How do you address your boyfriend's/girlfriend's mother?

call mom it will be nice

Swirlz, we both commented above at the same time, I was thinking the same thing. I also have that problem, because even my girlfriends I grew up with, I don't think I called their mom or dad anything..lol I suggest you just out right ask her. Just say something like, "I'd like to address you by a name, but don't know what you would be comfortable with." Oh, and good call, my daughter's boyfriend took it upon himself to call me by my first name, which I am not happy with, especially when I don't care for him anyway..

Hi swirlz! I usually call them Tita. Actually, even my friends' mothers, I call them that way. I never call them Mrs. Surname because I think that's way too formal. But of course, at first I don't call them Tita right away. There is this certain formality with the way I speak even if I don't call them by any name. You know, by the use of our po and opo, we can still be respectful even if we don't call them by Mrs. Surname or whatever.

Just call her what is comfortable with you. Be it mom, auntie, etc. I'm a mom and I'll be delighted if my son's girlfriend will address me on whatever she feels convenient of. What is important is that she is addressing me.

During the time I was still with my ex-, I first called his mom "Mrs. ______" to show respect but when we passed the 3 months mark, I started calling her "Tita" (Aunt) and his dad "Tito" (Uncle).

ive been experiencing that akwardness too when im just beginning to visit to my boyfriend's family. when i talk to to my boyfriend's parents i just don't start with any introductions,just direct to the point.hehe but later on, i realize that i sound unrespectful for not addressing them. in our dialect "nang" refers to adult woman and "inday" to the younger ones. "noy" for adult man and "dong" for younger ones. so what i did, i called them in "nang + nickname" of his mother and "noy + nickname" for his father whenever i talk to them. but sometimes his mother laughs and will tell me to call her "mama", i will just laugh and tell her that that will come soon when the "papers" are ok. we will just both laugh.hehe

I say Mrs. Whatever unless she corrects me and tells me to call her something else.

ooohhhh you do not know how to call your bf's mom? Well you can call her "Tita" or "Auntie" for me its more appropriate... rather than.. MRs... its too formal.. plus you have been with him for years now, its about time you call his mom "tita" I call jeff's mom..mama hahahaa of course

why will someone call her 'auntie'? ma'am is okay, but not 'mom'.

My daughter's boyfriend calls me "Tita" or Auntie in English. That's fine with me than calling me Mrs. which is so formal. I suppose, for me to get to know my daughter's boyfriend well, is not to be so formal, lest he will be afraid of openinghis mouth to speak.

I never got to meet my boyfriend's mom but yes when I think of it, I don't really know what I would have addressed her as. I think I would stick to "aunt".

I refer to my boyfriend's parents as Mr. and Mrs. Kelley since that's his parents' last name, but my boyfriend has a different last name since his mom remarried. When I'm around them, I usually don't have to say that to them unless I need to get their attention to talk to them. But if I text his mom, I usually start the text off with Hi Mrs. Kelley :) Unless they tell you otherwise, just be polite and call them by their last name. Maybe they'll tell you to call them by their first name, who knows. But at first, just stick with the last name to be polite.

i call my partners parents as "auntie & uncle". but when my partner and i were left alone or when we're going to have a private conversation we both call our parents "mama & papa".

you should mom. it will be great!

Just call her what is comfortable with you. Be it mom, auntie, etc. I'm a mom and I'll be delighted if my son's girlfriend will address me on whatever she feels convenient of. What is important is that she calls me a name that she is comfortable of.

I usually address her as 'Auntie'. I even do that with all of my friends' mothers or my parents' friends. I don't think they'd mind if I called them as Mrs.(Last name) but usually I'd say Auntie.

Tita (or Auntie) is the safest term for your fiance's mom (at least here in the Philippines) because that's the polite way of addressing women in their late 30's up to early 60's. On the other hand "Ate" (or sister) can be use for women up to their early 30's. So, you just have to gauge how old the mother of your fiance is.

I would just ask the person what she would prefer to be called. Then there is no doubt. glowin100

I actually think "MOM" is always ok, unless you are dealing with someone who is picky or sort of unfriendly. In that case I would see what your mate thinks you should call her or address her...but I do think their mom should take it as a compliment that you would acknowledge her as your mother in the first place, ya know! (thats actually GOOD thing so they should not take it wrong) :)