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fiance's parents
20/f. I have become a part of my fiance's pseudo family and I'm having a bit of trouble deciding what I should call his parents. I'm not sure how old they are, but I would guess that they're in their late 50's to early 60's. I stay with my fiance at their house for a few months during the summer and during vacations from school. I've resorted to not calling them by name at all and even though this is possible, it sometimes gets very awkward. Since I'm part of the family, Mr. and Mrs. "Lastname" seems way too formal, but calling them by their first names takes away the respect that I feel I must give them, especially for taking me in after my parents ditched me and for being significantly older and old-fashioned than what I'm used to from my parents. They're like grandparents to me. Calling them Mom and Dad just doesn't seem right until I am actually married to their son. When talking about them with other people I just say my fiance's Mom and Dad. Should I just continue not calling them by name? What do you think I should call them? Thanks.
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I think you should call them by their first names. Your all adults, so Mr. and Mrs. doesn't seem needed. Or you could call them Mr. and Mrs. so and so and see if they say something like "Oh, Call me (insert name here)" if not, just stick to that.
Good luck!
-Abby
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Ask them what to call them since you're not sure.
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I would go ahead and address them as Mr or Mrs "lastname". They will let you know then what they prefer to be called if not that.
OR, you can just straight out tell them how you feel and ask how they would like you to address them. :)
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