Okay, so awhile back I was dating this guy (lets just say it didn't work out), once my brothers found out I was dating him they more or less freaked out because he "should" have asked my dad to date me... I'm 19... It seems unnecessary to me, they think because you should ask for the father daughters hand in marriage (I agree with that one) you have to ask for his blessing to date her, actually one of them said it was biblical. They said that if he doesn't ask the father to date the daughter then he has no respect for her, that much I know isn't true I know several guys that DIDN'T ask the dad to date the daughter and they have very much respect for her. One of my brothers got into a big fight with me about this today, I told him I wasn't going to require a guy to ask my dad to date me, then he got really mad at me. I just don't think its necessary. Sure I mean if he wants to ask that's great, that shows he does have respect, but if he doesn't ask that doesn't mean he doesn't have respect for me either. To me it always seemed like my brothers convictions, which are great I admire them for that but I don't think they should push their convictions on me. I don't know, am I wrong for not requiring him to ask my dad before we date?
If you must, you can tell your brothers that you are well capable of making your own decisions about who you think is fit to date and who is not, and that its not really any of their business. God bless.