to all you people are saying things about its her daughters decision ect ect, yes your correct but asking for permission is the same thing as asking for his blessing, its a common courtesey to do. Stop being over critical of common tradition.

That's so weird.. you'd think that would make him proud!

Must have deserved it.

You should've known him better

That sucks

Ah, good ol' hypocrisy.

You did the noble thing! Now say F you by proposing to her!! At that point the round is down range, and if she is into you what can he do!!

Well that's sad, I feel like you were just doing it out of tradition (however skewed and wrong that tradition might be) and he overreacted majorly. And let's be honest, there are tons of "traditions" out there that people still do even if they have sexist overtones. People need to learn to lighten up and stop making everything into a ******* social justice campaign.

what a dumb donkey

If you want to be traditional try asking for the parent's blessing. You ask the girl for her hand in marriage.