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I'll start off with the line itself:

> 親公認で付き合えるこの状況だけで、奇跡と思わなくっちゃいけない。

The line seems simple enough. I know だけ has a few more meanings than just
"only" but none of those appear to fit here either and I get the feeling
"only" is close to what's intended, but not not quite right. Here my literal,
word-for-word translation: "In only this situation that I can go out with
him/her with parental authorization, I must think it a miracle." It's ugly but
I think it makes sense, save for "in only this situation". It's plain my
understanding of that is wrong. How should I be interpreting だけ here?
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grammar meaning particles
What does だけ mean in this sentence?
> 「[親公認]{おやこうにん}で[付]{つ}き[合]{あ}えるこの[状況]{じょうきょう} **だけで**
> 、[奇跡]{きせき}と[思]{おも}わなくっちゃいけない。」

「だけで」＝「だけでも」 in this context.

It means " ** _even just_** ", expressing the fact that a seemingly bare
minimal condition would actually look quite satisfactory if one tried to see
it from another perspective.

> "Even just this situation where we can go out with our parents' permission,
> we would need to consider a miracle."

It implies that one should not hope for more too soon.
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With just [her?] parent's OK to go out, I could only think "miraculous [is
life]"

So it could be translated as "with just ~Q" in this case.
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