A commendable custom.
I'd welcome society backing me up in the final say of a husband for any daughter of mine.
If other parents make unwise choices for their daughters, that's their look out.
Not reason enough for me and other fathers of good judgment to be penalized for their idiocy.
It's her getting married (when she reaches the age of majority). You as a father may have a legitimate opinion of her choice of spouse, but you get no say (final or otherwise) as to who she marries.
Keep waiting for society to give you the veto power over her life, pal. You're in for a looooong wait.
Are you saying you are for arranged marriages and/or the weddings of little girls? Please tell me this is not what you are saying.
A commendable custom?????
You are seriously whacked - even more so because you think it is your place to chose your daughter's mate.
I sure hope you live somewhere other than the USA.
I'll back you up. More young women need decent FATHERS in their lives than they need husbands, IMHO.
When I married at 18 to my High School sweetheart (also 18) my Dad said to me, "You can marry him, but you're going to have to finish raising him. Do you think you're up to the task?"
That marriage lasted six years, until I finally got fed up with "raising" him.
And Dear Old Dad was there to pick up the pieces for me. He wasn't HAPPY with me, and even sent me "back into the ring" a few times, but he was supportive.
I "chose wisely" the next time around. :)
I have no idea how to help women of other cultures. I think it's "pay as you go" for all of us women as far as bad marriages go no matter what our culture may be.