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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago

8 years and still meeting for Thanksgiving

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8 years and still meeting for Thanksgiving

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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago

8 years ago a grandma accidentally texted a young man she didn't know about Thanksgiving. They've gone from strangers to family to business partners

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Wanda Dench accidentally texted Jamal Hinton in 2016, inviting him to Thanksgiving thinking he was a family member. They're not related, but he's been with her for the holiday ever since.

8 years ago a grandma accidentally texted a young man she didn’t know about Thanksgiving. They’ve gone from strangers to family to business partners

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Yeah this went from cute to kinda dumb. Not everything needs to be monetized.
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  On the other hand would it not be stupid to not capitalize on their fame?
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  I like to believe, that it was the idea of one of them. The other one is still ok doing it, but thinking WTF?

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