https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 31 Oct 2026 13:29:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1/page/2#post-1426642 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 18:51:50 +0000 mfa_lady 1426642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First names. I write "Mom and Dad" on cards and stuff when they're from me and DH. I wrote a note that started "Dear Mom and Dad" on the inside of our wedding album that we gave them as a gift, and it made MIL tear up. But, I think she would be weirded out if I called her Mom out loud. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1/page/2#post-1425746 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 21:46:40 +0000 mrsbookworm 1425746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's so funny how many people just avoid calling them anything! Such a weird issue. I always struggle when I'm talking to MIL on the phone and want to ask how FIL is doing. I have to wait until she mentions him and then say "Oh, how is he?" Ridiculous! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1/page/2#post-1424779 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 14:19:15 +0000 LindsayInNY 1424779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They want mom and dad so I use that on occasion. I try to avoid addressing them, if I can help it though, LOL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1/page/2#post-1424739 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 14:08:16 +0000 fancyfunction 1424739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I call my MIL by her first name if I need to call her anything. Definitely not comfortable calling her mom. I already have one of those. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1424698 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:53:50 +0000 Pepper 1424698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: Haha same! They go to baseball and hockey games together. And we've also been together for 8 years! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1424680 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:48:13 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1424680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pepper: my husband said the exact same thing. He's never addressed my parents by name or anything for the last 8 years. How do you avoid addressing someone for that long? AND HE HANGS OUT WITH MY DAD.</p> <p>I call my ILs by their first names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1424538 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:56:54 +0000 Sunderling 1424538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't call them anything in person, I just try to get their attention directly. They live far away, so I almost never actually talk to them. If I'm talking with my husband about them, I'll call them 'your mom' and 'Michael' because he calls his stepdad by his first name. I think his mom would like me to call her 'mom', but I don't think I'll ever do that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1424472 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:39:15 +0000 pmerr 1424472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>either first names or mom and dad. It depends on who I'm talking to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1424443 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:31:16 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 1424443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't mind calling them mom or dad if our relationship was different, but I just use first names. </p> <p>After we have kids, I will likely use Grandma/Grandpa Lastname when I talk about them, but still probably use their names when I address them. </p> <p>Until we got married, they signed cards to me as "Mr./Mrs. Lastname" and now they sign them twice like this: "Love, Mom and Dad (Sue and Bob)" if the card is for me and DH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1424413 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:24:14 +0000 Shutterbug 1424413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I call them by their first names, although when DH and I were first dating I avoided calling them anything. I only refer to them as Mom &amp; Dad on cards/gift tags from DH and I. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1424108 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 11:04:07 +0000 Beehive 1424108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Their first names, but it sounds weird to me. I try very hard to avoid using their names! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1423975 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 10:19:18 +0000 autumnlove 1423975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mil- first name and Dad </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1423887 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 09:57:14 +0000 LuLu Mom 1423887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Their first names, or Papa &amp; Mama/Grandma in front of LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1423858 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 09:45:40 +0000 kiddosc 1423858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like you, I avoided calling them anything. Now I use their Grandma/Grandpa names. I would have a really hard time calling them Mom and Dad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1423847 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 09:41:03 +0000 BKCaribBaby 1423847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My MIL has asked me to call her Mom, but I don't really know about that. I just try not to call them anything. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1423839 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 09:38:45 +0000 littlebug 1423839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First names. I called them Mr. and Mrs. So-and-so until the day we got married. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1423828 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 09:34:54 +0000 pui 1423828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Currently I call them by their first names, but it feels awkward to me. I don't yet feel comfortable enough to call then mom and dad lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1423790 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 09:26:23 +0000 jhd 1423790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just call them their first names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1423784 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 09:24:57 +0000 Alivoo01 1423784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I call them mom and dad in Khmer - their native tongue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1423306 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 02:02:10 +0000 Kimberlybee 1423306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never met my MIL, she died of cancer before I met DH. I call FIL dad in Vietnamese like how DH calls him and stepmom is Aunt FirstName. DH doesn't call his stepmom mom so I don't either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1423303 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 01:57:47 +0000 Kimberlybee 1423303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rawrasaur: I just recently realized your DH is Vietnamese from one of your IG pics about the Tet New Year greeting. I thought he was Hispanic. LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1423285 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 01:38:00 +0000 ALV91711 1423285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I kind of avoid calling them anything, but when I have to I use first names. </p> <p>After we got married MIL said to call her mom but that is weird to me and I never will. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1423263 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 01:17:10 +0000 lemondrop 1423263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just their first names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1423086 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 23:32:33 +0000 MrsB2012 1423086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First names. My husband calls my parents by their first names too. Actually he doesn't really address my dad now that others have mentioned it here haha. I think he would call my mom mom. I'm sure he's called her momma last name before. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1423035 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 23:03:17 +0000 mrsjyw 1423035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I call them mom and dad in third person/ref when they're in the room or in conversation. I don't really call them anything directly. And dh and I've been together almost 8 years! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1423019 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:58:52 +0000 Pepper 1423019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First names. </p> <p>My husband never called my parents anything, and he still doesn't call my dad anything! He finds it all very awkward, haha.</p> <p>I once asked him how he would get my dad's attention in a crowd of people, if he needed to. He said he'd just keep yelling "Hey!" This cracks me up for some reason! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1423013 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:54:59 +0000 bookwormmama 1423013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First names. I think my MIL wanted me to call her mom because they don't have any daughters and her sister's daughter in law calls her sister mom. But it just didn't feel right to me. We get along great, but we aren't super close. For a while I avoided calling them anything because I knew she wanted to be mom, but I've gotten more comfortable addressing them by their first names. DH calls my parents by their first name and I think they both are comfortable/happy with that arrangement.</p> <p>I'm sure once LO arrives we will refer to them as grandma and grandpa first names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1423011 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:53:39 +0000 travelgirl1 1423011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't call them anything, I avoid it at all costs :happy: If I email I put their first names but it feels really odd to do it in person. I really wish we'd had a conversation about it at some point! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1422963 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:41:09 +0000 Mae 1422963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Their first names. I think it was slightly easier for me though because they are divorced and both remarried, and my husband calls their spouses by their first names. So being introduced to the spouses by their first names makes it feel more normal to call the parent by their first name too. </p> <p>My DH calls my parents by their first names too, but honestly he tries to avoid calling them anything when possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-call-your-in-laws-1#post-1422938 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:32:46 +0000 rawrasaur 1422938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only thing I have ever called them is mom and dad in Vietnamese as part of a greeting like 4 times. I never address them my any name otherwise and when I refer to them I say DH's parents. </p>