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We’re not married yet, but engaged. I call them by their first names. I generally call people what they want to be called, and this is what they want me to call them.
As a general case, I have a hard time calling people my parents’ age by other than Mr./Mr if they’re people I’ve known since I was a kid. In these cases I was always asked at some point, usually by my 40s, to call them by their first names, which I did eventually but I find it hard and can’t always do it (they understand, LOL).
If I met someone my parents’ age as an adult, I call them by their first names because this is always what they want to be called by. I have, or have had (a couple have died) a number of personal friends my parents’ age (several of which were long time friends of one or both of my parents) and I always call them by their first name. We are all adults now.
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Avondale, Chicago, IL
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