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cgod · 3937 days ago · link · · parent · post: Did you ask your father in law if you could marry his daughter?
The tradition is clearly rooted in a time when women weren't allowed to decide things like who they should marry for themselves. It's just a bit of quaint old sexism. I can see your point but I really think the practice is rooted in some less than proud old traditions.