I sign all family cards with a heart and then my name (or everyone’s name). But “best” wouldn’t bother me at all. Business messages I usually sign as “thanks” I also sign my name as initial only on most emails unless it’s the first time I’m emailing someone.
My H buys cards (and gifts) for his family, and I do mine. Then I found out he wasn't signing my name to cards he bought his parents. :/
I have never emailed my MIL. I have emailed my FIL and SIL2 as part of a few email chains.
My mom called her own in-laws "mom and dad," but their son-in-law used their first names, so I don't know what went on there. My mom liked her in-laws okay, but wasn't totally in love with having them or anything. I will say my mom's parents died young (when my mom was around 30), as did my paternal grandmother's parents, so it might have had something to do with my mom being an orphan or something.
My MIL once introduced me as "my son's wife," as though calling me DIL was too much or something. SIL1 did something similar with "my brother's wife." Despite this, I'm MIL's favorite in-law. She has told me point-blank she likes me better than SIL1's husband.
Post by jillybean222 on Apr 21, 2018 8:23:00 GMT -5
We've been married 14 years and my MIL still buys the cards that say: To Our Son and "Daughter" at Christmas, Easter, etc. Still makes me laugh every holiday! Why do they even make this card? If you don't want to call me your daughter don't, just get the generic card. Needless to say, we're not all that close.