Thumbelina

Who said two decent people, recently divorced, can not meet on Tinder?

There was an exceptionally hot couple, TJ and Lola.  He had terrible Tinder photos, she was stuck on another guy when they met. 

They met for their first date at a local brewery.  As he sits down, she looks him over, her interest quickly peaked.  'He isn't short,' she thought.  'He is kissable.'

  

Translation: "He looks so much cuter in person."

Lola knew the date was a mere distraction from the guy she truly wanted, but she needed to move on.  She needed to figure out how to keep her life relevant. 

TJ was intrigued.  He liked Lola a little too much.  The date went from, "Hey, How are you?"  to drinks, to making out, to more drinks, than dinner and hot passionate kissing in each and every establishment they went to.  Before they knew what had hit them, their clothes were off in TJs beach side hotel room.

It all happened laser fast and the next morning was a blur.  Lola quickly woke up, trying to recall how the night had played out. She stumbled around looking for her tiny thong thrown someplace inconspicuous.  She pieced her date outfit back together and went home as quickly as possible.  The walk of shame took on a brand new meaning this beautiful morning.

TJ simply wanted to snuggle and relive the last hours of the evening before.  He knew Lola was the perfect fit for him.  Lola felt nothing but dread.  What had she done? TJ had no chance with Lola. Her heart belonged to someone else.

Fast Forward 9 months. 

The pair stayed in touch.  Lola liked that TJ gave her tons of positive attention.  Each and every time a date went awry, TJ was there to pick up the pieces.  He would have done anything for her and he could not quite figure out what went wrong on their first and only date.

By the time Lola wanted a second date they had formed a friendship.  It was super easy for these two to spend time together after 9 months chatting over random life stuff.  These two were naturals. 

They both knew how date number two would end up back at Lola's place.  This time the end of the date was quite intentional.  This time it would be better, and Lola had high expectations for who she originally had thought would only be a one night stand. 

However, as amazing as these two were together from a personality standpoint, something was just not quite right with their chemistry.  Something didn't click 100%.

The next morning, after their second date, Lola vocalized her disconnect.  "I feel like I just had sex with my best friend."  TJ was not quite sure how to take that statement.

Lola reflected the next day. She was trying to piece together the whirlwind affair.  Was it the, 'slurp, slurp, slurp.'  The noise he made when he kissed her body? She could not get that sound out of her head.

'I'll fix that.' she thought, 'That slurping needs to stop.  He kissed fine, but that slurping, ugh.....'

Lola shared this information with a girlfriend. 

"There is one other thing he does," she mentioned casually over pedicures. He does this thing.  And I really need to tell him it seems to ruin the moment."

Lola's friend was intrigued. She loved listening to Lola's stories.  There was always something a guy did or said to totally flip Lola's likability switch. 

Matter of factly, Lola shows her girlfriend her hand with all five fingers.  She sticks up her thumb and moves it up and down, up and down.  

"See this? See my thumb?" she states.

"He used his thumb, he used his thumb instead of his fingers!!  Who does that?!?"

Both girls began hysterically laughing.

And just like that TJ was nicknamed Thumbelina.

Moral of the story:  No matter how great a guy may seem, a girl always needs more than a thumb.