<p>Mrs. so and so? Or are you on a first name basis? </p>
<p>gfs and bfs = girlfriends and boyfriends :)</p>
<p>I think that under 25 or so should call parents Mr. and Mrs. so and so, but over 25 should just call them by their first names. It all depends on the parents though.</p>
<p>We are Mr & Mrs Lastname. D calls her bf’s parents Mr & Mrs Hislastname. But they are 15 & 16 years old.</p>
<p>Hubby and I call our parents-in-law by their first names, but that didn’t happen until around when we got married (we were 23 years old).</p>
<p>In this country, all children of all ages call all adults including their parents but excluding their teachers, by their first names. </p>
<p>Not my fave.</p>
<p>It was Mrs. Astromom from D’s bf… I do like the “southern” thing when good friends’ kids call me Miss Firstname… also, people like nurses in doctor’s offices, etc.</p>
<p>This country means the US? My children still say Mr. or Mrs unless they know the person very well. My H is Mr. ATM and I’m Mrs.Don’ttellDad ;)</p>
<p>I don’t honestly know if I’m “Mr. X” or “insert first name here.”</p>
<p>D’s bf usually call me “Hey!” </p>
<p>And I’m fine with that.</p>
<p>i start out saying Mr. and Mrs. ____, but then they usually tell me to call them by their first name. so i do.</p>
<p>M&sdad, you are probably known as “Hey” bc it is awkward and he is unsure as to what to call you. </p>
<p>My kids would say Mr. and Mrs. X, but my oldest is 19. Frankly, I think that this is what is respectful. </p>
<p>I still refer to my parent’s friends (in their mid 70’s and up) as Mr. and Mrs. X. My H finds that foolish and ridiculous. I have referred to them as Mr. and Mrs. X my whole life, and I would not want to show any disrespect by changing it. If they had said please call me “Al/Jane” I would have done so years ago. They did not, so I think that what I am doing is appropriate. It is funny bc one couple that I still call Mr. and Mrs. X, my H calls by their first names. They have not corrected either of us! I have known them since I was a 3 years old, so why change what I call them now. My H’s parents have friends in the same age group. I have always called them by their first names since my H does, and I was introduced to them by their first names.</p>
<p>I’m Mrs. last name, husband is Mr. last name assuming the young person can get over their fright of him. Sigh. He has a rep (and the glare to go with it). His children seem to enjoy yanking friends chains and perpetuating it. The good friends know better.</p>
<p>There was a time I felt a bit odd about the Mr and Mrs stuff 'cause it made me feel old, but I’ve come to appreciate the respect it signifies and that I’ve come to expect - now that I’m old?? Funny how that works. </p>
<p>I ALWAYS expect my children to address their elders by Mr/Ms/Mrs, though teachers do not always make this easy (a bit too casual at our local high school in my opinion).</p>
<p>All my kids’ friends call us Mr & Mrs <strong><em>, and they will continue to do that unless one of them marry a friend of mine. I always introduce myself as Mrs</em></strong> to my kids’ friends.</p>
<p>My children’s friends 16-24 all call me Mrs.Last Name. My kids address adults in this way out of respect, unless otherwise instructed by person they are addressing. I always introduce myself to my kids friends and to my students as Mrs. as well.</p>
<p>I am Ms FirstName to all of my younger daughter’s friends and all of my friends’ children. I am FirstName to my older daughter’s friends (they are all married with kids of their own).</p>
<p>If either of my children were to call or my husband me by our first names, they would get “The Look.”</p>
<p>Vulture: “Husband is Mr. last name assuming the young person can get over their fright of him. Sigh. He has a rep (and the glare to go with it). His children seem to enjoy yanking friends chains and perpetuating it. The good friends know better.” </p>
<p>This is classic. My husband has the same rep. w/ my D’s boyfriend. It’s really funny because he’s really quiet and not at all scary, he’s just 6’3 and has a deep voice.</p>
<p>Wneck: Your kids or your spouse?</p>
<p>D’s bf calls us by first name. he is 26, and I really would like to think we’re all adults now. Friends call us Mr/Ms last name, except the ones who knew me when they were really little and we were doing the first name thing back then.</p>
<p>Yeah, once you’re over 25 it makes sense to me too. I think it’s more about what you introduce yourself as than anything else.</p>
<p>Most of my 4Ds friends, and all of their significant others, call us by our first names. This is what we prefer.</p>
<p>My kids call most adults Mr/Mrs, and most of their friends refer to me that way. The exceptions are within several families who are very close (both physically and emotionally) neighbors. Our children have grown up together, and they all call the adults from these families by first names.</p>
<p>We always introduced ourselves as Mr/Mrs Lastname to all of our kids’ friends, and that is what they called us. Then, all of a sudden, my d and her friends turned 18, and I didn’t know what the right thing was to do anymore! </p>
<p>Is there a reason why you chose 25 as the magic age at which to switch to a first name basis?</p>
<p>(BTW cheers, my experience when we lived in No.Cal. matched your impression - all the kids called us by our first names -even when we continued to correct them to Mr./Mrs. - but they called their teachers Mrs. I found it rather rude.)</p>
<p>We are also Mr. and Mrs. lastname. That’s pretty much the norm around here.</p>
<p>Guess you shouldn’t speak for “everyone” in this country, Cheers :)</p>