Boyfriend bought me a ring but won't let me have it

Mojisola

Buzzybee90 wrote: »

My family are the most important people in my life, it is of paramount importance to me, personally, that they are imformed and and respected. That's why it's important to me.

We told our parents that we were going to get married.

That's not the same as my partner asking my Dad if he would allow the marriage to take place.

Buzzybee90

Mojisola wrote: »

We told our parents that we were going to get married.

That's not the same as my partner asking my Dad if he would allow the marriage to take place.

Informed of the proposal. Everyone does things differently.

burnoutbabe

So he told your dad he was going to propose before you knew anything about it?

CH27

I can't believe we are having the santa/christmas argument in a thread about getting engaged
:rotfl: :rotfl:

Mojisola

Buzzybee90 wrote: »

Informed of the proposal. Everyone does things differently.

Sounds as if you did the same as us - neither of us followed the tradition of the man asking the woman's father for permission to marry her.

notanewuser

CH27 wrote: »

I can't believe we are having the santa/christmas argument in a thread about getting engaged
:rotfl: :rotfl:

Sorry, not an intentional derailment!

Buzzybee90

burnoutbabe wrote: »

So he told your dad he was going to propose before you knew anything about it?

I'm not engaged or married, but that's what I'd like and that's what we have talked about.

Person_one

CH27 wrote: »

I can't believe we are having the santa/christmas argument in a thread about getting engaged
:rotfl: :rotfl:

Oh anything's possible if a thread gets long enough!

I'm sure it'll get back on track if the OP returns with an update.

CH27

Person_one wrote: »

Oh anything's possible if a thread gets long enough!

I'm sure it'll get back on track if the OP returns with an update.

I don't know why anything on here surprises me any more :rotfl:

Lance

notanewuser wrote: »

It's not easy. DD (3.5) has no interest in Santa but others (usually adults) insist on asking her what he's bringing. A quick "we don't do Santa" or "she doesn't know who that is" gets raised eyebrows.

A nursery worker waved her off on Friday with "hope the Easter bunny brings you lots of eggs". We're away next weekend and again, we don't do Easter eggs!

It makes my skin crawl when she comes home singing hymns (its a welsh playgroup, not Sunday school!) and she'll be absented from any worship at school.

It's 2014. It should be perfectly possible to live secularly if you choose to.

Not if you are a child in a family where you have no choice but to live 'secularly'! You sound so very very proud that you get a response when you state you, sorry 'we don't do Santa' .... did daughter every have any say in the matter.


As for Easter what a terrible thing it would be to buy your daughter a chocolate egg!!!!! I think you will find most kids eating Easter eggs do not go to church they just like the thrill of waking up to chocolate eggs.


If singing hymns make your ski crawl you must be even more obsessed with religion than the Welsh teachers.


It is all very well not 'doing' Santa, Easter eggs etc but you sound so very very proud of the fact ...... are you a Jehovah's Witness? If not give it a try then you can bang on doors on Christmas Eve and tell folks the 'facts of life'.