Asking Your Future-In-Laws If You Can Marry Their Daughter
Wednesday August 31, 2005
There are few things as intimidating as meeting a date's parents for the first time - asking for her hand in marriage might just be one of them. Reader Josh (I won't say his last name just in case his fiance-to-be is among our readers!) wrote me, saying that he knew talking to her parents was a good move, but he wasn't sure how to do so. Rather than just answering it in a few sentances here in Ask Nina, I thought the answer deserved its own article. If you are about to pop the question, read Asking for Her Hand in Marriage: The Dos and Don'ts of Asking Parents for Their Blessing on Your Engagement
Comments
I think it is a bit strange to ask the mother and father together. Traditionally, the young man was to ask the father for permission. In most old-money families it is still this way.