spinoff to Proposals

spinoff to Proposals

How many of your DH's asked your parents for their permission/blessing before proposing?

I'm a pretty old fashioned girl, so I made sure to tell dh way ahead of time that it's important to me that he talks to them first. It wasn't really a 'permission' deal though, because ultimately it's MY decision - but we still want their BLESSING nonetheless. It's just a respect thing, because I do have a close relationship with them and certainly do respect their opinions. I don't think Dh would have done it tho if I hadn't told him how important it was to my family. (Obviously they LOVE him and trust him with their daughters life - so they said yes and were sooo happy)

Am i the only old fashioned girl here?

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DH went to my moms and called my dad (he's OOS). I couldn't believe it! He must have been so nervous

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DH went to buy the ring with my dad. I don't know how the conversation went, but DH has a great relationship with my parents that it was just natural for him to go to them first. Funny thing...his mom/family found out after the fact.

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Oh god, poor dh. He called my mom to ask if he could come over to talk to them and he mentioned that he would pick up my old bed. At the time i was living on my own and my ex had come back to take the bed (long story, but it wasn't that big of a deal, he just needed to give the bed back to his brother, it was a futon). Anyway, my dad starts screaming and flipping out on my mom in the background saying that they need the bed for when my brother comes to visit and why did she tell me i could have the bed! So dh was just like 'um, nevermind, gotta go'. I called my mom back and yelled that he wanted to come over to ask permission to propose! Both of my parents were very embarrassed!

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Dh went to my dads job and asked. They called my mom from there. i thought it was so cute.

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My DH asked my parents and I didn't even know, I was at my grandparents house (which is literally 2 block away from my parents) he also brought them flowers.

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DH actually did ask my dad's permission about a week before we were to leave for Aruba! I had never told him that it was a requirement, so the fact that he did was SO sweet! We left for Aruba on 9/7/07 and he had come over 8/31/07. He stayed downstairs talking to my dad and sent me up to my room to get something. Apparently, that is when he asked. I had no clue!!! Sadly, that night after I went to sleep, I woke up in the middle of the night and ended up in the ER for the first (of many to come) bad bouts of vertigo!!! Of course, at the time I had no clue that he was gonna propose but after he told me, I will always remember that the night he asked my dad, is the same night I went to the ER

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DH asked both my parents. I was so suprised when he told me

He went to my fathers first and they drank a bottle of wine together. My dad thought he showed up there b/c we got in a fight...how cute.

Then he asked my mother one day when we were at the house and I left early...

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Dh asked my dad and my dad laughed at him and said Im not returnable. my family is so not that way. They appreciated it though.

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Mine did - he was on his two-week R&R from Iraq and called my parents to ask their permission.

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dh did ask my parents first, infact he asked on my dads birthday.

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My dad died when I was 14, but DH asked my mom & stepdad.