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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, 12:45 PM | #106 |
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not entirely sure. I think most, if not all, were with the first guy.
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01-16-2013, 12:48 PM | #107 |
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I had to delete my last post because I put it up before you answered
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01-16-2013, 12:50 PM | #108 |
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I didn't ask for her Dad's blessing, technically, but I did speak with her parents before proposing. I told them my intentions to propose and explicitly said that I wasn't asking for their permission, but that it meant a lot to me and my wife if we had their support.
It went over pretty well. I don't think that it's expected anymore to ask permission, but I know it is appreciated by a lot of old timers if you at least make your intentions known. Most parents realize that their kids will do what they want with or without their support. |
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True. Would you decide to care less then? So on both fronts, deep down, you can admit it's important to look that man in the eye and be good?...
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01-16-2013, 12:52 PM | #110 |
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Honestly, it never even occurred to me to ask. I thought that tradition disappeared when women got the right to vote and live by themselves and stuff.
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01-16-2013, 12:54 PM | #111 |
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01-16-2013, 12:54 PM | #112 |
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And it ws a nice one, let me tell ya
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01-16-2013, 12:56 PM | #114 |
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01-16-2013, 12:58 PM | #115 | |
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I'm using the term kids in the sense that they were birthed from their mother and raised by their parents at some point in the past. I'm well aware of the fact that people are legal adults by the time they get married.
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01-16-2013, 12:59 PM | #116 |
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No, I didn't and my wife didn't really want me to. Her family is very unformal so it was fine.
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01-16-2013, 01:01 PM | #118 |
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Her father and I had a good relationship anyway, so I knew he would say yes... but I did it out of respect because I was raised to do so.
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The idea rubbed me the wrong way, though, because we were both independent adults which is why I made it clear that I sought their support rather than permission. In talking with her parents that day, I found out that her Dad had not asked, which I found humorous. |
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