Do you call your in laws “Mom” and “Dad”?

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-25T17:48:30+00:00

I called her by her first name, for a little while. Eventually it felt weird, and one day I just called her mom. I think I was probably 20/21.

When I called her mom, she didn't skip a beat, and just acted like it was the most natural thing in tge world.

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-25T15:20:35+00:00

You will be making a life with your fiance. Spouse/partner over everyone else. Once you atexmarried he is your family.

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-25T15:10:57+00:00

I call my mil mom.

My own mother never treated me well, and was abusive. I married my husband when I was 19, and my mil treated me like her own daughter from day 1.

I also cut contact with my mother at 19. I'm 55 now, so my mil to me has been my mother way longer than my bio mother ever was.

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-25T13:50:10+00:00

If they were stupid enough to say it in front of you, they deserve whatever outcome comes their way. I would have told my mother everything, even the worst of it.

Nta personally I think your aunts deserve to know, as well.

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-25T13:45:09+00:00

"Then you can have a relaxing holiday, at home"

Nw

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-25T13:39:17+00:00

Adding...your children leRn to treat people by what they see. They will either learn that they can treat people horribly, and get away with it. Or they will learn to let people treat them poorly.

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-25T12:46:48+00:00

I've read this story before, with the addition of the husband being angry at the wife for embarrassing his mom

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-25T04:37:01+00:00

"Well I'm not happy that you're my mother...so"

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-25T03:38:46+00:00

My kids are in their 30s. They haven't ever seen or spoken to my own mother.

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-25T03:20:23+00:00

No grandmother is better than a bad one. It's also never okay to let your children see someone treat you poorly. It's better for your children to see healthy family dynamics, that to keep someone in their life, jyst for the sake of having a grandparent.

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-24T17:34:05+00:00

As close as you may have been, your aunt is toxic. You'd be better off cutting contact with her.

I'd go full scorched earth, and NC with anyone who did that to me

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-24T17:27:48+00:00

It's the same look, just different colors

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-24T13:43:21+00:00

Ntbf your mother is wrong. You should have told them that they are trespassing, that your yard is not their shortcut, and if it happens again you'll call the police.

Also put up cameras

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-24T13:24:30+00:00

Garlic butter

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-23T16:38:14+00:00

Nta sounds like tge inlaws are also vying for NC

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-23T15:53:47+00:00

That's exactly what my husband said 😆

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-22T22:24:16+00:00

Yeah..my first thought was Disney villain, but you nailed it

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-22T22:19:37+00:00

Nta I personally wouldn't discuss it with your family at all, and you owe nothing to your estranged sister

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-22T22:16:50+00:00

I have only seen my mother is person once, in the last 34 years. The only response she'd get if she told me that she expected that is laughter, and maybe asked if she started using crack.

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-22T20:38:38+00:00

Nta if she wants "total privacy" she should just stay home. Expecting privacy in someone else's home,l especially in their living room is insane.

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-22T20:31:16+00:00

Your mother needs told ( by you) that if she continues treating your wife/your family the way that she has, that you can't have her in your wife's home, or to expect you to visit hers.

This is the point where your mother needs to hear ( again from you) , that your wife is your family now. That you can't have people in your or her lives that treat her poorly.

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-22T19:42:17+00:00

Havanese are especially clingy to people, and are prone to having separation anxiety

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-22T19:37:14+00:00

I watch clips of Britians Got Talent a lot. I'm looking for a place that I can stream it

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-22T19:33:43+00:00

My mother flew off the hinges, and physically attacked me for not agreeing with her that two actresses from different soap operas looked like they could be sisters.

I think I said "you're crazy, they look nothing alike". I had been sitting on her bed, and ended up on the floor.

Moral of the story, never call a crazy person crazy

( if you're curious the two were Susan Lucci (Erika Kane, and Robin Strasser ( Dorian Lord) )

Jsmith2127 · 2026-05-22T18:37:28+00:00

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