Life Married members: Did you seek permission/blessing?

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Married members: Did you seek permission/blessing?

View Poll Results: Did you seek father's permission/blessing?
Yes, it is a tradition I wanted to keep	42	27.10%
Yes, it is a tradition I knew spouse's family wanted to keep	19	12.26%
No	78	50.32%
I've never proposed	16	10.32%
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01-16-2013, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Literature

That's a good point. The tradition legally stems from the Tort of Seduction. A father could sue in civil court the person who married/took away the daughter, because the daughter (and wife and minor-sons) were basically property.

Now it's morphed into a show of respect, but it doesn't seem that genuinely respectful or necessary to me.

interesting, I did not know that first part

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