Should a man ask for permission from his future bride's parents?

[Ed Anger]

What the hell is that!

A plate of delicious. Once you scrape the icky corn off there.

[Caliga]

Lord, it looks like someone vomited on it. 

That's SAWMILL GRAVY, bitch!  Goddamn foreigners.

[Siege]

Languish - decide PLZ.

Yes, of course.

[Caliga]

Languish - decide PLZ.

Yes, of course.

Thank you.  So what is your decision?

[Siege]

If you want a dowry.

Dowry is paid by the groom's father to the bride's father.
You westernessers got it wrong.

[AnchorClanker]

I'd say it depends on the 'family culture' - you're going to have to gauge what would be appropriate and go with it.
There's not an absolutely correct answer on this one.

Next you are going to say its ok to fry a steak in some circumstances.

Yep.  I have no dog in that race.  I'm not into 'converting' people to my way of life.   

[AnchorClanker]

If you want a dowry.

Dowry is paid by the groom's father to the bride's father.
You westernessers got it wrong.

*sigh*  Dowry is so Bronze Age.  Womenfolk are not an addition to the tribal livestock holdings anymore.  Get over it.

[Ed Anger]

Women are good for fixin' sammichs and shooting babies out their baby cannons. That is it.

[Razgovory]

If you want a dowry.

Dowry is paid by the groom's father to the bride's father.
You westernessers got it wrong.

I think that's the bride price.  Dowry is where you get some cows from the brides family to set up shop.

[Barrister]

What the hell is that!

What I want to know is - what the hell is the difference between a "chicken fried steak" and a weiner schnitzel???

[Monoriu]

No.  I didn't ask for permission and I didn't make any effort to earn their acceptance.  I am still very surprised that her parents seemed to have accepted me before we even met, and we've been on more than good terms ever since our first encounter.  I consider this a mystery that I still don't have the slightest clue about.

[Razgovory]

*sigh*  Dowry is so Bronze Age.  Womenfolk are not an addition to the tribal livestock holdings anymore.  Get over it.

I think it often decided the fate of nations in early modern Europe.

[jimmy olsen]

If you want a dowry.

Dowry is paid by the groom's father to the bride's father.
You westernessers got it wrong.

Pretty sure the standard in Central Asia is for the Bride's Father to pay the Groom's.

It works differently in different places.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Depends on her family. If she's from a more tradition-minded east Asian family, then I may tell her parents in the form of a question.

[Razgovory]

If you want a dowry.

Dowry is paid by the groom's father to the bride's father.
You westernessers got it wrong.

Pretty sure the standard in Central Asia is for the Bride's Father to pay the Groom's.

It works differently in different places.

Dowry is where the wife's family pays, Bride price is where the husband or his family pays.