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comment by irokie
irokie  ·  3932 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Did you ask your father in law if you could marry his daughter?

My wife doesn't talk to her father much, and would have been tremendously offended if I'd asked him for permission to marry her. Then again, she's independent to the point of obstinacy sometimes. I did once ask my now mother-in-law about a trip that I was planning, but this was quite early in the relationship.

On the other hand, the question is entirely moot because my wife asked me to marry her. And I'm not sure she asked my father's permission, or my mother's for that matter. :)