Same here. It was much easier after we had kids and we could call the
in-laws grandma and grandpa. :-) Of all our kids-in-law, only one ever
called me mom and she's the one that dumped her marriage for an internet
affair and now our son has custody of the boys.
--
Mary
http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948
"LN (remove NOSPAM)" wrote in message
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: I never called my MIL anything when talking to her. Calling her Mrs. XXX
: seemed to formal and I didn't feel close enough to her to call her Mom and
: calling her by her first name didn't seem right. I'm not one to say,
: "'name', where is...." If someone is in the room and you are talking to
: them, why bother using the name? When talking about her, I'd say, "Your
: mother...." Or I'd say Emmy when telling my mom something about her. Now
it
: doesn't matter at all.
:
: --
: LN in NH (Who has been beading more than quilting in the last 2 years)
:
: "Sharon Harper" wrote in message
: u...
: LOL - I always felt uncomfortable calling DH's mum by her first or Mrs
: Lastname. When we'd been together for awhile it seemed easier to call
her
: mum and her dh dad. One day it just slipped out and it's been like that
: ever since. Except for when we call them nan and pops (which is what
the
: DDs call them).
:
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: Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
:
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load)
:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but
: quicker)
:
: "Mika" wrote in message
: ...
: "A&T" wrote in message
: nk.net...
:
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: I try always to call people Mr. or Mrs. until given permission to do
: other
: wise. I also listen carefully so I know if a person is a Diane or a
: Diana.
: Or Marie or Maria.
:
:
: This reminds me of the first time I met my mother-in-law before DH and
I
: got
: married. DH and I were both in our mid 30's so it's not like we were
: young
: ignorant punks who weren't taught to respect our elders. Anyway, she
very
: bruskly informed me that I could either call her Mom or Mrs. LASTNAME
but
: she had not given me permission to call her by her first name therefore
: she
: expected me to NOT call her by her first name. That was almost 15 years
: ago
: and to this day I have never called her by her first name. It has
always
: been Mom. If she is comfortable with me calling her Mom then I don't
have
: a
: problem with it.
:
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: Mika
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