Man Asking for Fathers Permission Before Proposing Marriage..

My brothers asked for the parents' permission to marry their daughters. This one is still happening commonly in our country. I don't have parents anymore and I didn't want my siblings to know i wanted to get married at that time.

for me,it would be sweeter if he will ask permission of my father cause that may show that he really cares also those people that i love but sad to say i have no father to be asked for permission:)

I am engage but no permission was ask lol , I dont think its necessary but if a couple would rather more tradition approach it would be nice also . I think it all depends on the family relation also . When you are adult still living with your parents or close community then I guess that will come more in play . I am not even in the same country with my parents about now , and when I first get engaged I didnt tell my father for couple reason .

I feel that asking the dad for permission is the proper thing to do. I'm not engaged yet either but I do know of other couples and the guy asked the dad before proposing. My friend from work just recently got engaged to her bf in the army (same situation as me) and as soon as her dad picked him up from the airport, he started talking and asked the dad for his permission. I think it's a nice thing to do and I really hope my boyfriend would do that before proposing to me. I know he's really planning on asking me soon and I'm still not sure if he's going to ask my dad first. I think he would just because he's that type of guy

I don't think permission is necessary, but it's definitely a nice thing to have. Of course, it's completely impossible to get in some cases (homosexual relationships with a homophobic father, fathers that are just plain too overprotective, fathers than insist on holding on to a very wrong first impression, etc). It's nice if the whole family could agree on it, and sometimes a parent's approval can be pretty touching. Sadly, a lot of the time, endings aren't happy like that.

I met my current husband when I was 48 years old. Before he asked me to marry him, he called my father and told him his intentions. I was shocked when he did that as it was not a first marriage for either of us yet he wanted my father to know he was an honorable man and intended to treat me well and care for me the rest of my days. I was so-o-o-o-o impressed and needless to say, my father was also!

If I remember correctly. My now ex-husband did ask permission from my father and my grand-father. It was adorable, call us old fashioned but I liked it. My finace now hasn't asked but is going to when he's given the chance. I think a lot of that depends on where you were raised and how you were raised. Being from southern illinois well we're southern lol so things are always done slightly different from anywhere else, if that makes any sense. Each place has their own kind of traditions. :)