My dad was married

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The story is shocking and humorous, using a dramatic and unexpected anecdote about the speaker's father's past to engage the audience. The quick pacing and conversational tone make it highly shareable.

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The speaker shares a story about their father's six marriages, detailing a dramatic anecdote where his uncle threatened him to marry his niece. The father eventually married her, but she later had a miscarriage.

Structure

1Father's multiple marriages
2Speaker's family structure
3Father's early marriage and pregnancy
4Uncle's threat and forced marriage
5Miscarriage and subsequent engagement

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was married 6 times, children with Almost All I have and one you, was, first marriage, I'm in from Harlem. Not, not Oh. was an Back then get married. exactly right. my dad, like 17, first girl, He said, I ever first time she got And gonna marry her Her uncle and in the 40s took me If marry my niece- you. And married, and a miscarriage. he was of it. he was married, like married or marriage

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My dad was married six times.

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My dad was married six times, by the way. Did he have children with? Almost all of them. All right, so there you are. I have six half brothers and one half sister. Uh, you was, first marriage, were you the first marriage? I'm in from Harlem. Not, not too far from. So my dad was an old school player. Back then you had to get married. That's exactly right. My dad, he got married like 17, first girl, he said, what happened? I ever slept with, first time she got pregnant. And gonna marry her. He said, I wasn't gonna marry her. Her uncle took me and this is in the 40s, took me and hung me off a side of a building and said, if you don't marry my niece, I'll kill you. And he got married and and a miscarriage. He was, he was engaged. But he was married, like married or common law marriage six times.