Ellie Durum

"Yay!"

- Ellie Gardner, upon being accepted as Sam and Sedine's tenant.

Ellie Durum, née Gardner (born September 9, 1991, see "Birthday" below), is Hank Durum's wife and the mother of their son Al. She is a former tenant of Sam and Sedine Kilgarriff's duplex. Ellie manages the local Cell-Your-La-La mobile phone store and has a second job as a server at the local Chix-n-Wings restaurant in Knightville.

She had been interested in Hank for a long time, but after being frustrated in not making any progress with him, she accepted Sedine's recommendation of using the breast-flattening shirt to create an alter-ego named "Al" to get closer to him. After revealing her true identity in a Las Vegas hotel rooom, they (finally) became romantically involved. Back at home, she dropped a not-so-subtle hint that she was pregnant and they would get married by bringing out a shotgun. She initially wanted to have a hyphenated name of Durum-Gardner, but settled on just Durum after being informed it would sound like she was a farmer.

Partner

 * Sir Pinky-Paw III von Cuteland am Rhein ("Ow".)

Birthday
Ellie's birthday has been confirmed as September 9 on one occasion, giving her the Virgo star sign.

Her age has been listed as 29 on the "About In Security" page on GoComics.com since launched in January 2017, the start of the series. Though not strictly on a one-to-one basis, time in the series passes roughly the same as in the real world. Based on these factors, her birthdate is September 9, 1991.

El/Al
For a while, Ellie wore a set of clothing given to her by Sedine that opened a new direction in her dating life that ultimately led to her marriage to Hank and the birth of their son, Al.

Dating Criteria

 * Ellie will not date a man her cat does not like: Criteria unlocked on.
 * Ellie could not see herself marrying a man who owns a "Samsdung" brand phone: Criteria unlocked on.
 * Ellie requires that any potential boyfriend be "Zodialogically compatible" with her star sign, which is Virgo: Criteria unlocked on.
 * Ellie needs to see "eye-to-eye" with her suitors in regards to music: Criteria unlocked on.

Background information

 * Official description from the "About" page for on GoComics.com: Sam’s college ex-flame, renting the house next door to Sam & Sedine (the other half of the duplex). She is sweet and nutty and totally oblivious to reality.

Trivia

 * Ellie occasionally babysits Michaela and Gabby, noted on.
 * Was briefly pursued by Sam while in college, though she proved "oblivious" to his attention.
 * Her hairstyle reminds Sam of "Cinnamon buns" reminisced about on.
 * She finds Sedine to be "Cute, and active, and sweet", praise lavished semi-effectively upon Sedine on.
 * Provided "Ow" with hearing protection in the event of loud noises, first worn on.
 * Both Sedine and Roy briefly suspect Ellie of being a "lizard person", because she rarely if ever blinks: Though she does indeed like lizards, she cannot have one, as Pinky-Paw would not approve..
 * Talks to her flowers and plants, encouraging them to grow, a technique successfully passed along to Charlene on.
 * Ellie - unsurprisingly - loves men who like cats, a preference first expressed on.
 * Her 2017 "Christmas wish" to Santa is "to meet a nice man", a wish which - unbeknownst to Ellie - just might have come true on.