Interesting article in The Guardian today posing the question whether men planning to propose to their partners should ask their prospective father-in-law for permission before popping the question.
The writer, Elle Levenson, is outraged by this apparent symbol of female dependence on men. But to her amazement, her female friends find it touching.
I’m with Elle on this one. I didn’t check with my father-in-law before asking Karen to marry me. I couldn’t see any reason – any more than I’d expect Karen to phone my father (or should that be my Mum?) before accepting. Yet many of my female friends, including independent-minded women in their late twenties and early thirties, are in favour of this traditional practice. What do you think?
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