[JohnnyB]

Any chance of using skype or something like that. Flying all the way there just to ask for permission seems more than a little over the top to me.

I think my engagement was pretty much ideal. I got engaged in the mosh pit at a punk show on Halloween. It was spontaneous, and we had just done several shots of tequila. I continue to become happier and happier about the situation since then, and we got some great pictures of the moment taken by friends.

Honestly, I see the whole ask the parents thing as a little ridiculous. I feel it comes from the days of seeing the woman as property.