One Sunday morning George burst into the living room and said,
"Dad! Mom! I have something very important to tell you. I am
getting married to the most beautiful girl in town. She lives a
block away and her name is Susan."
After supper, George's dad took him aside for a little chat."Son, I
have bad news for you," he confessed. "When I was young I used to
fool around with women a lot, and Susan is actually your half
sister. I'm afraid you can't marry her."
George was terribly broken-hearted. After eight months he
eventually started dating girls again. And a year later he came
home and very proudly announced: "Dianne said yes! We're getting
married in June."
Again his father insisted on another private conversation and broke
the sad news. "Dianne is your half sister too, George. I'm awfully
sorry about this."
There was nothing left but for George to feel so much anger and
grief. He decided to see his mother about his problems. "Dad has
done so much harm. I guess I'm never going to get married," he
complained. "Everytime I fall in love, Dad tells me the girl's my
half sister."
With tears in her eyes and with so much hesitation, his mother
said, "George, don't pay any attention to what your dad says. As
you see, I did some fooling around myself, and he's not really your
father."
