Really?! So what was your reply, Grandpa?

I was already in love with your grandma for a long time now, so my answer was "it would be an honor".

Back then, people weren't very forgiving about that...

Yup! It was rare for people to marry for love then.

My father... That is to say your great-grandfather, was a very old-fashioned man.

He wanted me to marry his best friend's daughter.

No way... So you weren't allowed to love someone you like?

That's correct. In the old days, there were things like "ancestry" and all that...