Patricia Grisafi
Stories about online dating can sometimes be nightmarish, but every so often you hear one that warms your heart—and this one will also make you hungry, too.
Tilly, who was born in the UK and is currently studying in New York, made a Tinder match with a gentleman who proceeded to woo her by creating a Twitter account named “tortellinis for tilly” dedicated to making her pasta.
Tilly shared the 6-step tortellini tutorial—with step six being “win her heart”—on her Twitter account, and now the original account has over 98k likes and 14k shares. Step One was to “acquire the dough.”
step 1: acquire the dough pic.twitter.com/rPkAOdWgFO
— tortellinis for tilly (@tillytortellini) October 30, 2019
Followed by “establish rapport with the dough.”
step 2: establish rapport with the dough pic.twitter.com/drl0bqnQe4
— tortellinis for tilly (@tillytortellini) October 30, 2019
Then the dramatic betrayal of the dough.
step 3: betray the dough pic.twitter.com/dPQpeZWicd
— tortellinis for tilly (@tillytortellini) October 30, 2019
Which leads to the adorable army of tortellini.
step 4: tortellini army pic.twitter.com/PnsfjS5PQa
— tortellinis for tilly (@tillytortellini) October 30, 2019
Then, the clever suitor posted a lovely spread of the meal, complete with a glass of wine and flower.
step 5: enjoy the fruits of your labor pic.twitter.com/5UhZjIafV9
— tortellinis for tilly (@tillytortellini) October 30, 2019
And in Step 6, “win her heart,” the pasta-loving cook includes a smiling selfie.
step 6: win her heart pic.twitter.com/e1CFbKWqJ0
— tortellinis for tilly (@tillytortellini) October 30, 2019
Tag yourself! I’m the tortellini army!
Anyway, the Tortellini Guy’s post didn’t just win Tilly over—it won Twitter’s cold heart over, too.
I just want to be somebody’s tilly
— Fern (@katherinefdzk) October 30, 2019
— Adrian Kanyoli (@AdrianKanyoli) October 30, 2019
Ah-dough-rable*
— Scott Jardine (@Scott_Jardine) October 30, 2019
I wish u would cut me in half like these pasta
— Twink (@sailor__twink) October 30, 2019
— (@maialaurennn) October 30, 2019
Well, almost. Some folks joked about how a lot of steps seemed to be missing.
I felt obligated to put this here pic.twitter.com/D6aMLIdP1g
— Jake Bellis (@JakeBellis) October 30, 2019
There’s a lot of steps between steps three and four that I feel need explaining
— Taran (Hand-Marked Paper Ballots) (@drummyt) October 30, 2019
You can’t win everyone over, but in this case, it only matters of Tortellini Guy wins Tilly over.