Do you call your in-laws mom and dad?

@Janet357 (75656)
January 7, 2021 5:52am CST
I see in movies that in western countries sons-in-law or daughters-in-law call their in-laws by their names not mom and dad. How true is this in real life? In the Philippines, we call them ma or pa or mom and dad as part of respect. I want to learn from other culture. Kindly share.
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@rhuenz (10646)
7 Jan 21
I call my in-laws mom and dad.
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@Janet357 (75656)
7 Jan 21
Same in the Philippines. I think Asian countries really call our in-laws mom and dad.
@Jackalyn (7559)
• Oxford, England
7 Jan 21
I don't think this is general, but my ex husband's parents insisted on their first names even for the grandchildren. That spread to my own Mum and Dad but we made our kids call them Grandma and pa.
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@Janet357 (75656)
7 Jan 21
Okay, other culture really calls them by their names.
@LadyDuck (458170)
• Switzerland
7 Jan 21
I called my in-laws by their name, this is what is more common in our country.
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@LadyDuck (458170)
• Switzerland
7 Jan 21
@Janet357 We only have one mother and one father, the in laws are "acquired family members", we use their names.
@Janet357 (75656)
7 Jan 21
okay. Just like what i see in movies.
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@simplfred (20608)
• Philippines
7 Jan 21
Nay and tay or english mom and dad...
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@Janet357 (75656)
7 Jan 21
yes this is very common term of endearment for in-laws.
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@chizzy06 (76)
• Lagos, Nigeria
7 Jan 21
Yes you can call them mum or dad. Here in my country that is what we do.
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@Janet357 (75656)
7 Jan 21
that's good to hear. Nigeria is just as conservative as the Philipppines.
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• India
7 Jan 21
its also same in India .. they call and dad ... but some also call them uncle and aunty ....
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@Janet357 (75656)
7 Jan 21
oh here, they call uncle and auntie if they are just bf/gf but once married, mom and dad.
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• India
7 Jan 21
@Janet357 yeah same here ...but some are exceptional
@prinzcy (32322)
• Malaysia
7 Jan 21
It's probably in Asian culture to call someone older with respectable title. Like Mom, Dad, Uncle, Aunt. You call them by their name, you'll probably going to be smack for being rude I remember a Malaysian Youtuber told a story of how he shocked his future wife's uncle by calling him uncle. It's polite for Malaysian, but a bit weird for American.
• United States
7 Jan 21
Yes I do call them mom and dad in Vietnamese.
@ShyBear88 (59282)
• Sterling, Virginia
7 Jan 21
This depends on the relationship. I do not cal my father in law , step in laws or mother in law mom or dad. Why because they are not my parents. I do call them by there first name which is respectful. Most of the time we call them by what the kids call them. Some of my in laws call me there daughter or niece or even granddaughter and they is totally up to them it doesn’t bother me if they say oh this is my daughter in law or she is married to my son or grandson. In the South of the US most children even when married call there in laws mom dad, sibling, or aunt or uncle.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
7 Jan 21
some call their own parents by their first names when they're older.
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@DianneN (246838)
• United States
7 Jan 21
I never could call them mom and dad, because they weren't my parents. I called them by their first names sometimes or nothing at all.
@just4him (306236)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
7 Jan 21
I called them by their name.
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• India
7 Jan 21
Here no one call elders with names, guess this is popular in west only
@Hytton03 (5454)
• Philippines
7 Jan 21
Mom and pa that's i call them.
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