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A few minutes away from asking my girlfriends parents for their blessing. I'm so fucking nervous (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Edit: they said yes!!!!! ☺️ still have the jitters though

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

One of my uncles told a story at my grandpa's wake. He was asking the same, for a blessing to propose. Granddad responded by sarcastically asking "what if I say no?"

Way he tells it, he joked back that he'd probably ask her anyway, and with that he had the go-ahead. They're retired, and still married.

Show a little resilience and humor, is my advice. Some families just want to know you can hang with the jokes - though I can't vouch for the quality of the humor, the willingness to laugh things off is rarely misplaced.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

It was my mistake, but when I first read this, I understood it as your uncle told the story of how he asked for his blessing at the wake...and rather than wonder how he asked for the blessing of a dead man, I wonder what odd family would ask for proposal blessings at a funeral.