Correct term for your parents describing the parents of your spouse

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

I've just been filling in a form on behalf of my dad, and one of the questions needed an address to send paperwork to. If I was filling in the form as me, I would have put the address and stated that it was my mother-in-law's address.

Obviously, filling the form in as my dad, it would not be correct to say it was his mother-in-law's address (although perhaps if I was from Norwich instead of Bury St Edmunds, both might be true ;-))

Anyway - I must admit to not knowing the correct term that either of one's parents would use to refer to either of one's spouse's parents... so a quick trip to Wikipedia was in order.

Without looking it up, how many people know the correct term? (hint: while using 'in-laws' might be generic enough for the form, it's not the answer I'm after!)

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[hotfusion]

Parents-in-law.
I'd expect.

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

That would be true if it were from my point of view, in the same way that mother-in-law or father-in-law would be true from my point of view.

From my dad's point of view, a parent-in-law would be a grandparent-in-law from my point of view, and it's my mother-in-law that I was using as an example.

I can see this starting to need an explanation, much like the old "This man's father is my father's son" riddle



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[mintjulep]

If I'm following this correctly the term is:

"My son's wife's mother".

 

[Turkbear]

Hi,
Or
"My Daughter-In-Law's mother"



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[SantaMufasa]

I speak of my son's/daughter's mother-in-law/father-in-law/parents-in-law frequently. It's perfectly acceptable.

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[SamBones]

Would that be "co-parent in-law"? Or, more specifically, "co-father in-law" or "co-mother in-law"?

That's the only one I've heard that comes close.