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kleinbl00  ·  3937 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Did you ask your father in law if you could marry his daughter?

FUCK THAT.

My in-laws didn't see why I needed to be at "their" Christmas with "their" daughter the first year, despite the fact that we'd been dating for eight months, despite the fact that they lived walking distance from my wife's house. Every step of the way I've had to let them know that I make my own decisions, so does my wife, and that we're not going to be walked on.

Yeah, if you get along and think it'll flatter 'em, what does it hurt? But there's a world of difference between doing that and actually giving a shit what they say.