What do you call your inlaws?

[Karen]

If I am referring to her, I call her my mum-in-law, but on the rare occasion I need to call her something, it'd be Mom Watts. When she calls here, she always says "it's your mother-in-law" but she has such a distinctive voice that I know who it is as soon as she utters a word!

[Taz_Zoee]

Again, I'm not married, but I refer to Bruce's mom as Carol. In cards and stuff I do write mom and sign it from both of us. His father is deceased.
I don't think Bruce calls my parents anything. LOL

[Glacier]

I call Stuart's Dad by his first name. Even Stuart usually calls him that! He calls my parents by their first names as well. He hasn't spoke to his mother in close to 20 years. On the rare occasions she is brought up, he calls her by her first name, usually with some colorful adjectives around it.

He sort of has a step-mother. His Dad is divorced from his second wife too, but they are good friends and still keep in touch. We both call her by her first name too.

My Mom always called my grandma(my Dad's mom), Mom. It confused me to no end when I was a kid.

[pitc9]

I call my inlaws by their first names, mostly because we go out and party with them, so they're more like friends!
Rick calls my parent's Mr. and Mrs. X.
He want's SO badly to call them by their first names, but he says it's too weird. We've been together for 14 years, you'd think by NOW he'd be able to!

[DJFyrewolf36]

John calles my parents mom and dad...not that they have always liked it lol. I usually end up calling my MIL mom, even though John tends not to oddly enough.

[Andie]

When me and Dustin first got together, I tended not to refer to them if I could. His dad would have laughed at me if I called them Mr. or Mrs. Colbert. I'm pretty sure his mom would have had a fit. (She hated her MIL) I didn't feel comfortable calling them by their names.

After being considered part of their family (I was taken in almost immediately) for eight years. If talking to them directly it's Momma Pam and Daddy Dave. If I'm talking to someone else it's Pam and Dave.

Dustin never really have that "what to call them" phase. It went from "Hey you" the first few months to Momma Kat and Twig (Dad's nickname - long story. Might as well be considered his first name).

What I find really funny is he has always called my G-ma Grandma and the same with his grandparents and me. It's always been Nonnie and Grandma Peggy and Poppa Glen.

[cyber-sibes]

First time around, I tried to avoid the issue.
Second time around I asked my MIL what she would like me to call her (what a novel idea, huh?) Turned out she asked me to call her by her full first name - Florence- because she loved it yet everyone shortened it to Flo, which she wasn't crazy about. I was very happy to address her as she wished! I called my FIL by his first name, too.

[AdoreMyDogs]

I love my inlaws, I really lucked out in the inlaw department. I don't feel comfortable calling anyone other then my mother "mom", so I call my mother in law either by her first name (Bonnie) or her title (Nana). More often, though, I call her Nana since Quinn's getting older and I want to make sure she knows who Nana is. My father in law's name is Ed, but everyone calls him Daddy Eddie...even his grandkids, so we, also, call him Daddy Eddie.

[ramanth]

I used to call them by Mr. or Mrs. Miller. I now call them by their first names. I just can't call them mom or dad. However, Marilyn signs her emails to me 'Mom' and calls me her daughter and I don't mind that.

[Andie]

However, Marilyn signs her emails to me 'Mom' and calls me her daughter and I don't mind that.

Pam does that too. I'm the daughter she always wanted and apparently my SIL is the daughter Dave has always wanted so it all worked out. Pam tells Dustin to tell "Ann and the babies (Bull and Isis)" that she loves them every time he goes to hang up with her.

[CountryWolf07]

I don't have any in-laws, but I call Mike's mom by her last name, I just feel odd calling her by her first name.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

I had to come back to this thread after seeing my sister last night. My sister's getting married in a couple months and last night was her bridal shower. I was almost surprised (but knowing my sister, not too surprised) how easily she calls EVERYONE "Mom". She of corse calls our mom "Mom", she calls my M-I-L "Mom", she calls her future M-I-L "Mom", and she calls her future step M-I-L "Mom". Last night was getting a little confusing with so many of her "moms" in the same room, she had to call all of them "Mom" followed by their last name.