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@Running Elley: Ditto. We use Grandma and Grandpa now (or Nana and Pop Pops, for my parents).
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Sadly, we've been married for almost 5 years, and I don't call my IL's anything!! I just say, "Hi!" or wave... pathetic, haha. They don't speak much English, so years ago it was suggested that I call them MIL and FIL in Cantonese. Since I don't speak Cantonese, it just never came easily to me (ok, I don't think I even tried because it seemed so odd), so now I don't call them anything!! Awkward...
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I do call them mom/dad. To me, it's a respect thing, and I can't imagine calling them by their first names. I'll also refer to them by their grandparent names to our dog.
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Never! I don't even call my MIL by her first name... it's all "señora" and "usted."
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Ditto @owlmom. MIL made it perfectly clear a long time ago that she thinks it's odd.
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i call them by their first names. and DH does the same for my parents. when LO arrives, i'm sure they will be some form of gma and gpa.
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When we were dating, they had me call them Mr. and Mrs. LastName. When engaged, we shifted to Mom Lastname and Dad LastName. I dropped the last name and started with just mom and dad at the wedding. Both of our parents made it clear it was important to them, and we grew up seeing them refer to their own in-laws as mom and dad too.
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I don't and won't. I call them by their first names. I've never been comfortable with the notion of calling people 'mom' and 'dad' who aren't my mom and dad. Besides' DH calls his mom Mumsie (which I would NEVER do) and calls his dad by his dad's first name.
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i think 2 years
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I call them by their first names unless our nephews are around (and after our LO is here), then they're Nana and Pops.
I think it would make DH happy if I called them Mom and Dad, but he's satisfied with Nana and Pops (and that I saved their address in our GPS as Mom and Dad).
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I've never really called them anything specific lo. I dont feel comfortable calling them by their first names they are west african and that would be seen as rude, and Mr and Mrs seems a bit too distant so I just avoid calling them anything lol, but now that LO is here I refer to them as granma and granpa.
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I call them by their first names. When we were married, MIL told me I can call them Mom/Dad, but I just never really did. Nothing personal, and they're great, but I've got a Mom & Dad and I'm a little sappy/sentimental when it comes to things like that.
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