My In-Laws Tried to Kick My Dad out of Our Wedding Because He Was a Sanitation Worker – but His Speech Silenced the Whole Room

My in-laws tried to quietly expel my dad from my wedding because he’s a garbage collector. They said it was for “appearances.” I was shaking with anger when my dad calmly asked for the microphone… and the room never recovered from what he said.

My name’s Anna, and the man who raised me works for the city.

My dad, Joe, has worked as a garbage collector for as long as I can remember.

Sanitation department.

Garbage collection. Whatever you want to call it — he’s been doing it since I was a toddler.

My mom died when I was three years old.

Cancer. Fast and cruel.

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