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  By what name do you usually call the parents of your beloved?

What do you call your SO's parents when you are talking to them (not about them)? If you don't have a current SO, tell us what you called the parents of your last long-term SO (while you were together). If you have only met one parent, then tell us what you call that parent.

VotesAnswer
18I call them by their first names
7I haven't had an SO, so can't comment
6Mom/Mum or Dad
5I don't speak to my SO's parents / I've never met my SO's parents
5I have something else to say on this topic
3I've never worked out what to call them, so I avoid calling them anything.
2Mr or Mrs [insert family name here]
0I call them some other name

UserComment
darkshadowsseeker
posted 1-Jun-2002 11:56am  

I haven't had an SO in years, but I didn't meet the parents of my last one. One of them was deceased the other lived on the East Coast.
Biggles
posted 1-Jun-2002 12:00pm  

I haven't had an SO ever.
bobofwestgate
posted 1-Jun-2002 1:43pm  

I only met my ex's parents once before the wedding and of course they were at our wedding. I called them Mr & Mrs Brandenmeyer as I barely knew them.
teatree
posted 1-Jun-2002 1:48pm  

I called my first husband's parents mom and dad as we were really close. My second husband's parents were both dead. They were killed in a car crash while on vacation about 10 years before I met him.
confetti
posted 1-Jun-2002 4:11pm  

First names; Krzystof and María José. Anj's dad just adores me, he's the sweetest elderly Polish gentleman you could find...his mom is a sanctimonious dog who tells me I've gained weight every time she sees me and when tells her son about all the pretty, nice girls she knows that he should date whenever I'm in earshot.
Amanda
posted 1-Jun-2002 4:30pm  

I call them by their first names, when I speak to them, which isn't often. Dominic doesn't get along very well with his parents.
juliw
posted 1-Jun-2002 7:00pm  

No SO
kirst
posted 1-Jun-2002 7:32pm  

Had to choose that I don't speak to my SO's parents as both are deceased.
romkey Survey Central Gold Subscriber
posted 1-Jun-2002 8:06pm  

"Donna"
Enheduanna Survey Central Subscriber
posted 1-Jun-2002 8:25pm  

I've never met them or talked to them.
Cleo
posted 1-Jun-2002 10:29pm  

From the very beginning they wanted to be called by their first names. Harold & Lynn.......... Whatever!
LuridHope
posted 2-Jun-2002 2:01pm  

Shnookie pookie ookie wubba nubby... usually followed by kissy kissy faces and scratching my arm pits like a monkey.
natsim
posted 2-Jun-2002 11:41pm  

I call my in-laws by their first names, but this survey was inspired by my sister-in-law (my brother's wife) who still, after 10 years of marriage, doesn't call my parents ANYTHING! They see each other a lot, so it's kind of weird.
Gamera
posted 3-Jun-2002 2:09am  

"Mama," or her first name depending on the context. "Papa," or his nickname, also depending on same.
grmbrand
posted 3-Jun-2002 9:17am  

By their request, I use their first names.
CarolL Bronze Star Survey Creator
posted 5-Jun-2002 3:05pm  

Usually by their first names.
Dino
posted 6-Jun-2002 7:48am  

No SO
Oscar
posted 6-Jun-2002 7:54pm  

I've never "called" them anything. I don't know what I would call them so I just avoid doing it.
TylersMamma
posted 7-Jun-2002 12:04am  

With my last SO I called his mom by her first name... his parents are divorced and he doesn't talk to his dad so I never met him. The SO before him I called his mom "mom" (since she insisted) and his dad by his first name
dora
(reply to confetti) posted 8-Jun-2002 5:23pm  

Elderly? Is his father so old?
confetti
(reply to dora) posted 8-Jun-2002 6:10pm  

Yeah...his oldest son, Marek, is 26.
dora
(reply to confetti) posted 8-Jun-2002 6:23pm  

Well...I'm 23...my parents are 50something...that's not old.
wolfchik9
posted 21-Jun-2002 1:28am  

His mom has the same name as my mom. It's too weord to call her Ms. Lynn when that's what people call my mom, especially her students. My mom's a preschool teacher. His dad is Martin, Jr. and he's the third. So they share the same name. It would also be weird for me to call him Mr. Martin. So, mom & dad it is!
freebird_old
posted 5-Jul-2002 4:02am  

With my ex, I just called them by their first names. His mother went to far as to refer to me as her daughter (she'd known me for 9yrs.), but I just couldn't bring myself to call her "mom".
freebird_old
(reply to confetti) posted 5-Jul-2002 4:09am  

Thats terrible! I just hate it when people who don't take the time to get to know you spend the extra effort to be doges for no reason.
Has she always been this way to you, or did she begin after some kind of incident? Either way I hope she eventually knocks it off.
confetti
(reply to freebird_old) posted 5-Jul-2002 12:11pm  

She's very set in her ways and Anj is this outstanding student and she wants a really studious, prim girl for him. I had the unfortunate luck of meeting her for the first time when we were back from a pretty gritty party and I had on really revealing clothes (to her, to me they were just cute) and I was a little, um, happy *smile* According to Anj, I didn't do anything heinously wrong, but she has that image forever imprinted in her opinion of me. Although really I'm very responsible and mature. It's so unfair because my mom adores my boyfriend and has always been really accepting of him.
freebird_old
(reply to confetti) posted 6-Jul-2002 12:58am  

Thats terrible. Well, you do sound incredibly smart and mature, so hopefully after more time has passed she will decide she's stuck with you for a while and will ease up a bit. Or at least thats what I hope when I'm in that situation. *smile*
confetti
(reply to freebird_old) posted 6-Jul-2002 11:16am  

So do I. In extreme turn of events, I may even bake her my famous peanut butter and M & M brownies *smile*
freebird_old
(reply to confetti) posted 6-Jul-2002 11:20pm  

The M&M and Peanut butter brownies should definitely seal the deal! *smile* That sounds soooo good right now.
confetti
(reply to freebird_old) posted 7-Jul-2002 1:31pm  

Sounds like someone could use a batch *grin*
freebird_old
(reply to confetti) posted 8-Jul-2002 12:22am  

Me, Me!*smile*
confetti
(reply to freebird_old) posted 8-Jul-2002 12:24am  

*makes a mental note and puts a pink smiley face sticker on it*
freebird_old
(reply to confetti) posted 8-Jul-2002 12:27am  

Yay!
bandit1cat
posted 7-Aug-2002 6:45pm  

I call them dead. her father left when she was little, mother I used to call by her first name.
clare
posted 26-Jul-2006 3:07am  

I never met my previous SO's parents because they were both dead.



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