u/WaitandSea

A bit of background; SO is 56 with an adult daughter who is only 9 years younger than I am (I’m 42, she is 32). We get along extremely well and are looking forward to being family. With the closeness in age and the fact that I am not really a “mother-figure”, (I don’t do discipline, actual mothering, etc) I am unsure that the term mother-in-law/daughter-in-law or even MIL/DIL sounds like something we want to use. It sounds old and not accurate to our relationship. Does anyone have any suggestions?

**Edit note- I’m not actually changing the post, just aging a note that I DO realize that I misspoke/mistyped by saying “in-law” and that I realize that isn’t the correct relationship. That was my fault. I obviously meant STEP parent.