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".)

## Biography

### 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 *in SECURITY* 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.

## Relationships

### El/Al

*Main article: El*
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 8/19/17.
* Ellie could not see herself marrying a man who owns a "Samsdung" brand phone: Criteria unlocked on 9/14/17.
* Ellie requires that any potential boyfriend be "Zodialogically compatible" with her star sign, which is Virgo: Criteria unlocked on 11/1/17.
* Ellie needs to see "eye-to-eye" with her suitors in regards to music: Criteria unlocked on 12/30/17.

## Background information

* Official description from the "About" page for *in SECURITY* 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 3/10/17.
* 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 4/12/17.
* She finds Sedine to be "Cute, and active, and sweet", praise lavished semi-effectively upon Sedine on 5/15/17.
* Provided "Ow" with hearing protection in the event of loud noises, first worn on 7/3/17.
* 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. 7/11/17.
* Talks to her flowers and plants, encouraging them to grow, a technique successfully passed along to Charlene on 8/7/17.
* Ellie - unsurprisingly - loves men who like cats, a preference first expressed on 10/24/17.
* Her 2017 "Christmas wish" to Santa is "to meet a nice man", a wish which - unbeknownst to Ellie - just might have come true on 12/15/17.

## References

1. ↑ Ellie breaks the news about being pregnant, followed by marriage
2. ↑ Bonus! Q&A-again and again!