New Posts For Thread: Proposing to the gfhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23451318/proposing-to-the-gfis it poor form to not ask the father of the bride his permission to propose to his daughter?would it be even poorer form to do this via email? living in a different country and all.....Joe Jordan. Yeah good option. Hand written letter it is. Any advice on content? just the usual stuff?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23451318/proposing-to-the-gf?post_id=418785038#418785038Joe Jordan. Yeah good option. Hand written letter it is. Any advice on content? just the usual stuff?Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:40:21 -0600I love a happy ending. The woman complained for the rest of her life about men not being able to commit, instead of spending the rest of her life complaining to him.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23451318/proposing-to-the-gf?post_id=418785030#418785030I love a happy ending. The woman complained for the rest of her life about men not being able to commit, instead of spending the rest of her life complaining to him.Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:33:56 -0600Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl 'Will you marry me?' The girl said, 'NO!' And the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and went fishing,racing and played golf a lot and drank beer and scotch, saw his mates whenever he liked, gambledhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23451318/proposing-to-the-gf?post_id=418785022#418785022Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl 'Will you marry me?' The girl said, 'NO!' And the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and went fishing,racing and played golf a lot and drank beer and scotch, saw his mates whenever he liked, gambledFri, 22 Jan 2010 07:31:42 -0600It has to be a Hand written letter explaining that because of the different countries , and the fact he struggles to hear on the phone you had to take the BEST option you thought available to you and out of courtesy was asking him for the hand of hhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23451318/proposing-to-the-gf?post_id=418785018#418785018It has to be a Hand written letter explaining that because of the different countries , and the fact he struggles to hear on the phone you had to take the BEST option you thought available to you and out of courtesy was asking him for the hand of hFri, 22 Jan 2010 07:31:37 -0600is an email better than not asking, or is not asking better than an email?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23451318/proposing-to-the-gf?post_id=418785010#418785010is an email better than not asking, or is not asking better than an email?Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:30:14 -0600I used mastercard. Doh!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23451318/proposing-to-the-gf?post_id=418785002#418785002I used mastercard. Doh!Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:26:48 -0600Their returns policy is quite frankly a shambles.Don't you get some protection if you use visa?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23451318/proposing-to-the-gf?post_id=418784998#418784998Their returns policy is quite frankly a shambles.Don't you get some protection if you use visa?Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:26:18 -0600Just don't propose. You father in law will hate you when you eventually divorce her any how. Leave it alone, go to the pub.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23451318/proposing-to-the-gf?post_id=418784994#418784994Just don't propose. You father in law will hate you when you eventually divorce her any how. Leave it alone, go to the pub.Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:26:02 -0600if I live in the same country, ie back home in the UK, i would aak him no prob. out for a pint and ask him. but it would cost me well over a grand to fly back to ask. and as much of a great gesture as it would be, i aint splashing that kind of cash ohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23451318/proposing-to-the-gf?post_id=418784990#418784990if I live in the same country, ie back home in the UK, i would aak him no prob. out for a pint and ask him. but it would cost me well over a grand to fly back to ask. and as much of a great gesture as it would be, i aint splashing that kind of cash oFri, 22 Jan 2010 07:25:21 -0600if I live in the same country, ie back home in the UK, i would aak him no prob. out for a pint and ask him. but it would cost me well over a grand to fly back to ask. and as much of a great gesture as it would be, i aint splashing that kind of cash ohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23451318/proposing-to-the-gf?post_id=418784986#418784986if I live in the same country, ie back home in the UK, i would aak him no prob. out for a pint and ask him. but it would cost me well over a grand to fly back to ask. and as much of a great gesture as it would be, i aint splashing that kind of cash oFri, 22 Jan 2010 07:25:21 -0600