Last night at my knitting group I was making pot holders. I know! It was so exciting being able to work a pattern easily - that the day before - I could not do at all.
But that's not the point. The pot holders didn't reject me.
One of the ladies was knitting beautiful white and light blue mittens. Then we got talking about engagements as her daughter was recently proposed to and another lady's son proposed as well.
Well, this is the fun part.
The one knitting mittens explained that if a man proposes to a girl and she says "YES" - fine they're engaged and get married.
(Cue "creepy-what-happens-if-she-says-no??" music)...
But if the girl should say "No"....she'll gift the poor lad with a pair of mittens.
The running joke here? Well, she was knitting mittens for her future son-in-law (and yes the daughter did say yes!) somewhat of a joke because he did not ask the mother of the bride for her daughter's hand in marriage! (She's doing it as a joke and using a pattern traditional to where he is from in Finland).
Although, I did confirm that many young men no longer ask the father (or mother in this case) of the bride for their daughter's hand in marriage. The die-hard traditional romantic ones still do.
Anyways - the point of this story is...be prepared for a warm kind of rejection if you pop the question to a Finnish girl.
But that's not the point. The pot holders didn't reject me.
One of the ladies was knitting beautiful white and light blue mittens. Then we got talking about engagements as her daughter was recently proposed to and another lady's son proposed as well.
Well, this is the fun part.
The one knitting mittens explained that if a man proposes to a girl and she says "YES" - fine they're engaged and get married.
(Cue "creepy-what-happens-if-she-says-no??" music)...
But if the girl should say "No"....she'll gift the poor lad with a pair of mittens.
The running joke here? Well, she was knitting mittens for her future son-in-law (and yes the daughter did say yes!) somewhat of a joke because he did not ask the mother of the bride for her daughter's hand in marriage! (She's doing it as a joke and using a pattern traditional to where he is from in Finland).
Although, I did confirm that many young men no longer ask the father (or mother in this case) of the bride for their daughter's hand in marriage. The die-hard traditional romantic ones still do.
Anyways - the point of this story is...be prepared for a warm kind of rejection if you pop the question to a Finnish girl.
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