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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 Is it wrong?

Is it wrong to call a friend's mother as "MA"? Well it sounds not right here but this is what happen. I've known this friend since high school and we belong to the indian muslim community here so we basically know each other's family. I have been to her place many times and likewise she and her mom have come over to many of our functions. This friend is a year younger than me and I treat her like my younger sis. We attended each other's wedding, visited each other when we gave birth, went outings together and met in many other functions. We are not only friends but related as we've got the same clan. Well so I thought it was ok for me to call her mom as "MA" out of respect and I thought I was very close to her daughter. Not that she got any son of marriageable age and as if I am single looking for a guy to settle down with ...She told me that I should not be calling her "MA" and she corrected me that I should be calling her "Marni" (in tamil)...it means SIL. She is a fifty plus year old lady, same age as my mom...another reason why I called her "MA". I have to call her SIL....err that sound real wierd for me and makes me sound like I am very OLD. I don't know but I am not comfortable calling her SIL...I will just smile the next time I see her and not make any conversation with her. I am not very good with how I should call my relatives but I don't want to embarrass myself again. It is NOT easy making our relatives happy....

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