By Brad - 08/03/2009 05:33 - Canada

Today, my girlfriend dumped me for someone else. An hour earlier I had just gotten permission from her dad to propose. FML
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Mistress_Puppy 0

Oh poor thing I'm sorry. But at least you knew how she felt before you actually proposed.

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Esperantist 0

At least this happened instead of her cheating on you with this guy down the road, leading to a long and painful divorce.

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Spongebob_fml 0

#30 said it best with "It's just a respect thing, as well as feeling out whether or not your in-laws aren't totally going to hate you. The girl can still say yes or no." If the dad says no, hopefully you can have a mature discussion about why, and regardless of yes or no, the girl; still gets a say in it. If the girl is estranged from her parents and doesn't give a flying **** whether they think yes or no, then yeha, probably not going to support it. Otherwise, bitching about the original purpose of it dating back to biblical times is superfluous - in the modern age, it's still a widespread tradition, but only because it's considered a sign of respect to ask the parents. Dara O'Briain's live at the Theatre Royal has some good explanation on why it's nice.

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braindrain 0

the girl still gets a say.... Umm spongebob, you do realize that this marriage we're talking about. The girl should have a 50% say in it, and she is not getting a 50 percent say if you ask her parents permission for marriage. Do the math: any more than 2 people involved in deciding if you can be married, and you can't have a 50 percent say. And the concept of it being done because women don't know whats best for them didn't go out in biblical times - it was still the reasoning used in the 1960s. I realize thats biblical times for someone who enjoys spongebob, but in reality, thats not ancient history at all

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necomni 0

That's a good thing. At least it wasn't like the other FML, and you proposed BEFORE she dumped you. Honestly. No marriage > unhappy marriage

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braindrain 0

61: HE WAS ASKING THE DAD"S PERMISSION. He said so himself: "An hour earlier I had just gotten permission from her dad to propose." If he wanted the girl's permission to marry her, he would have asked her for her permission, not her father.

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lessthan5f2 0

i think it was so nice of you to ask her dad's permission it's a mildly antiquated gesture but still adorable and shows that you care. really sorry it didn't work out that just sucks she must be a jerk.

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ohfrick 0

aww you sound sweet :) poor guy. ...I'm single~

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marris 0

There you go, OP. You can ask Rick in 69 to marry you next. Almost as good as asking a girl's dad permission to marry :P (sorry couldn't resist that play on your name ohfrick)

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dg72592_fml 0

aww thats so cute that u asked her dad

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kahu 0

a lot of feminazis here....

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