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Originally Posted by The Yen Man

Well, here's my mentality if I were the gf's dad. You say marriage is just a piece of paper, it doesn't mean squat to you both. It's the bond that you both share that defines the relationship. Ok, I'll accept that. So that means signing that piece of paper should mean nothing to you either way. Why don't you make me, the reglious, conservative dad, and my family happy by signing it then and making it official? Afterall, like you said, it's not going to change anything. All it will change is make both sides happy; the dad seeing his daughter officially married, and you, now that the father in law won't be on your back about it. Win win both ways.

Any other excuse to not get married tells me, the dad, that you aren't as fully committed as you think you are.

Yep, because nothing says commitment like having our entire relationship revolve around pleasing her dad.