do you call MIL 'mom'

i dont ... never will.. just not something i'm comfortable with

Re: do you call MIL 'mom'

no

she signs my greeting cards MOM.. but she does that even in emails to dh's friends

Re: do you call MIL 'mom'

yes but it was pretty easy since everyone in the world Even her nieces and nephews call her mom

Re: do you call MIL 'mom'

no .. and i also never will.

DH calls my mom 'eema' (which is Hebrew for mom) but it's kind of her nickname ... all my friends call her 'eema' too ....

Re: do you call MIL 'mom'

No. Never.

I'm still trying to figure out what to call her post-wedding.

Re: do you call MIL 'mom'

nope.

she signs her cards to me 'MOM E.' and sometimes i address cards to her that way but... verbally no.

Re: do you call MIL 'mom'

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Posted by Byrne2Be

I'm still trying to figure out what to call her post-wedding.

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i either don't use a name ... or i call her by her first name, if i must. but it def feels weird.

Re: do you call MIL 'mom'

Not unless I want to be smacked.

ETA: I call her by her first name.

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DH's mom has passed - but I know I would have used her first name....or called her Mama Jean like DH's friends do...

I just feel that my Mom went through so much raising her kids, that she alone deserves the name.

Re: do you call MIL 'mom'

no

but i do call her mama booch.lol
she loves it because a lot of people call fh booch

Re: do you call MIL 'mom'

not yet. just havent transitioned. i have no problem with it. but she hasnt specifically said what she wants to be called. so i still call her by her first name...

i think when we have kids its will b an easier transition

Re: do you call MIL 'mom'

Ugh Hell no

I have one mom.

She signs cards 'from your parents' and it makes me CRINGE

Re: do you call MIL 'mom'

funny.......NEVER!!!!!!!!! I have to get on speaking terms with her first.

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Thsi question made me to myself.

She has mentioned to me a million times to call her 'mom' and I will never do so. Not because she is a heinous old biiitch, but because I only have one mother and MIL doesn't even hold a candle to my mom

Re: do you call MIL 'mom'

i do . I find nothing weird, wrong or uncomfortable about it. She will never replace my mom but I was raised with parents who called their in laws mom/dad so I guess it was just natural.

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I call her Mama Z.

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We are very close but I still call her by her first name anyways, only have one mom!

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I call my MIL by her first name. I was comfortable calling her by her first name before we were married, so why change now? It's still her name, it still works.

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i address cards to her as Mami (what DH and siblings cal her) but verbally its her first name

when we have kids i'll prob call her whatever they call her - thats what my parents did.

Re: do you call MIL 'mom'

I do. For 10 years, I called her Mrs. Seylar. Then about 6 months before our wedding she finally gave me the ok to call her mom. DH calls my parents mom and dad too, so it works