Today, my dad is refusing to let me marry my fiancé because he said no when my dad asked for a loan of £10,000 to help clear some gambling debts. Apparently that shows my fiancé has poor family values and will be a bad father and an alcoholic husband. Impressive logical thinking there. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my dad had a chat with my fiancé, telling him he can do better than me, and to think carefully before going through with our wedding. FML
Today, my boyfriend asked my father for permission to marry me. My father refused, on the basis that I'm the only person in the house with a job, and if I leave he will have to start looking for work. My boyfriend won't marry me without his permission, and my lazy father won't change his mind. FML
Today, my aunt informed me that my dad thinks my boyfriend is a loser deadbeat because he hasn't proposed to me after two years of dating and co-habitation. He hasn't asked because I already made it very clear I have no interest in marriage. FML
Today, I had to go cap in hand to my father-in-law to ask for a loan so I could pay the mortgage, so now he thinks I’m a useless bum who can’t support my family. The truth is it was his daughter the gambler who wasted all our savings, but I can’t bring myself to upset him by telling him the truth. FML
Today, I asked my girlfriend's dad for permission to take her hand in marriage. He said no, because he doesn't want her marrying a "sexist idiot who treats her like property", which he thinks asking permission amounts to, then told me to grow up. FML
Today, my fiancé and his family accused me of being with him only because he's rich, refusing to go ahead with the wedding. I accepted his marriage proposal 4 years ago, when he was penniless and unemployed. FML
Today, my boyfriend went to ask my dad for my hand in marriage. All I could make out from the door was mumbling, until profanities started flying. My boyfriend shouted "well she's a SINGLE bitch now!" and stormed out of the house. My dad still refuses to tell me what happened in there. FML
Today, my fiancé asked for money to bail his brother out of jail, the same brother who happily spent a whole day recently trying to convince my fiancé that I've been cheating on him with my own cousin. So I said no. He shook his head in disgust and said that I'm "unbelievably spiteful". FML
Today, my boyfriend bought me a ring for my birthday. My dad now refuses to talk to me, because he thinks I'm engaged. My boyfriend thinks it's funny, because he'd never marry me. FML
Today, my father lectured me for dating a man with "no future", even though he's entering a PhD program next year at a top university. Meanwhile, my dad's last relationship was with a 20-year-old hooker who ended up stealing his credit cards. FML
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Top comments
latervirgins69 8
If you don't mind me asking, why do you need your father's permission to get married? Is there anyway you can get married anyway?
Emma Marshall 19
You don't need his 'permission' anyway. You're an adult. I hope
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Comments (32)
latervirgins69 8
If you don't mind me asking, why do you need your father's permission to get married? Is there anyway you can get married anyway?
mattyiscool123 26
Parents tend to help pay for weddings
Summaria 10
I doubt that someone who asks for a 10k loan from the future son-in-law to pay for his gambling debts would be any help in paying for the wedding....
135dragon 2
Some cultures require the parents' permissions for marriage before they can get married.
Emma Marshall 19
You don't need his 'permission' anyway. You're an adult. I hope
BurnInDemonFire 39
Takes one to know one. If your boyfriend has $10k to spare, just elope. Love conquers all, even out-dated traditions.
T1A2Z3 35
Supprisingly it isn't your fathers decision who you marry. If you love him, marry him.
1known 34
Marrying someone for love is a bad reason. Marry someone because you want to live with him/her for the rest of your life, building your life together and making him/her your number one priority. And everyday you'll love him/her a little bit more than the day before, and it's only at the end that you'll be able to say "yes I loves him/her". Oh and by the way (s)he has to think/do the same.
T1A2Z3 35
That is what I intended to briefly summarise there 😂. Much better reasons for marriage there though 😂
Sinshine 28
Marrying someone because you love them is a bad reason? I can't even fathom that kind of backwards thinking.
sunnyray812 42
You don't NEED your father's permission to get married, but it is stressful for him to not support you and talk bad about your fiancée just for not giving him ten grand. I hope this doesn't hurt your love life, OP. What are your fiancé's thoughts on this?
Phil 14
I'm thinking that it's your father who has the bad family values. I give your fiancee props for not giving your father the loan. He got himself into debt, foolishly, let him get himself out.
TomeDr 25
It sounds like your boyfriend has a lot more common sense then your dad does.
TxKitten79 10
Um... if you are an adult, your dad can "refuse to let you" all he wants...and guess what, you can still get married!
PennyLane27 32
Marry. Him. The FML community gives you permission. Not that you need anyone's permission. He has financial sensibility, and the backbone not to get pushed around or taken advantage of. Your dad, on the other hand, needs to seek help for his gambling addiction. I hope to see a follow-up from you some day saying you've married him, and your dad's gone through a gambling addiction program.
RichardPencil 32
I don’t get the alcoholic part, but if he won’t help your father, he won’t be a good father. That part of his logic is airtight! Tell your dad he just needs to gamble better!