The idea that parents decide to "give away" their daughters to a person they deem "suitable" comes from a very outdated culture of forced marriages.

The second problematic culture aspect is the enforcement of gender role where men are expected to support the woman while she take care of the house and children. A father asking the guy if he is able to support his daughter is no less sexist than if he asked his daughter to quit her job when she got pregnant.

Neither should be treated as normal coming from 5 years ago.

Flipped it - how's it read now?

> It was at this time that my then boyfriend's father heavily questioned if I had the ability to support his son, since I asked him right around the time OG2 was released."

I appreciate women bear the brunt of child rearing but I find this patriarchal attitude a bit of an anachronism too.

If it was his partner asking that question it would be different, their relationship is their problem.

Coming from the parent it’s a another can of worm, including the very notion they have a say in their adult children’s basic life choices.