(This is hypothetical, BTW -- it's for a story, not real life. But the minute I hit any question about how to address relatives in Mandarin I run to the native speakers. LOL)
So let's say there is a young man who is getting married. His fiancée's father wants him to take their family's surname when he does. He's not unwilling. He has no parents or family to affect anything.
What would the young man call the fiancée's father before their marriage, and then after their marriage? Would there be a point where he might start using a different term of address for the father-in-law (even maybe before marriage) given that he has agreed to take their surname? Would the father-in-law at some point (assuming he likes the young man well enough) say something like "Aw, come on, we're family now, call me XYZ"?
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