Romance

The 30 Day Proxy

by Vesper

On the day of our fifth anniversary, I got into a fight with my boyfriend, Tyrus Aberg.My best friend, Claire Dawson, sent me a screenshot.[Proxy Girlfriend: Thirty Days]Below it was Tyrus' reply.[Approved.]Every time we fought, Tyrus would deliberately have Claire act as his proxy girlfriend.He said I only dared to pick fights with him because I felt too secure in the relationship.He figured that as long as Claire got close to him and made me feel threatened, I would get jealous and tearfully beg him to reconcile.Three years ago, after one argument, he and Claire changed to matching couple profile pictures."You've got one day to think it over. She'll be my proxy girlfriend for now. I'll only reconcile with you when you apologize."One day turned into three days. What started as switching profile pictures escalated into dates, hand-holding, and hugging.The last time I refused to cave for a whole week, he moved in with Claire.Claire spent the night wearing his shirt and showed up to parties with him as his girlfriend. He said, "You'll only feel jealous when Claire becomes my proxy girlfriend."She's your best friend. No matter how close she and I get, it doesn't count as cheating."After this fight, he extended Claire's stint as his proxy girlfriend to a full month.A video call came in right after."Lay-lay, it's your fifth anniversary today. "If you don't apologize soon, I'll be the one going home with Tyrus to meet his parents this Thanksgiving."On the other end, friends started laughing and counting down.They were all waiting for me to get jealous, cry, and beg Tyrus to reconcile, just like always.But I just left the three-person "Proxy Girlfriend" group chat.[A month is too short.][Make it permanent this time.]

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