"I'm pretty close with him. I call him every couple of weeks. Usually we have a phone conversation and he asks how New York is, or school, or wherever we are. And in every single conversation he's like, "Do you have a boyfriend? Do you have a boyfriend yet? Where's your boyfriend?""
"[M]y dad is like, "This is actually Abby's girlfriend." And she and I kind of both made eye contact at the same time, and we're both like, "Surprise!" at the same time - like, simultaneously. And everyone kind of chuckled, and then there was this long pause. We were all kind of, like, waiting for him to respond. And he just goes, "I love it!""
Abby Fink maintained a close relationship with her 90-year-old grandfather and spoke with him by phone every couple of weeks. He routinely asked about her life and repeatedly asked whether she had a boyfriend. Abby brought her girlfriend home to Minneapolis for Labor Day weekend and her father arranged for the girlfriend to join a family lunch. During the lunch, Abby and her girlfriend simultaneously revealed their relationship when her father introduced her as Abby’s girlfriend. The family waited for the grandfather’s reaction, and he responded warmly, saying, "I love it!" The moment ended on a positive, accepting note.
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