Family Expresses Relief After Grandmother Dies Before Thanksgiving Dinner with Granddaughter's Girlfriend
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The Onion Staff
Solid neighbourhood-bakery energy. Trustworthy and warm.
Summary
An 81-year-old woman in Knoxville, Tennessee died before Thanksgiving dinner, which her family considered a "stroke of luck" because it prevented a potentially awkward situation when her granddaughter was planning to arrive with her girlfriend. The family, including the grandson Frank Martin, expressed relief that they wouldn't have to deal with the grandmother's potential negative reaction to the same-sex relationship.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledIn a development her family began referring to as a 'stroke of luck,' local 81-year-old Gloria Martin reportedly died Thursday before her granddaughter arrived to Thanksgiving dinner with her girlfriend.
"Oh, thank God—problem solved, everybody," said Frank Martin, grandson of the deceased.
who reportedly breathed a sigh of relief along with his cousins, aunts, uncles, and parents after a morning spent imagining the various horrified reactions the family matriarch might have when his sister and her same-sex, live-in partner walked through the door.
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