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Keep it in the family

A friend of mine has gone to a football match (English football) with a friend of his.
His friend is the new husband of my friend's ex-wife.
His ex-wife had a daughter when my friend married her, making her his step-daughter, but since his divorce has referred to Natasha as his niece.
My friend, therefore, is spending the evening with his ex-wife's husband who, at various times, have both called Natasha their step-daughter.
My friend regularly takes his ex-wife and friend's / ex-wife's husband's dog for walks, together with his own dog who is the brother of one of my dogs and the son of my other.

My Father was married with three kids when he met my mother.
He divorced his then wife and married said mother.
His brother later married my father's ex-wife, making him the step-father of his own nieces and nephews.

My father and uncle never talked after that.



Any other weirdnesses? I'd love to know


:)

Posted - October 18, 2016

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  • 477
    I can't keep up with all that. I can't really relate, either, but I'm sure there's weirder stuff happening in the world, heh. I know someone's sister's dating her first cousin. I dunnno. Doesn't matter much to me. 
      October 18, 2016 1:46 PM MDT
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  • This is very good Ms L, very good.
    By the time I.got to the.smiley face, I was smiling myself. )
      October 18, 2016 1:54 PM MDT
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  • Thank you, sir. 
    The power of a smile, yes? Smiley face for you too ) This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at October 21, 2016 1:35 AM MDT
      October 18, 2016 11:57 PM MDT
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  • 17261
    For a moment you had me following you...

      October 18, 2016 2:19 PM MDT
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  • How did that happen
      October 18, 2016 11:32 PM MDT
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  • 17261
    You had me following this long... A friend of mine has gone to a football match (English football) with a friend of his. His friend is the new husband of my friend's ex-wife... Then you lost me...
      October 19, 2016 1:15 AM MDT
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  • I'll admit I get lost past siblings!
      October 18, 2016 2:38 PM MDT
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  • I have to admit that it took a whlie to write )
      October 18, 2016 11:32 PM MDT
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  • I know this sounds like there should be a question at the end, 'so what is the square root of horse manure if you subtract 9 bananas'..
      October 19, 2016 12:21 AM MDT
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  • 17261
    Still lost...
      October 19, 2016 1:17 AM MDT
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  • Here's a compass and a piece of string )
      October 19, 2016 1:30 AM MDT
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  • 17261
    Grrrrrrr. Warning: the dog bites!
      October 19, 2016 1:31 AM MDT
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  • How confused can a confused person get it a confused person is confused )
      October 19, 2016 1:46 AM MDT
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  • Ha! *if
      October 19, 2016 1:48 AM MDT
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  • 17261
    WOOF
      October 19, 2016 1:49 AM MDT
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  • Woofing are you.
    You should just have paid attention in the first place
      October 21, 2016 3:01 AM MDT
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  • 17261
    Arf...
      October 21, 2016 3:27 AM MDT
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  • 3719
    Err, tries to remember how to draw Venn Diagrams and Family Trees...
      October 20, 2016 5:32 PM MDT
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  • 3719
    Thank you for the "Like", Lucia!
      October 21, 2016 2:48 AM MDT
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  • That's alright, Durdle.
    I was going to add that I'm kicking myself roundly that I didn't just use the damn Venn Diagrams.
    What could be simpler )
      October 21, 2016 2:59 AM MDT
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  • Weirdness? Here's some for you. It's a Disney song: "I'm my own grandpa"


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYlJH81dSiw


    Many, many years ago when I was twenty-three
    I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be
    This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red
    My father fell in love with her and soon they too were wed

    This made my dad my son-in-law and really changed my life
    For now my daughter was my mother, 'cause she was my father's wife
    And to complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy
    I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy

    My little baby then became a brother-in-law to dad
    And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad
    For if he were my uncle, then that also made him brother
    Of the widow's grownup daughter, who was of course my step-mother

    Father's wife then had a son who kept them on the run
    And he became my grandchild, for he was my daughter's son
    My wife is now my mother's mother and it makes me blue
    Because although she is my wife, she's my grandmother too

    Now if my wife is my grandmother, then I'm her grandchild
    And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild
    'Cause now I have become the strangest 'case you ever saw
    As husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpa

    I'm my own grandpa, I'm my own grandpa
    It sounds funny, I know but it really is so



      October 21, 2016 3:43 AM MDT
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  • That's exactly the sort of thing I was looking for.
    Thank you kindly, Tooth.
      October 21, 2016 3:55 AM MDT
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  • You're welcome, Lucia. 
      October 21, 2016 6:12 AM MDT
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  • 3719
    The mind boggles!
      October 21, 2016 9:10 AM MDT
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