Advice from Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin.
My husband and I are in our 50s. He has a friend I dislike: She uses humor to disguise insults, and she has no manners.
However, near the wedding, my in-laws began to switch their correspondence sign-offs to “Mom and Dad.” They later told my husband that that was their way of inviting me to refer to them as such -- a tradition in their family.I was uncomfortable with this change. I felt bitter at having been relegated to “Mr. and Mrs. Lastname” despite being with my fiance for years, and the sudden switch to “Mom and Dad” felt like forced familiarity at best, or a power move at worst.
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