I would have felt mortally insulted if DH had felt a need to ask for my fathers approval (aka: consent/permission). The marriage would have been off. Even 50 years ago, I would not countenance being so humiliated.
No matter how you do it is isn't even a'nice gensture'. It is an egregious act of patriarchy that seems to survive because people think it cute.
Is there such a thing as delicious ready meals?
Kate Garroway-Care at home costs
Water Pollution -“ A National Disgrace”? A case for renationalisation?