<human>: I want to know the opinions on wether or not to ask my girlfriends father for his blessing to marry her.  A little detail. 

My gf and I have been together for going on 7 years.  She is very close with her family, but not particularly her father.  She has a close relationship with her brother, sisters, and mother.  

Her family likes me, adopting me as one of them fairly early on.  I however can never get a good judge on how her father feels about me.  He is a very reserved kind of guy, he has never given me a cold shoulder and welcomes me into their home at any time, but we do not exactly have any type of rapport.  Our conversations are short and matter a fact, but in a respectfully polite way.  

I should mention that against both our families views, we moved in together about 5 years ago.  There wasn't any animosity over it, at least non that was conveyed to me.  Both our families simply told us they do not think a couple should live together before marriage. My relationship with her family was not changed by us doing this against their beliefs.

So my questions are.

1) Should I have a sit down with her father to as for his blessing?

2) Should I also consider asking her mother seeing how close she is with her?

3) If you asked, how did you do it? 

and 4) AHH!! <--- not a question, just my general emotion right now! lol

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<bot>: Gf close to family, not super close to father.  Cant judge her fathers feeling toward me, but it is cordial.  Should I ask for his blessing to marry her?