Ah!!! Well OK, yes, sorry, I understood your statement in a more restricted sense.
Yes, of course, in my family, and a lot of families not only in the forum, the boyfriend must be accepted for parents.
But, later you can choose marry or not marry... I have a friend, not very close but friend at the end, who has a ex-boyfriend who is friend of her father. They did not have previous relationship....
I know is not very common but.... Your father has vote about your boyfriend, but you can not vote about his friends!
š. No fair!