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Bill was one of the most successful Senior students from the University of Texas. He was top of his class, was on UT's Homecoming Court, and won the admiration of all faculty and students. All the people he met wanted to be his friend.
Bill began to ponder about his college career, and how he never took the time to really invest time in finding someone he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. On a whim, Bill decided to download Tinder and see if this would be a step towards achieving the one thing he never has: love.
It was a Thursday night in the town of Austin, and Bill decided to take a night out with his friends. Before going out, Bill decided to take time to swipe on Tinder. A girl by the name of Cassie popped up. Bill swiped right, and to his surprise, Cassie had already swiped right as well.
"Hey, are you going out tonight?" questioned Cassie.
"Yes, we're heading to the local bar on Main Street. You should come" said Bill.
"Sounds great!" said Cassie.
They had met at the bar, and had a great time. Before Cassie left for the night, Bill had asked Cassie for her number. Smiling, Cassie gave him her number.
A few days passed by, and Bill realized that he might really like a girl for the first time. Bill began to go out of his way for Cassie - bring her Starbucks, offer to drive her wherever she needed to, made plans and paid for every meal they shared. Cassie began to enjoy the treatment, but for her, this was all a way to have fun.
"Would you like to go to a movie with me tonight?" asked Bill.
"Of course!" said Cassie.
"Listen Cassie, I really like you and would love to see our relationship grow into something more. Would you like to be my girlfriend?"
"Oh, wow Bill. I'm sorry, but I've never liked you like that this whole time. I thought we were just friends?" said Cassie.
Crushed, and heartbroken by what Cassie had said, Bill came up with an excuse to not attend the party. He realized that this was all a mistake. He should not have thought that Tinder would be a great way to find a life partner.
Never have expectations when trying to date a stranger, no matter if they swiped right, too.
Author's Note: I decided to take a more modern take on the Nigerian Folktale "Of The Pretty Stranger Who Killed the King". In the original story, a successful man is envied by several of his hometown people. They get a witch to disguise herself as a pretty woman and lure the man into marrying her. She eventually kills him, and the whole town is in disbelief. In my story, I decided to take a modern take where I show how Tinder may not be the best choice when expecting to meet your life partner. Bill learns that just swiping right on a person, and spending time with them doesn't mean that something serious will become of it. Everyone has their own motives with Tinder.
Bibliography: "Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria" by Elphinstone Dayrell Reading Guide Part A
Haha I really like your title, it drew me into the story immediately. I loved how you set up the romantic story line, I had so many moments were my heart melted because Bill brought her starbucks and had liked a girl for the very first time. I was so heart broken when she said that she thought they were just friends! I was like oh no, when it said that all of this was just way to have fun for Cassie.
ReplyDeleteThis was a fun read! I loved the title, never funny. I like the way you set up the opening scene of the story. I found it funny that after swiping right and becoming friends I guess you would say on tinder he just went right in for it and asked her to come to the bar with him and she just went for it as well and went with him. They weren't too scared of being catfished or anything then, that's for sure! haha. Good job on the story.
ReplyDeleteHey Sonali,
ReplyDeleteI was browsing through stories to comment on and had to stop for this one. The title is so attention grabbing! I am kind of confused though, because the moral says not to have expectations, but it didn't really seem to me that Bill did. He asked Cassie to be his girlfriend and, when she said no, he backed off. Did I misunderstand it?
Hello Sonali,
ReplyDeleteI like how you took a less drastic approach to this story than the original story did. I also loved your title, it made me laugh out loud. While it is discouraging that Cassie didn't want to date him, I think that tinder is no different than being set up on a blind date. Cassie only looking to have a good time doesn't mean that she wouldn't date him if she wanted to. She just didn't want to.