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re: Did you ask your girlfriends dad for permission to marry her?
Posted on 6/26/14 at 1:26 pm to mikelbr
Posted on 6/26/14 at 1:26 pm to mikelbr
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Exactly why I don't want to be bothered with this old fashioned nonsense. If I don't approve of the relationship it'll be well known before any proposal.
That song on the radio about a guy asking the father to marry his daughter always strikes me as disrespectful.
Basicalyl the singer says "IDGAF what you say old man, I'm gonna marry her anyway."
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Posted on 6/26/14 at 1:26 pm to mikelbr
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Because I feel that it's disrespectful to the woman to have to ask her dad's permission to marry her? This is one of the few things I believe I'm quite progressive and rational about.
#whyIneedFeminism
Posted on 6/26/14 at 1:26 pm to kingbob
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I know of a few instances where the father said know, but....
Posted on 6/26/14 at 1:26 pm to shutterspeed
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Just be sure to preface whatever you say with, "Not that I give a shite what you say, but..."
Which begs the question, "Has anyone been told no?" Then what?
Posted on 6/26/14 at 1:26 pm to Austin Cajun
Of course
Posted on 6/26/14 at 1:26 pm to JumpingTheShark
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grumpy dick
Now that's a first. Jeez you boys' jimmies are rustled. I simply trust that my daughters would marry decent guys. And if I don't like them what good would that do. We can't exactly stop women from doing stuff these days guys.
This post was edited on 6/26/14 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 6/26/14 at 1:27 pm to Austin Cajun
I was planning on it. But the ring was burning a hole in my pocket and I ended up drinking a bunch of beer and going for it one night without talking to him first. I met him at 4:30 the next morning (what time he gets to his office) and had the talk. I was crosseyed hungover, but he let me marry her anyway. Good times..
Posted on 6/26/14 at 1:27 pm to Austin Cajun
Yes and they still talk about how much they appreciated it.
Posted on 6/26/14 at 1:27 pm to Displaced
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asked for his blessing
This is what went down.
Posted on 6/26/14 at 1:28 pm to mikelbr
Like you said, Mike, My daughter is going to know WAYYYYY ahead of time if I'm gonna say no.
Posted on 6/26/14 at 1:28 pm to mikelbr
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Because I feel that it's disrespectful to the woman to have to ask her dad's permission to marry her? This is one of the few things I believe I'm quite progressive and rational about.
Some of you never cease to amaze.
Posted on 6/26/14 at 1:28 pm to LesMiles BFF
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Basicalyl the singer says "IDGAF what you say old man, I'm gonna marry her anyway."
Some fathers want to know for sure that the suitor is going to stick it out in the long haul. He wants assurance that the guy is going to be there no matter what. I would imagine most fathers would respond positively to a suitor having that attitude after being turned down. I think most fathers would take that reaction to mean that the suitor truly loves his daughter and won't just dump her when times get tough or something better comes along.
Posted on 6/26/14 at 1:28 pm to Austin Cajun
Yes. And he told me that he "didn't see why she wouldn't probably say yes."
Posted on 6/26/14 at 1:28 pm to Salmon
In my scenario, there's no way around it. If I want to take our relationship to the next level, it starts with her parents. She's very close with them and I have to admit they are amazing people.
If her dad didn't approve, he would have already said so by now. It is a move purely out of respect, he parents have been great to me and deserve every ounce of respect I can give them.
If her dad didn't approve, he would have already said so by now. It is a move purely out of respect, he parents have been great to me and deserve every ounce of respect I can give them.
Posted on 6/26/14 at 1:29 pm to Austin Cajun
Yes I did. I went to his house and had an hour or so long bullshite session and made him feel as if I cared what he was up to. After that hour, I told him what I was truly there for.
He asked me if I was crazy and that he lived by himself for a reason after a wife of 30 years and two daughters. That was 5 years ago. We have been married a little over 4 and he is on his way to stay with us for a few days now. He and I are fishing this weekend some, so it all turned out well.
He asked me if I was crazy and that he lived by himself for a reason after a wife of 30 years and two daughters. That was 5 years ago. We have been married a little over 4 and he is on his way to stay with us for a few days now. He and I are fishing this weekend some, so it all turned out well.
Posted on 6/26/14 at 1:29 pm to Austin Cajun
My girlfriend told me specifically not to when we were discussing it. She was against the whole notion of a female needing permission from her father. I did it anyway and asked her parents to just keep quiet about it to her. With the way i was raised, the notion of not doing that just seemed unfathomable. She found out about it a few years later, but she didn't really care.
Posted on 6/26/14 at 1:29 pm to TIGRLEE
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Some of you never cease to amaze
Says the racist.
I don't get why I'm being labeled here simply for not participating in a sexist old fashioned tradition.
Posted on 6/26/14 at 1:30 pm to Austin Cajun
Didn't ask
But I did sit down with her Dad and brother and told them my intentions
But I did sit down with her Dad and brother and told them my intentions
Posted on 6/26/14 at 1:30 pm to Wolf
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My girlfriend told me specifically not to when we were discussing it. She was against the whole notion of a female needing permission from her father.
Exactly how I feel.
I don't want my daughters to feel like I'm going to control them after they are adults. 
Posted on 6/26/14 at 1:30 pm to Austin Cajun
her parents are divorced, so I ended up having that conversation with both her mom and dad. I was more worried her mom was going to try and shut me down than her dad to be honest.
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