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Once upon a time the question of whether or not a man should ask for his partner’s father’s permission to marry her was not a topic up for debate. It was a tradition honoured at all times by many cultures: a groom simply didn’t ask the bride for her hand in marriage, he asked her father. After all, she was his property!<\/p>\n
Today, as so much has changed within society, asking the bride\u2019s father for his permission isn’t always the done thing and, in some circles, it may even be frowned upon but, for those of you contemplating asking this age-old question, here are some things to first consider, especially if:<\/p>\n
If the father of the bride is elderly – and you and your bride-to-be\u00a0are middle-aged, it does seem a little redundant to ask for his daughter\u2019s hand. You may have been living with your intended for many years. You may even already had children together.\u00a0Suddenly asking for their grandad’s permission seems a bit silly. Of course if your bride is a teenager and still living at home will obviously paint a different picture.<\/p>\n
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The position of your future father-in-law within his family is important. Has he split from the family? Does he have a poor or non-existent relationship with his daughter? Does he live a long way away? Will he be invited to the wedding? How well do you know the gentleman?<\/p>\n
Answers to one or more of these questions above will guide you in your decision-making. If you have never met the man, then making your first meeting one where you ask for his permission seems unusual to say the least.<\/p>\n
And, of course, if the relationship is poor or non-existent, well, there’s your answer: there’s no need to ask permission to propose<\/a> to his daughter.<\/p>\n Many people argue that the issue of asking for a father’s permission to marry his daughter is not only out of date, it\u2019s sexist. Will the bride be asking the groom\u2019s mother for permission to marry<\/a> her son?<\/p>\n In the interests of harmony or rather, building a stronger relationship with your new in-laws, why not tell them that you think their daughter is the most wonderful person\u00a0you\u2019ve ever met and that you\u2019d like to marry her.\u00a0Then seek their blessing.<\/p>\n Of course, if you’ve decided that seeking your future father-in-law’s permission to marry his daughter is the way to go, be aware of one thing: it may just spoil the surprise, so do it as close to your proposal<\/a> as possible if you think your future in-laws won’t be able to resist spilling the beans!<\/p>\n Of course, all this is moot if your intended requests you\u00a0obtain her old man\u2019s permission!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16803,"template":"","au_article_tag":[64,19,95,65,159,58],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/38920"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/au-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/38920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_article_tag?post=38920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"asking](\"https:\/\/assets.easyweddings.com\/files\/2021\/10\/29060300\/asking-fathers-permission-to-propose-to-his-daughter.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
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