Grandmother and teenager find themselves in the tradition of Thanksgiving

The unlikely friendship that was forged between an Arizona teenager and a grandmother continued to flourish and the couple celebrated their third Thanksgiving together.

In 2016, Jamal Hinton, 17, received a message from an unknown number in 2016 inviting him to a Thanksgiving dinner. He was therefore obliged.

The text came from grandmother Wanda Dench and, unbeknownst to her, the recipient of the message was not her grandson, but rather the Phoenix teenager.

Upon discovering that she had the wrong number during a hilarious exchange of texts between new acquaintances, Ms. Dench maintained her offer and welcomed Hinton to her home.

After being posed together for a selfie at their Thanksgiving 2016 dinner, to the delight of Twitter followers, keeping a close eye on the emerging relationship of their couple, they decided to do it. a tradition.

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The relationship between the two men is not limited to Thanksgiving: the two men are exchanging Christmas presents and Mr. Hinton even calls Mrs. Dench her "adoptive grandmother".

Now 19, Mr. Hinton has even brought his girlfriend to the Dench for this year's tradition.