what to call in-laws

[knowallnora]

What do you call your in-laws, do you find it easy to say Mum and Dad or do you use their names.

I call my MIL mum at her request. As she's lovely I don't mind at all although it seemed weird at first.

My mum is not the huggy, tactile type but when DH unthinkingly called her mum for the first time, I could see she was secretly chuffed

arghhh
my SIL calls my Dm 'Mum' and it creates an irrational surge of jealous rage! I want to snap 'she's not YOUR mum, she's MINE'
but I dont, I just hope no one can read my mind. But I do think it's completely mad. I suppose she does it because my parents called their PILs mum and dad, and she followed suit.
mad.

I call (step)MIL by her name as does hubby and FIL either his name or 'Beardy' - that's what he signs birthday cards to both me and hubby.
Hubby calls my parents by their first names but sure he used Mr and Mrs W for the first few years. Now he calls my dad 'Daddy W' sometimes too because it creeps my dad out. hehe

I think it may be a generational thing because my dad called his in-laws mother and father and my dad's parents certainly signed cards to my mum 'mum and dad', though I can't remember my mum ever calling them anything, so maybe she had same problem as the OP? hmm....

How odd. I am close to my in-laws but wouldn't dream of calling them anything other than their names.
Would literally die on the spot if DH called my parents Mum and Dad.
Isn't that what growing up and moving away from one's parents is supposed to be about??

just a quick update - called her by her name for the first time yesterday. She looked surprised (as she had asked to be called mum) and so did I, as I hadn't planned on saying it, especially as I usually rehearse saying it before we go. Have to wait and see now if it gets easier.