[Songbird]

Originally Posted by fatima

hmm, all the arabs i know call their mom in laws mart-ami (literally means my uncles wife). i dont know why as this makes no sense. haha i have no idea what id call mine...i guess id see what her other kids in law call her or ask her what she prefers? i dunno, but i would feel weird referring to her with the same word i used for my mother. but im cool with using another way of saying mom if that would make her happy.

Lol, one of my closest friends married her first cousin, so her mother-in-law whom she calls "Mart-ami" is in fact her uncle's wife.