Asking daddy's permission before proposing

[lilzetakitten]

I'm kind of with AGDee... I wanted to be the one to tell people, and not have the response be "Oh, we knew all along." That would have been a HUGE buzzkill for me. I also felt that marriage was one of the most adult decisions a couple could make, so asking the parents' permission seemed counterintuitive. I'm really close with my parents, so it's not an issue with them at all, but they also knew that if any guy came asking them for my hand before he asked me, that he might get the answer he wanted from them, but wouldn't get it from me.