I honestly didn't think it was a very good story, but now I'm going back to it and deciding it was maybe better than I thought.
It's a lovely little snippet. You are very good at capturing moments like this.

Then stubbornness kicked and I tried again and posted.
Here's to stubbornness! [insert: Nevertheless she persisted] Well done on posting. <3

And the joke is growing on me too :-)
The joke is great!