I suspect she would prefer Mom but I will have to investigate this further

Meanwhile, my DH calls my Mum Mrs. BLANK and she really wants him to call her by her first name instead.

Crazy parents

[Ladylethal 12]

It's all first names all around. Though Nani calls my parents Mama and Papa at times.

I call them suegro and suegra as well, I'd think I should call them by their 1st names, since we're all adults, Luis keeps telling me I should say Doña Name and Don Name but I think that'd be too formal and impersonal and they don't treat me in a way that'd suggest I should be that formal, they hug me and laugh and joke and treat me like their daughter, besides, I've yet to hear anyone using Doña and Don so so far I haven't used either.

Luis calls my mom by her name but most of the time he doesn't use anything, it's the "hey" thing without actually calling the person.

Edited August 24, 2007 by Luis&Laura

[LovinLiberia 0]

He calls my mom Mrs... I call his mom "mama smith"

[Kajikit 65]

DH's parents have been deceased for close to twenty years so I don't call them anything... He calls my parents by their names, and I'm sure it never occurred to any of us to do any different - my family was never big on formal titles...

[Henia 11]

His parents are both deceased. But I do call all the older female family members "aunt" in his language. And "uncle" for the male members. He calls my mother Mrs. Mariam LOL. She hates it!

[Queen Jenn 0]

He calls my parents Mom and Dad. His father is deceased. I don't talk to his mom much because she doesn't speak much English and I don't speak Yoruba.

[Dr. Obvious 49]

I call them by first names, though it took me forever to feel comfortable enough with them to do that.

[jrmach1 0]

Hi Everyone,

Good luck on your immigration journeys.What an interesting message thread, indeed. In answer to the question on this message thread, my answer would be:

My husband and I call his parents:

Mom (the only person who really derserves this name)

Dad (deceased)

My husband and I call my disowned ex-parents:

Witchy-Poo (or some yucky variation of their first name)

Warlock (or some yucky variation of their first name)

Ant

It seems like your parents have been really nice to you and your hubby .

I call his parents by Mrs. and Mrs -------- because I don't even know them so the relationship is way to formal and he just call my parents by their first name actually he calls my mom MY SUEGRA which means mother -in -law.

Thank God they love each other I hope his parents like me someday and the relationship can be as good as the one he has with my parents.

Edited November 26, 2007 by jrmach1

[Otto 83]

To Karin's Mother - Mrs X (although by first/friend-name is perfectly ok)

To Otto's Mother - by first/friend-name

[Bassi and Zainab 1]

Me - Mama and Baba

Bassi - Mom and Dad

Which is interesting because my dad wasn't a part of my life until I had cancer a few years back. So I call him Frank, but my SO calls him Dad. Go figure!

[bora bora 1]

My hubby's parent's are deceased. He calls my stepdad by his first name (since that's what I call him) and he calls my mom Mama - which she and I think is cute.

My hubby's parent's are deceased. He calls my stepdad by his first name (since that's what I call him) and he calls my mom Mama - which she and I think is cute.

[sereia 0]

he calls my mom "the ma"... and not sure what he calls my dad. we don't see him very often.

and i call his mom "muy" (moroccan arabic for mom) and his dad "baba" but i doubt i'd say it to his face. better figure out what i'd say before our next trip to morocco. haha!

[*JG* 2]

I call his mom by her first name some days. Others, well, suffice to say it is unfit to print on here!

He calls my parent's mom and dad.

[Cassie 8]

Jerry calls my parents Mom and Dad, I tend to call his parents by their first names or "momma and my favourite father-in-law"